King the War by user7488522

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a high-power five-color midrange value deck helmed by Kenrith, the Returned King. The core plan is to deploy activated-ability cost reducers (Training Grounds, Biomancer's Familiar, Agatha of the Vile Cauldron, Zirda, the Dawnwaker), cast Kenrith, and convert his cheapened draw and reanimation abilities into overwhelming card advantage and battlefield presence-especially alongside Seedborn Muse. The deck layers efficient creature tutors and Pod-style chains (Birthing Pod, Survival of the Fittest, Chord of Calling, Eldritch Evolution, Neoform, Finale of Devastation) into premium threats like Atraxa, Grand Unifier, Etali, Primal Conqueror, and Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger. A dense free-interaction suite protects the engine while a reanimation package (Animate Dead, Necromancy, Reanimate, Kenrith's own ability) recovers bombs. Wins come from Finale of Devastation for lethal, combat with haste/trample from Kenrith, and attrition rather than a hard infinite combo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Atraxa, Grand Unifier
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Biomancer's Familiar
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breach the Multiverse
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Final Showdown
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Neoform
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrasios, Triton Hero
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker