Kelsien won't Die

Commander / EDH* Deathtouch Experience Protection RBW (Mardu)

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Mana (46)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Axgard Armory
• 1x Blightstep Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Detection Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Geothermal Bog
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 2x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sacred Peaks
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Sunlit Marsh
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thriving Bluff
• 1x Thriving Moor
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Patriar's Seal
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Revel in Riches

GYH (3)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x General's Enforcer
• 1x Farewell

Recursion (13)

• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Jailbreak
• 1x Netherborn Altar
• 1x Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
• 1x Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Haunted One
• 1x Venerable Warsinger
• 1x Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
• 1x Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Dusk / Dawn

Protection (8)

• 1x Giver of Runes
• 1x Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Agent of the Shadow Thieves
• 1x General's Enforcer
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Ratadrabik of Urborg

Targets (8)

• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Jailbreak
• 1x Slaughter Specialist
• 1x Starke of Rath
• 1x Mogg Infestation
• 1x Rite of the Raging Storm
• 1x Shadrix Silverquill

Draw (5)

• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Greed
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 1x Shadrix Silverquill

Evasion (5)

• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Giver of Runes
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar

Untap (4)

• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Thornbite Staff
• 1x Drumbellower
• 1x Patriar's Seal

Commander (1)

Deathtouch (10)

• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 1x Gorgon's Head
• 1x You Are Already Dead
• 1x Agent of the Shadow Thieves
• 1x Rune of Mortality
• 1x Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1x Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar
• 1x Mari, the Killing Quill
• 1x Quietus Spike

Removal (8)

• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Starke of Rath
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 1x Mogg Infestation
• 1x Farewell
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Dusk / Dawn

Tutor (6)

• 1x Axgard Armory
• 1x Profane Tutor
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Fighter Class
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Night Dealings

Experience (5)

• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Grateful Apparition
• 1x Daxos the Returned
• 1x Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas
• 1x Minthara, Merciless Soul

Other (2)

• 1x Deflecting Palm
• 1x Inkshield

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Rule Zero breakdown: "This deck uses Kelsien to get experience points and eventually win through commander damage."

This is all very true. Saying this at the beginning of the game also draws attention (and removal) to Kelsien. So, while the deck is "Kelsien won't die", its also "Kelsien won't stay dead" - twin strategies that ensure the deck can pull through soaking archenemy level hate. Kelsien won't die because he has lots of protection: Giver and Mother of Runes tap to invalidate targeted hate and sit around threatening to tap otherwise. Kelsien won't stay dead since a thirteen-piece recursion package insures some possibilities of recurring Kelsien (or an artifact copy, or zombie copy, or vampire copy...) out of the graveyard at nearly any point in the game.

The deck is designed to be "Fair" - no poison counters, no infinite combos, infinite mana or library draw. It is also designed to draw hate; if Kelsien isn't focused down, he rapidly gains the ability to win the game with few other cards required.

More details soon.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 29 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.94
Tokens	Copy Clone, Enchantment Spirit */* WB, Experience Token, Goblin 1/1 R, Human 1/1 W, Human Soldier 1/1 W, Inkling 2/1 WB, Lightning Rager, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B