kefka, corp martial by user6968144

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis combo and spellslinger deck commanded by Kefka, Court Mage. Its primary win condition resolves Underworld Breach alongside Brain Freeze and Lotus Petal to generate infinite storm, milling out the entire table in a single turn. To assemble this win quickly, the deck leverages massive card-draw spells including Ad Nauseam, Necropotence, and Kefka's discard-and-draw triggers. Mana rocks and rituals such as Dark Ritual and Sol Ring reliably establish setup by Turn 4 or 5. If the storm line is disrupted, the deck pivots into an attrition strategy using combat damage from large flyers like Smaug, Wicked Worm and Chaos, the Endless, paired with life-drain triggers from Syr Konrad, the Grim. While explosive and resilient, the list carries minor mana friction from tapped lands and light stack countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Anticipate
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Boomerang Basics
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Diamond Lion
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Ensnared by the Mara
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Finale of Revelation
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Garland, Knight of Cornelia // Chaos, the Endless
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Inside Information
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Magic Damper
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quicksilver Elemental
  • 1 Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rolling Thunder
  • 1 Romantic Rendezvous
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Steal the Show
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vivi Ornitier
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Zombify