Kess, Dissident Mage Reanimator

Commander / EDH*

DKI94

Lands (37)

• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Desolate Lighthouse
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 3x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave

Utility Creatures (2)

• 1x Galecaster Colossus
• 1x Havengul Lich

WinCons (14)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Dragonlord Silumgar
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Lord of the Void
• 1x Malfegor
• 1x Nicol Bolas
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sire Of Insanity
• 1x Thraximundar
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Reanimation (13)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Extract from Darkness
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Grave Upheaval
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Torrent of Souls
• 1x Victimize

Mana Rocks (9)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Commander (1)

Filtering/Discard Outlet (13)

• 1x Ancient Excavation *list*
• 1x Breakthrough
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Forbidden Alchemy
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Magus of the Bazaar
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Other Spells (11)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Other (15)

• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Cruel Ultimatum
• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Foreboding Ruins
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Insidious Dreams
• 1x Kaervek the Merciless
• 1x Prince of Thralls
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Turbulent Dreams
• 1x Worldgorger Dragon

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I reanimator deck using Kess, Dissident Mage to reuse reanimation spells such as Stitch Together and Torrent of Souls as well as card filtering cards such as Cathartic Reunion and Frantic Search to put very powerful finishers like Razaketh, the Foul-Blooded and Emrakul, the Promised End into the graveyard and reanimate them. The deck has some supporting creatures like The Scarab God, who individually serves as a backup reanimator but is mostly there for value, and Venser, Shaper Savant who acts as disruption and is a good target for The Scarab God. The deck also has some supporting spells, mostly in the form of counterspells and tutors with a small bit of removal as well. Would like some feedback on the deck, feel free to make suggestions.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	20 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.84
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Potential decks, To build