Kess Dissident Mage Deck

Commander / EDH* UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (27)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Augur of Bolas
• 1x Charmbreaker Devils
• 1x Crackling Drake
• 1x Curious Homunculus  ^Flip
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Elite Arcanist
• 1x Enigma Drake
• 1x Galvanoth
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Hypersonic Dragon
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Mnemonic Wall
• 1x Murmuring Mystic
• 1x Niblis of Frost
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Pestilent Spirit
• 1x Possessed Skaab
• 1x Spellheart Chimera
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Wildfire Devils
• 1x Wildfire Eternal

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Ral, Izzet Viceroy
• 1x Ral, Storm Conduit

Instant (16)

• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Forbid
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Hungry Flames
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Inner Struggle
• 1x Insidious Will
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Split Decision
• 1x Turn to Frog

Artifact (9)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Gem of Becoming
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Runechanter's Pike
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Arcane Melee
• 1x Firemind's Research
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Precognition Field
• 1x The Mirari Conjecture

Commander (1)

Sorcery (12)

• 1x By Force
• 1x Cosmotronic Wave
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Invade the City
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Notion Rain
• 1x Part the Waterveil
• 1x Rise from the Tides
• 1x Whispering Madness

Land (26)

• 1x Cinder Barrens
• 1x Crypt of the Eternals
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Highland Lake
• 7x Island
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 7x Swamp

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I’ve been spending some time building a Kess deck that has a number of win-cons.

Consultation Kess: Uses these one of these two combos to mill self out to win the game.Demonic Consultation + Laboratory Maniac or Demonic Consultation + Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

Storm: Uses these two Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter to build up life count with Aetherflux Reservoir until players are zapped out of sky. Alternatively, a planeswalker like Ral, Izzet Viceroy or Ral, Storm Conduit will ping opponents with this trigger.

Infinite Creatures: With Cackling Counterpart + Dualcaster Mage , I can create infinite tokens to overrun the board.

Infinite Mana: Archaeomancer + Ghostly Flicker + Peregrine Drake Using these to create infinite mana for other tricks.

Any feedback on how to make this more competitive/quicker to win/less susceptible for removal? I’m trying to keep it under a budget while still maintaining some removal to keep my opponents from winning.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter Demonic Consultation + Laboratory Maniac Archaeomancer + Ghostly Flicker + Peregrine Drake Cackling Counterpart + Dualcaster Mage Demonic Consultation + Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.39
Tokens	Bird Illusion 1/1 U, Construct */* C, Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Emblem Ral, Izzet Viceroy, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie Army 0/0 B