Group hug by user4625040

Format: Commander

Commander: Kenrith, the Returned King

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This five-color deck is commanded by Kenrith, the Returned King and executes a Group Hug strategy with a lethal twist. Early in the game, it accelerates the entire table with symmetrical mana doublers like Heartbeat of Spring and draw engines like Font of Mythos and Howling Mine. Behind a protective wall of pillowfort effects such as Ghostly Prison, Propaganda, and Sphere of Safety, the deck avoids direct combat while opponents fight among themselves with their surplus resources. As life totals drop, the deck turns symmetric generosity into a win condition using draw-punishers like Nekusar, the Mindrazer and Spiteful Visions, mass mill via Forced Fruition, or alternate win cards such as Approach of the Second Sun and Simic Ascendancy. Kenrith provides continuous utility by distributing counters, gaining life, drawing cards, and reanimating creatures to ensure long-term resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aetherize
• 1 Approach of the Second Sun
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Collective Voyage
• 1 Crumbling Necropolis
• 1 Dawn's Truce
• 1 Descent into Avernus
• 1 Dictate of Kruphix
• 1 Everybody Lives!
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Folio of Fancies
• 1 Font of Mythos
• 1 Forced Fruition
• 3 Forest
• 1 Forgotten Ancient
• 1 Fractured Identity
• 1 Frontier Bivouac
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Gluntch, the Bestower
• 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1 Heartbeat of Spring
• 1 Heartwood Storyteller
• 1 Heliod, the Radiant Dawn // Heliod, the Warped Eclipse
• 1 Horn of Greed
• 1 Howling Mine
• 4 Island
• 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1 Jungle Shrine
• 1 Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1 Kenrith, the Returned King
• 1 Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis
• 1 Laboratory Maniac
• 1 Mana Flare
• 1 Master of Ceremonies
• 1 Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 4 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Monastery
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Nekusar, the Mindrazer
• 1 Nils, Discipline Enforcer
• 1 Noble Heritage
• 1 Nomad Outpost
• 1 Omnath, Locus of All
• 1 Opulent Palace
• 1 Path to Exile
• 4 Plains
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Prosperity
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rites of Flourishing
• 1 Rocco, Street Chef
• 1 Rootweaver Druid
• 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1 Savage Lands
• 1 Scrawling Crawler
• 1 Seaside Citadel
• 1 Seizan, Perverter of Truth
• 1 Selvala, Explorer Returned
• 1 Simic Ascendancy
• 1 Smuggler's Share
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sphere of Safety
• 1 Spiteful Visions
• 1 Spore Frog
• 1 Stormfist Crusader
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Temple Bell
• 1 Tempt with Bunnies
• 1 Tempt with Discovery
• 1 The Second Doctor
• 1 The World Tree
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Veteran Explorer
• 1 Victory Chimes
• 1 Wedding Ring
• 1 Wilderness Reclamation
• 1 Winter, Misanthropic Guide
• 1 Xyris, the Writhing Storm
• 1 Yenna, Redtooth Regent
• 1 Yurlok of Scorch Thrash