Kenrith Prototype by mordonextra

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Kenrith, the Returned King leads a five-color value/combo deck that turns activated abilities and token generation into a win. The primary path is to ramp into Kenrith, use his draw and reanimation modes to find combo pieces, and then assemble an infinite loop, most often Casey Jones + Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin, but also Krenko + Intruder Alarm or Mona Lisa + Umbral Mantle. Kenrith is the outlet that converts infinite mana into draw, pump, life, or reanimation. A secondary token/treasure engine with Smothering Tithe, Bard, Anointed Procession, and Academy Manufactor sustains the game and can close with Mirkwood Bats or Torment of Hailfire. The deck is mid-paced and relies on tutors and recursion more than raw speed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Acidic Slime
  • 1 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bard, King of Dale
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpsejack Menace
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Donatello, the Brains
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Great Forest Druid
  • 1 Hammer of Purphoros
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Impossible Man
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Leonardo, the Balance
  • 1 Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mona Lisa, Science Geek
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyserpent Seeker
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Together Forever
  • 1 Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Training Grounds
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Xorn
  • 1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker