Kess: The Architect of Drama and Combo

Commander / EDH* Budget Competitive Control Infinite Combo UBR (Grixis)

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Sorcery (21)

• 1x Call the Skybreaker
• 1x Call to Mind
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Chart a Course
• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Portent
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Trash for Treasure
• 1x Windfall

Artifact (16)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Renegade Map
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Instant (20)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Magmaquake
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opt
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Shred Memory
• 1x Supreme Will
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge

Creature (8)

• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Docent of Perfection  ^Flip
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Nin, the Pain Artist
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x The Locust God
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Metallurgic Summonings

Commander (1)

Land (33)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 10x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Watery Grave

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My Kess combo/control deck that is part of the Mizzix "Sieze Control" deck and part of the Wizards "Arcane Wizardry" deck. It looks to control the board via wrath effects and spot removal until eventually winning with either Grand Architect + Pili-Pala combo or Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal combo. Once I have infinite mana I can easily kill everyone at the table with some combination of Blue Sun's Zenith , Stroke of Genius , The Locust God , Memnarch , or if I use the Scepter/Reversal combo I can make infinite creatures with either Docent of Perfection   or Metallurgic Summonings since Isochron Scepter states that the copies are CAST without paying their mana costs.

This deck is incredibly fun and in testing has been really consistent; using the synergy that most of my important pieces are CMC 2, I can use the transmute cards as cheap alternatives to the more expensive tutors. Muddle the Mixture and Shred Memory are even good cards on their own since you always want a way to interact with the graveyard and always want a counterspell to protect you when you try to win the game.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 26 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 27 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.87
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Construct X/X C, Elemental 5/5 UR, Human Wizard 1/1 U, Insect 1/1 UR, Manifest 2/2 C