Kendrick by asapniku

Format: Commander

Commander: Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 82

Deck overview

This deck is an optimized cEDH build centered on Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy, designed to assemble a game-winning infinite mana loop as early as Turn 2 or 3. By leveraging format-ceiling mana acceleration—including Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, Lotus Petal, and Mana Vault—the deck deploys Kinnan ahead of curve and doubles the output of its nonland mana sources. Its primary win condition is the two-card infinite colorless mana combo of Kinnan and Basalt Monolith, which is efficiently accessed through a redundant tutor suite featuring Transmute Artifact, Trophy Mage, Moonsilver Key, and Whir of Invention. Once infinite mana is established, the deck executes a same-turn table kill via Walking Ballista or by drawing the entire library with Thrasios, Triton Hero. Robust free protection, such as Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, and Veil of Summer, shields the combo window, while Hullbreaker Horror provides an independent backup route.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Impersonator
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flesh Duplicate
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gene Pollinator
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Imposter Mech
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 The Cabbage Merchant
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thrasios, Triton Hero
  • 1 Transmute Artifact
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast