Kess, Matron of the Storm

Commander / EDH Control Storm UBR (Grixis)

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Creature (9)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk

Land (35)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Canyon Slough
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Desolate Lighthouse
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 2x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Arcane Melee
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Metallurgic Summonings
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Secrets of the Dead

Artifact (11)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (16)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (23)

• 1x Banefire
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Bontu's Last Reckoning
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Enter the Infinite
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Temporal Manipulation
• 1x Tendrils of Agony
• 1x Time Warp
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Keranos, God of Storms

Artifact (3)

• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Rakdos Signet

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Epic Experiment

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Maybeboard

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana of the Dark Realms

Instant (1)

• 1x One with Nothing

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Devil's Play

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Once spoiled I immediately began to build around Kess, dissident mage A spell slinging old woman in an awesome color combination, a badass dress and an EDH presence threatening to overtake even Queen Atraxa, please sign me up. As the name implies, this is a standard storm deck. Build up as much mana/spell casts as you can and combo with storm cards. If you're stuck, just burn or bleed them out.

Early game- Early game tends to be a lot of control, keeping the board clear, getting mana rocks out and tutoring combo pieces. Our creature count is incredibly low and valuable in making Kess's life a little bit more smooth or pinging off smaller creatures with spell cast damage

Mid Game- Still mostly control, finding combo pieces and praying that someone has something more scary than Kess or a few higher impact cards in the 'yard.

Late Game- Once you've gotten your combo cards, go off. Using cards like, Isochron Scepter and Dramatic Reversal with mana rocks and Paradox Engine can give you infinite mana allowing you to hit theoretically a high enough storm count to kill an opponent. IF this fails you can use similar combos and (X) spells that damage or drain an opponent. Aetherflux Reservoir ticks up very quickly in this deck and can combo with cards like, Exsanguinate to kill two people at once if you're lucky. Similarly you may use cards like, Banefire or Torment of Hailfire. If you're feeling extra froggy though and want to win by being the most blue player of all time you can use the infinite mana combo, Pull from Tomorrow, Preordain and Laboratory Maniac to "draw & win".

Top Ranked	Achieved #45 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	W
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	25 - 3 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 19 - 2 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.26
Tokens	Construct */* C, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
Folders	future decks, Helpful Decks, i want hydras