Opera of Oblivion by jcole898

Format: Commander

Commander: Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 63

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Grixis discard, attrition, and reanimator strategy helmed by Kefka, Court Mage. The game plan focuses on deploying efficient fast mana in the early turns to cast Kefka ahead of curve. Upon entering the battlefield and attacking, Kefka forces each player to discard a card while refilling your hand based on the card types discarded. The deck capitalizes on table-wide discard through devastating asymmetric payoffs such as Waste Not, Bone Miser, Liliana's Caress, Tergrid, God of Fright, and Archfiend of Ifnir. Wheels like Dark Deal and Windfall paired with Notion Thief or Sheoldred, the Apocalypse systematically strip opposing hands while generating overwhelming card and mana advantages. Robust free interaction including Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting Swat, and Deadly Rollick shields your threats. The deck closes games around Turn 7 through overwhelming combat damage from reanimated beaters, stolen permanents, Zombie tokens, and persistent life drain.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
  • 1 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Black Waltz No. 3
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bone Miser
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Curse-Marred Demon
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Deal
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Butcher
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geth's Grimoire
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Ingris Stingerquill
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
  • 1 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
  • 1 Liliana's Caress
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sire of Insanity
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stinging Vitriol
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teferi's Time Twist
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 Tinybones, Bauble Burglar
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Waste Not
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xander's Lounge