Votes by Kevbottron

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is a political control and voting midrange strategy commanded by Kenrith, the Returned King. It leverages a dense suite of 1-2 CMC ramp and 5-color fixing to accelerate into powerhouse engines such as Rhystic Study, The One Ring, and Tivit, Seller of Secrets. While incorporating council mechanics and vote-manipulation synergies like Ballot Broker, Brago's Representative, and Illusion of Choice, the list backs its political plays with format-ceiling interaction and protection including Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, Grand Abolisher, and Teferi's Protection. The primary win route utilizes Kenrith's activated abilities—discounted by Training Grounds and Biomancer's Familiar—to distribute counters, grant trample and haste, and reanimate high-value creatures, or resolving game-warping council spells like Expropriate to take decisive extra turns and close out the table by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Ballot Broker
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Biomancer's Familiar
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brago's Representative
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Capital Punishment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Council's Judgment
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Círdan the Shipwright
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expropriate
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gluntch, the Bestower
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grudge Keeper
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Illusion of Choice
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Kros, Defense Contractor
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Plea for Power
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prisoner's Dilemma
  • 1 Queen Marchesa
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Selvala's Stampede
  • 1 Shadrix Silverquill
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tivit, Seller of Secrets
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground