Kess Casual Groups

Commander / EDH Casual Combo Control UBR (Grixis)

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Instant (20)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (11)

• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thought Vessel

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Dack Fayden

Land (34)

• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 10x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Creature (8)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deceiver Exarch
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Pestermite

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Insight
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Splinter Twin

Commander (1)

Sorcery (19)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Mastermind's Acquisition
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

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Sideboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Opposition Agent

Artifact (1)

• 1x Mana Vault

Instant (1)

• 1x Aetherspouts

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Arcane Laboratory
• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Propaganda

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Reanimate

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Maybeboard

Artifact (4)

• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top

Creature (2)

• 1x Merfolk Looter
• 1x Thassa's Oracle

Instant (4)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Tainted Pact

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
• 1x Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Arterial Flow
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Sleight of Hand

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Casual Kess, Dissident Mage

Competitive level: 6 / 10

Price: ~$235

This deck plays to stall and control the field and eventually win with Splinter Twin , Deceiver Exarch , Pestermite or exiling your entire library with Demonic Consultation in conjunction with Laboratory Maniac .

If you're looking to make the deck cheaper and more casual, switch out the more expensive cards with removal spells such as Chaos Warp , Crux of Fate , Devastation Tide , or add counterspells such as Dissolve , Dissipate , Cancel . Draw spells such as Divination are worth consideration to replace Demonic Tutor and Rhystic Study .

Switch in Vampiric Tutor and Yawgmoth's Will to make the deck more consistent. I would not recommend adding Dark Confidant and Ad Nauseam unless you were to add all of the other expensive cards listed below as well.

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Yawgmoth's Will - Arterial Flow / Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh

Vampiric Tutor - Sleight of Hand

Dark Confidant - Merfolk Looter

Sensei's Divining Top - All Is Dust

Ad Nauseam - Diabolic Tutor

Mana Crypt - Island

Imperial Recruiter - Darksteel Ingot

Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 4 Mythic Rares 25 - 4 Rares 26 - 2 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.36
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Emblem Dack Fayden, Manifest 2/2 C