"Avada Kedavra"

Commander / EDH Midrange Multiplayer RBW (Mardu) Voltron

Gobboleone

Landbase (33)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 2x Mountain
• 5x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip

Untap (7)

• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Magewright's Stone
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Dauntless Aven
• 1x Puppet Strings
• 1x Taranika, Akroan Veteran
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Protection (4)

• 1x Kaya's Ghostform
• 1x General's Enforcer
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Gift of Immortality

Ramp (10)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Deathtouch (8)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Gorgon's Head
• 1x Virulent Swipe
• 1x Vorpal Sword
• 1x Gorgon Flail
• 1x Aspect of Gorgon
• 1x Gift of Doom
• 1x Void Beckoner

Draw (7)

• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Reforge the Soul

Utility (6)

• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Goblin Sharpshooter
• 1x Lapse of Certainty

Tutor (4)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Open the Armory

Commander (1)

Removal (8)

• 1x Despark
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Crush Contraband
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum

Reanimate (7)

• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Brought Back
• 1x Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1x Sevinne's Reclamation
• 1x Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord

Voltron (5)

• 1x Shadowspear
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Psychotic Fury
• 1x Temur Battle Rage

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Hi and welcome to my Commander build for Kelsien, the Plague.

This is supposed to be a fairly optimized deck on a power level around 7 out of 10. It is meant to be played in a mixed environment at my LGS with a shuffled group of experienced and regular players and to provide a fun game for everyone.

The strategy of this deck is to ramp a little at the start of the game, to ensure an early tempo advantage. We really want to be one turn ahead in the early game, because we will for sure fall behind in the late game and we really do need the early advantage in the mid game to gain enough momentum to carry us through our weak spots later on. After our initial ramp we follow a simple plan: we want to play Kelsien, the Plaque, and we want him to kill stuff. We want to make him into a one man army, in a perfect world he will gain deathtouch and ways to be untapped by turn 5 at the latest and kill one or two creatures a turn. Our main goal is to reach 9 experience counters to start killing players with our Voltron plan and win the game that way.

My motivation to build this deck was the arrival of the commander precons 2020 and that Kelsien, the Plague was the first interesting Mardu commander to me. I really like that he is not just another Legend that wants to be in charge of a small creature aggro pile or a cheaty combo commander. I also wanted to really focus on him and his ability, because I had not build a strongly commander depended deck in quite some time, so I restricted myself to build everything in this deck around him, to make him the heart of the deck and a true bane for enemy creatures.

I hope you like the list and find it useful for your own builds. Maybe it even inspires you to try out your own version of a Kelsien, the Plaque Commander deck. If so, please leave me a link.

If you got ideas for my deck please feel free to write a comment. Every opinion and every piece of critique is welcome. Especially if you are missing some cards in my build you think are a must run for this deck.

Thanks for your time and game on…

Gobbo

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Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.41
Tokens	Elephant 3-3 G, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure
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