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Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
- Sultai
Created by
TheOneKiko...
4.0 - 4.5
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ANALYSIS
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Overview:
This Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer deck focuses on leveraging morph/manifest mechanics to generate card advantage, board control, and late-game value. While lacking infinite combos, it uses face-down creature synergies for incremental advantage and finishes with overrun effects like End-Raze Forerunners or Koma, Cosmos Serpent. The deck has moderate interaction and resilience but suffers from slow setup and commander dependency.
Primer:
Core Strategy: Deploy morph creatures for discounted costs via Kadena, generate card draw from their ETBs, and control the board with flip-triggered effects. Key phases:
- Early Game: Ramp with Nature's Lore/Three Visits and deploy 2-3 morphs as chump blockers/value engines.
- Mid Game: Activate flip abilities for removal (Silumgar Assassin), counterspells (Stratus Dancer), and card advantage (Guardian Project).
- Late Game: Overwhelm with flipped threats (Experiment Twelve) or cheat out bombs like Koma using manifest from Ugin's Mastery.
Mulligan Priorities:
- 3 lands (prioritize green sources)
- 1 ramp spell (e.g., Arbor Elf, Farseek)
- 2+ morphs/disguise creatures Avoid hands without morph enablers or color fixing.
Key Tips:
- Use Yedora, Grave Gardener to recur key morphs as Forests.
- Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter enables instant-speed morph flipping.
- Save counterspells like Arcane Denial for board wipes or Kadena removal.
- Consuming Tide resets opponents while preserving your face-down board.
Avoid Traps:
- Don't overcommit to the board before establishing protection.
- Prioritize flipping Bane of the Living for asymmetrical board wipes.
- They Came from the Pipes should be timed to maximize manifest value.
Weaknesses:
Critical:
- Heavy reliance on Kadena (no alternative draw engines)
- Limited fast mana/early interaction
- No infinite combos to close games quickly
Moderate:
- Weak to mass bounce/exile (Cyclonic Rift, Farewell)
- Slow recovery from stax pieces (Torpor Orb)
Minor:
- Mana base has 11+ tapped lands (slows early turns)
Most Important Cards:
- Yedora, Grave Gardener
- Guardian Project
- Koma, Cosmos Serpent
- Ugin's Mastery
- Beast Whisperer
- End-Raze Forerunners
- Primordial Mist
- Den Protector
- Kadena's Silencer
- Growing Rites of Itlimoc
Attribute Ratings:
Speed: 4/10
- Wins via combat around T10-12 without disruption
- No fast mana outside Sol Ring/Arcane Signet
Resilience: 5/10
- Recursion via Yedora/Den Protector
- Vulnerable to repeated commander removal
- 6 counter/interaction spells provide moderate protection
Consistency: 6/10
- 14+ card draw engines (Kadena triggers, Elven Chorus)
- 8 tutors for lands/creatures (Into the North, Farseek)
- Redundant morph effects but no combo redundancy
Interaction: 5/10
- 5 targeted removal (Assassin's Trophy, Sheoldred's Edict)
- 3 counterspells (Arcane Denial, Voidmage Apprentice)
- Limited instant-speed answers
Rating Justification:
This deck sits between "Optimized Casual" (5.0) and "Focused Casual" (4.5) on the rubric. While it has strong synergies and card advantage, its lack of:
- Fast win conditions (relies on T10+ combat)
- Commander-independent lines
- High-density interaction
keeps it below optimized tiers. The presence of snow duals and key staples elevates it above typical precons.
Power level: 4.0 - 4.5
DECK LIST
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
Creature: 43
($30.58)
1
Ainok Survivalist
1
Arbor Elf
1
Aveline de Grandpré
1
Bane of the Living
1
Beast Whisperer
1
Curator Beastie
1
Deathmist Raptor
1
Den Protector
1
Dragon's Eye Savants
1
Echo Tracer
1
Elves of Deep Shadow
1
End-Raze Forerunners
1
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
1
Exit Specialist
1
Experiment Twelve
1
Final-Word Phantom
1
Hauntwoods Shrieker
1
Icefeather Aven
1
Ixidron
1
Kadena's Silencer
1
Koma, Cosmos Serpent
1
Lampad of Death's Vigil
1
Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
1
Mischievous Quanar
1
Nantuko Vigilante
1
Nervous Gardener
1
Oblivious Bookworm
1
Overgrown Zealot
1
Printlifter Ooze
1
Ruthless Ripper
1
Satoru, the Infiltrator
1
Silumgar Assassin
1
Skittering Cicada
1
Stratus Dancer
1
Thieving Amalgam
1
Thoughtpicker Witch
1
Vannifar, Evolved Enigma
1
Vesuvan Shapeshifter
1
Voidmage Apprentice
1
Whisperwood Elemental
1
Willbender
1
Yedora, Grave Gardener
1
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler
Artifact: 3
($2.97)
1
Arcane Signet
1
Sol Ring
1
Thought Vessel
Enchantment: 8
($22.49)
1
Elven Chorus
1
Gift of Doom
1
Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
1
Guardian Project
1
Primordial Mist
1
They Came from the Pipes
1
Threats Around Every Corner
1
Ugin's Mastery
Instant: 5
($5.77)
1
Arcane Denial
1
Assassin's Trophy
1
Collective Resistance
1
Sheoldred's Edict
1
Simic Charm
Sorcery: 5
($10.61)
1
Consuming Tide
1
Farseek
1
Into the North
1
Nature's Lore
1
Three Visits
Land: 35
($23.44)
1
Ash Barrens
1
Command Tower
1
Darkwater Catacombs
1
Drowned Catacomb
1
Evolving Wilds
1
Exotic Orchard
1
Flooded Grove
1
Hinterland Harbor
1
Ice Tunnel
1
Llanowar Wastes
1
Overflowing Basin
1
Reliquary Tower
1
Rimewood Falls
5
Snow-Covered Forest
5
Snow-Covered Island
4
Snow-Covered Swamp
1
Sunken Hollow
1
Terramorphic Expanse
1
Twilight Mire
1
Underground River
1
Viridescent Bog
1
Woodland Cemetery
1
Woodland Chasm
1
Yavimaya Coast
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