Kess, Champion of the Gods

Commander / EDH Control UBR (Grixis)

CaptainLick

Card Draw (16)

• 1x Ancient Excavation *list*
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Mystic Speculation
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Ral, Izzet Viceroy
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Wheel of Fate
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall

Spells (8)

• 1x Bonus Round
• 1x Doublecast
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Melek, Izzet Paragon
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• 1x Thousand-Year Storm
• 1x Will Kenrith

Board Wipe (5)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Coastal Breach
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Subterranean Tremors

Counter (3)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell

Land (36)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 12x Island
• 9x Mountain
• 1x Nephalia Academy
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Steam Vents
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Watery Grave

Ramp (9)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thought Vessel

Utility (6)

• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Increasing Confusion
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Razaketh's Rite
• 1x Rowan Kenrith
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Secret Commanders (2)

• 1x The Locust God
• 1x The Scarab God

Commander (1)

Removal (12)

• 1x Archfiend of Ifnir
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Crosis's Charm
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Parting Thoughts
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Ral, Izzet Viceroy
• 1x Slave of Bolas
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Yawgmoth's Vile Offering

Bounce (5)

• 1x Capsize
• 1x Snap
• 1x Unsubstantiate
• 1x Unsummon
• 1x Winds of Rebuke

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Kess... my favorite purple potion floating mage

• This deck was inspired by Jimmy and Josh from The Command Zone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsgXHtoS-OQ&t=1358s). They introduced me to the idea of having a "secret commander" inside a deck. In this case, all 3 of the Gods are secret commanders.

• Since the 3 Gods will act as commanders when they get to the battlefield (by returning to your hand when they die) they are perfect secret commanders.

• The goal is to make a cohesive deck that synergizes well with all 3 gods. That way when any of the gods are out, the deck will still work as intended no matter which God it is.

• I also want to make the deck as controlling as possible, which will be easy since Kess allows me to replay my spells.

Thanks for looking and please +1 and comment if you like what you see!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.59
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Ral, Izzet Viceroy, Emblem Rowan Kenrith, Emblem Will Kenrith, Insect 1/1 UR, Lizard 8/8 R
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