Kess, Storming Mage

Commander / EDH UBR (Grixis)

Roozsta

Draw (22)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Drawn from Dreams
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Opt
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Windfall

Protection (6)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Negate
• 1x Swan Song

Tutor (4)

• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Mystical Tutor

Removal (3)

• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Terminate

Other (30)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 10x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Ramp (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Mana (4)

• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Seething Song

Copy (3)

• 1x Bonus Round
• 1x God-Eternal Kefnet
• 1x Increasing Vengeance

Commander (1)

Combo (12)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Thousand-Year Storm
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Value (5)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x God-Eternal Kefnet
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Nightscape Familiar

Boardclear (3)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disrupt Decorum
• 1x Toxic Deluge

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Maybeboard

Other (10)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Aria of Flame
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Ignite the Future
• 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Secrets of the Dead
• 1x Steam Vents

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This is my first attempt at a storm deck, and I wanted to use Kess. It's pretty budget as far as storm goes, so it doesn't have the very best includes such as Yawgmoth's Will or Wheel of Fortune, but it still functions well enough below cEDH levels. The wincons in this deck include Thousand-Year Storm with something like Lightning Bolt and Mizzix's Mastery, Bolas's Citadel with Sensei's Divining Top and Aetherflux Reservoir, and Isochron Scepter imprinted with Dramatic Reversal to crank mana rocks and do things such as kill the table with Torment of Hailfire, Guttersnipe, or Aetherflux Reservoir. I stayed away from labman wincons, as I think they would just get too repetitive and competitive for how I like to play.

Feel free to leave any suggestions below!

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 25 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.39
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Dack Fayden