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COMMANDER(S)
Kroxa and Kunoros
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- Mardu
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ANALYSIS

Overview:

This is a Mardu (RWB) reanimator deck helmed by Kroxa and Kunoros, focusing on filling the graveyard and reanimating powerful creatures for value and combat damage. The deck utilizes self-mill, looting effects, and various reanimation spells to establish a strong board presence.

Primer:

The deck's primary gameplan revolves around getting powerful creatures into the graveyard through cards like Buried Alive, Stitcher's Supplier, and various looting effects, then reanimating them using spells like Animate Dead, Reanimate, and the commander itself. Key reanimation targets include Sheoldred, Whispering One, Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, and Vilis, Broker of Blood, which can provide significant value or present serious threats.

The deck includes multiple layers of recursion and card advantage engines, with planeswalkers like Liliana, Death's Majesty providing additional reanimation options. The mana base supports consistent early plays, though it's not highly optimized for aggressive starts. The deck can grind out longer games through recurring threats and maintaining board presence through reanimation effects.

Weaknesses:

  • Vulnerable to graveyard hate like Rest in Peace or Leyline of the Void
  • Relatively slow mana development with few fast mana sources
  • Limited instant-speed interaction outside of a few removal spells
  • Can struggle against heavy counterspell strategies

Most Important Cards:

  1. Buried Alive
  2. Animate Dead
  3. Reanimate
  4. Sheoldred, Whispering One
  5. Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  6. Vilis, Broker of Blood
  7. Faithless Looting
  8. Necromancy
  9. Toxic Deluge
  10. Mesmeric Orb

Attribute Ratings:

  • Speed: 5/10
  • Resilience: 7/10
  • Consistency: 6/10
  • Interaction: 5/10

Rating Justification:

This deck sits firmly in the 6.0-6.5 range due to its ability to establish threatening board states by turn 7-8 through reanimation strategies. While it lacks the explosive fast mana and efficient tutors of higher-powered decks, it maintains good resilience through recursive elements and can present serious threats once established. The deck's interaction suite and speed prevent it from competing with more optimized builds, but it's notably stronger than casual precon-level decks.

Final power level rating: 6.0 - 6.5

DECK LIST
Kroxa and Kunoros
Planeswalker: 2
1
Dihada, Binder of Wills
1 R W B
1
Liliana, Death's Majesty
3 B B
Creature: 32
1
Abyssal Harvester
1 B B
1
Angel of Suffering
3 B B
1
Anger
3 R
1
Ashen Rider
4 W W B B
1
Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
1
Cartographer's Hawk
1 W
1
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
2 B R
1
Claim Jumper
2 W
1
Combustible Gearhulk
4 R R
1
Feldon of the Third Path
1 R R
1
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
4 R W W
1
Glory
3 W W
1
Hellkite Tyrant
4 R R
1
Junji, the Midnight Sky
3 B B
1
Metamorphosis Fanatic
4 B B
1
Millikin
2
1
Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
1
Piru, the Volatile
2 R R W W B B
1
Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
4 B R
1
Sand Scout
1 W
1
Scholar of New Horizons
1 W
1
Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
1
Sheoldred, Whispering One
5 B B
1
Sister Hospitaller
4 W B
1
Space Marine Scout
2 W
1
Stinkweed Imp
2 B
1
Stitcher's Supplier
B
1
The Balrog of Moria
4 B B R
1
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
6 B B B
1
Vile Entomber
2 B B
1
Vilis, Broker of Blood
5 B B B
1
Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
Sorcery: 12
1
Breach the Multiverse
5 B B
1
Buried Alive
2 B
1
Cathartic Reunion
1 R
1
Damn
B B
1
Diresight
2 B
1
Faithless Looting
R
1
Glimpse the Impossible
2 R
1
Reanimate
B
1
Seize the Spoils
2 R
1
Toxic Deluge
2 B
1
Unburial Rites
4 B
1
Victimize
2 B
Instant: 4
1
Big Score
3 R
1
Bitter Triumph
1 B
1
Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
1
Hostile Negotiations
3 B
Artifact: 5
1
Arcane Signet
2
1
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift
1
Mesmeric Orb
2
1
Palantír of Orthanc
3
1
Urza's Sylex
3
Enchantment: 6
1
Animate Dead
1 B
1
Bitter Reunion
1 R
1
Necromancy
2 B
1
Out of the Tombs
2 B
1
Ripples of Undeath
1 B
1
The Meathook Massacre
X B B
Land: 38
1
Arid Archway
1
Arid Mesa
1
Battlefield Forge
1
Blazemire Verge
1
Blood Crypt
1
Bloodstained Mire
1
Bojuka Bog
1
Boros Garrison
1
Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
1
Caves of Koilos
1
Command Tower
1
Dakmor Salvage
1
Demolition Field
1
Elegant Parlor
1
Godless Shrine
1
Graven Cairns
1
Guildless Commons
1
Lazotep Quarry
1
Luxury Suite
1
Marsh Flats
2
Mountain
1
Nomad Outpost
1
Orzhov Basilica
1
Path of Ancestry
3
Plains
1
Rakdos Carnarium
1
Raucous Theater
1
Sacred Foundry
1
Savai Triome
1
Shadowy Backstreet
1
Spymaster's Vault
1
Sulfurous Springs
1
Swamp
1
Tomb Fortress
1
Vault of Champions