Kenrith, the Returner of Favors

Commander / EDH* Combo Five Color Group Hug Infinite Combo

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Lands (36)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 4x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 6x Island
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Opulent Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Tryharding (11)

• 1x Destiny Spinner
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman
• 1x Worldly Tutor

I-heard-you-like-mana (21)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Argothian Elder
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dictate of Karametra
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Ley Weaver
• 1x Pir's Whim
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Selvala, Explorer Returned
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation

I-heard-you-like-cards (14)

• 1x Biomancer's Familiar
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Training Grounds
• 1x Walking Archive
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Commander (1)

Can-you-not (16)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Dream Fracture
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Sudden Substitution
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Windborn Muse
• 1x Winds of Abandon

I-heard-you-like-life (1)

• 1x Wall of Shards

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This is a deck helmed by Kenrith, the Returned King and employs a group hug strategy to win the game. Mostly, this means making the table like you in an attempt to avoid being killed. This is a rather casual deck, but it's designed to be a lot of fun for everyone involved and also sometimes win.

Kenrith is an excellent group hug commander for 2 reasons. First of all, his abilities can target any player. This allows you to bequeath favors and politically aid opponents through your commander. Secondly, should you somehow manage to produce infinite mana (Ley Weaver, Faeburrow Elder, Argothian Elder, Freed from the Real, Pemmin's Aura, Maze of Ith), you can win on the spot by milling everyone out at instant speed with Kenrith's blue ability.

When not combo-ing off, this deck does 3 main things: 1. Ramp everyone really hard 2. Make everyone draw a lot of cards 3. Keep people from hurting you

By giving everyone lots of cards and the mana to cast them, you're letting them do cool things and letting them try to kill each other. By making yourself an asset, hopefully they'll give you the least attention. Hopefully, after drawing a bunch of cards, you'll eventually find a wincon.

Feel free to add more ways to make infinite mana to the deck or other ways to win. Be aware, the more wincons you add, the higher the chance your playgroup will worry about you.

Also, note that for flavor reasons, any non-symmetric removal in the deck gives your opponent a consolation prize. Because as a group hug player, you are a generous king.

Let me know your thoughts on the deck and if you have any ideas for improving it!

Top Ranked	Achieved #44 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #34 position in Commander / EDH 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Combo 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Five Color 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 36 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.97
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Elephant 3/3 G, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	Five-Color EDH, EDH, Kenrith ideas