Group hug with shocks Updated by Devagibb

Format: Commander

Commander: Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis heads a four-color group-hug control deck that wins through card-draw alternate conditions rather than combat. The primary plan is to resolve symmetrical draw engines (Rites of Flourishing, Howling Mine, Dictate of Kruphix) and use the commander's end-step draw to dig toward a sorcery-speed win such as Approach of the Second Sun or Triskaidekaphile. Backup plans include Psychosis Crawler and Scrawling Crawler damage, Xyris and Bard token generation, and Repercussion plus Blasphemous Act. The commander is the draw/land engine but not a combo piece; the deck can function without it. No double-faced commander is present.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Approach of the Second Sun
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Collective Restraint
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Dragonback Assault
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fevered Visions
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Font of Mythos
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forced Fruition
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Furnace of Rath
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Helm of Awakening
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Homunculus Horde
  • 1 Howling Mine
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Idyllic Beachfront
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Insurrection
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis
  • 1 Mana Flare
  • 1 Master of Ceremonies
  • 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
  • 1 Minds Aglow
  • 1 Molten Tributary
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Ms. Bumbleflower
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Personal Tutor
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Prosperity
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Rites of Flourishing
  • 1 Rout
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Skullwinder
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Spirebluff Canal
  • 1 Starfall Invocation
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Temple Bell
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 The Council of Four
  • 1 The Second Doctor
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Venser's Journal
  • 1 Vision Skeins
  • 1 Weftwalking
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Xyris, the Writhing Storm
  • 1 Zo-Zu the Punisher