Kenrith's Darwin Awards - Mutation EDH

Commander / EDH Goodstuff Mutate Theme/Gimmick Toolbox

Art-n-Lutherie

Land (36)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Raugrin Triome
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Sea of Clouds
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x The World Tree
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Creature (33)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Biomancer's Familiar
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Joiner Adept
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Lore Drakkis
• 1x Necropanther
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
• 1x Zirda, the Dawnwaker
• 1x Boneyard Lurker
• 1x Dirge Bat
• 1x Gemrazer
• 1x Insatiable Hemophage
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Parcelbeast
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Snapdax, Apex of the Hunt
• 1x Auspicious Starrix
• 1x Brokkos, Apex of Forever
• 1x Dreamtail Heron
• 1x Illuna, Apex of Wishes
• 1x Nethroi, Apex of Death
• 1x Pouncing Shoreshark
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip
• 1x Chittering Harvester
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Mindleecher
• 1x Muldrotha, the Gravetide *f-etch*
• 1x Sawtusk Demolisher
• 1x Bringer of the Black Dawn

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Training Grounds
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Commander (1)

Artifact (10)

• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Chromatic Orrery

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Eerie Ultimatum
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum

Instant (8)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Deadly Rollick

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I wanted to play around with mutate and thought perhaps Kenrith, the Returned King could be a decent toolbox commander while also giving access to 5 colors.

There's lots of neat (and probably underrated) triggers that mutate gives and so far playtesting it has revealed that no 2 games are the same - which I like!

This deck is a lot of fun to play and you can build a lot of unique and interesting effects from the mutate triggers. One of my favorites is casting a Demonic Tutor once or more per turn by mutating onto a creature containing Vadrok, Apex of Thunder. Or overloading Cyclonic Rift and then returning to hand with Lore Drakkis so your opponents know you can bounce everything back to their hands at your will.

There is a unique win-con with Kenrith, the Returned King + Smothering Tithe and a way to reduce the colorless activation costs of Kenrith to zero (at least 2 of the following: Training Grounds, Zirda, the Dawnwaker, Biomancer's Familiar, etc).. In this case you can pay a blue to force someone to draw. Which makes a treasure. Sac the treasure to repeat ad nauseam and deck them.

Suggestions are always welcome, let me know what you think!

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Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 0 Mythic Rares 58 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.66
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure
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