Kess, Storm Mage

Commander / EDH* Combo Storm UBR (Grixis)

Masofist

Instant (28)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Gush
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Hurkyl's Recall
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Remand
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Turnabout
• 1x Unsubstantiate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Creature (3)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Notion Thief

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Mystic Remora

Sorcery (21)

• 1x By Force
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Doomsday
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Grapeshot
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Sleight of Hand
• 1x Tendrils of Agony
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Land (27)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 9x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Commander (1)

Artifact (19)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

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Repurposing my old Jeleva deck to try Kess out. I was looking forward to slimming down Jeleva's needs to run multiple wincons and support/protect a singular one but... turns out I love slamming one opponent with Tendrils of Agony, annihilating another with Aetherflux Reservoir, and watching the last one squirm as my Laboratory Maniac activates his Doomsday weapon.

Trying to make the deck as competitive as I could on a budget, I've opted for several mana rocks that fuel the Tendrils/Reservoir lines of play, slotting in Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter for the infinite mana or a Paradox Engine as a means to storm more easily. I'm really pleased with the deck so far, and have opted for more answers due to lack of owning certain other 'auto-includes' such as Wheel of Fortune, Grim Monolith, or Timetwister.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Key combos	Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.16
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Manifest 2/2 C