Kykar Swiss Army Knife (Budget)

Commander / EDH Flying RUW (Jeskai, America) Tokens

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Mana Base (43)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 8x Island
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Meteor Crater
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 8x Mountain
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Mystic Monastery
• 7x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Raugrin Triome
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Temple of the False God

Noncreature Spell Synergy (5)

• 1x Jeskai Ascendancy
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
• 1x Teferi, Time Raveler
• 1x Whirlwind of Thought

Polymorph Theme (3)

• 1x Polymorph
• 1x Proteus Staff
• 1x Transmogrify

Token Theme (17)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Battle Hymn
• 1x Call the Skybreaker
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Favorable Winds
• 1x Gravitational Shift
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Promise of Bunrei
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Sephara, Sky's Blade
• 1x Shared Animosity
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Spear of Heliod
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh

Combo (7)

• 1x Elsha of the Infinite
• 1x Grapeshot
• 1x Haze of Rage
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Silence
• 1x Twilight Drover
• 1x Underworld Breach

X Instant Response to Removal (5)

• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Electrodominance
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Magmaquake
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation

Commander (1)

Removal and Protection (15)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Time Wipe
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Winds of Abandon

Ramp and Card Draw (4)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Serum Visions

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Maybeboard

Cards that make tokens better (23)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Call for Unity
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Clash of Realities
• 1x Commander's Insignia
• 1x Crescendo of War
• 1x Day of the Dragons
• 1x Dictate of Heliod
• 1x Diversionary Tactics
• 1x Divine Sacrament
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Force of Virtue
• 1x Glorious Anthem
• 1x Glory of Warfare
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Goblinslide
• 1x Hall of Triumph
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Honor of the Pure
• 1x Shared Triumph
• 1x The Immortal Sun
• 1x Throne of the God-Pharaoh

Noncreature Spell Theme (7)

• 1x Melek, Izzet Paragon
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery
• 1x Monastery Mentor
• 1x Myth Realized
• 1x Narset of the Ancient Way
• 1x Shark Typhoon
• 1x Soulfire Grand Master

Spirit Tribal (2)

• 1x Devouring Rage
• 1x Ribbons of the Reikai

Ramp and Card Draw (1)

• 1x Opt

Removal and Protection (5)

• 1x Oblation
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Tormod's Crypt
• 1x Turn / Burn

Cards that make more tokens (3)

• 1x Akim, the Soaring Wind
• 1x Benevolent Offering
• 1x Spectral Procession

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Kykar can go a lot of different ways, including

• Tokens: Going wide with Anointed Procession and Coat of Arms

• Instants that cost X, to use up any spirits when faced with a wrath, such as Comet Storm or Sphinx's Revelation.

• Other noncreature-spells-matters themed cards like Jeskai Ascendancy

• Creature-boosting enchantments like Glorious Anthem, which will also make a 1/1 when you cast it.

• Polymorph spirit tokens into powerful creatures like Stormtide Leviathan

• Infinite combos, typically involving Mana Echoes and Twilight Drover or Haze of Rage.

• Other combos, particularly Elsha of the Infinite with Proteus Staff. Note that the low creature count sets up the potential for Proteus Staff to re-arrange your library if it can't find a creature. When you do, you stack the deck with Battle Hymn, Mana Echoes, and your other combo pieces.

• Spirit Tribal - Mostly just Twilight Drover or Devouring Rage.

I've chosen to include a few cards from each theme to give a well-rounded deck. If you want to dive deeply into one of these themes, there are a few card suggestions in the maybeboard that might interest you. I like to keep my decks fairly budget (under $5 per card on average), but if you've got the scrilla then look up kykar on edhrec.com to see all of the non-budget obvious auto-includes such as Cyclonic Rift, Force of Will, Jeweled Lotus, and Smothering Tithe. Since this deck involves infinite combos, I feel that it's fair not to include any tutors. If you don't have that ethic in your play group, feel free to include Mystical Tutor and Enlightened Tutor to get your combo pieces faster.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.82
Tokens	Elemental 5/5 UR, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Servo 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 C, Spirit 1/1 W