The Maniacal Harlequin by ilujin

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 86

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive EDH storm deck in Grixis colors. It aims to assemble an early win using Underworld Breach and Brain Freeze, Ad Nauseam, or Isochron Scepter with Dramatic Reversal. Fast mana rocks, rituals, and low-cost tutors allow the deck to threaten a win reliably by Turn 3. The commander, Kefka, Court Mage, provides card advantage and hand disruption on entry and attack while fueling the graveyard. The deck protects its combo turns with free and low-cost counterspells such as Force of Will, Flusterstorm, and Mindbreak Trap, alongside static protection from Hexing Squelcher. It transitions seamlessly between fast combo racing and midrange card draw through engines like The One Ring, Rhystic Study, and Mystic Remora, making it resilient, versatile, and lethal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blood Pet
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Firestorm
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Shoot the Sheriff
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tendrils of Agony
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Twincast
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Winds of Change
  • 1 Wooded Foothills