Kess, High Doom

Commander / EDH* Combo Competitive Control UBR (Grixis)

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Instant (30)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Gush
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Snap
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Thought Scour
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Winds of Rebuke

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence

Land (29)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 10x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Artifact (16)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence

Commander (1)

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Doomsday
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Creature (4)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Notion Thief

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Dack Fayden

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Maybeboard

Instant (5)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Delay
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Chart a Course
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Vandalblast

Creature (1)

• 1x Faerie Macabre

Artifact (2)

• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Rakdos Signet

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Ad Nauseam into Doomsday is the primary Win-Con for this deck. If you are unfamiliar with Doomsday/Laboratory Maniac piles check out The EDH Doomsday Primer

Check out fossil and the Dr. Meandeck he has been working on for inspiration. I stole the Intuition into Laboratory Maniac Unearth Demonic Consultation line from him.

Gameplan
Even though this deck doesn't rock a turn 2 or 3 win as constantly as a Protean Hulk/Flash deck or Food Chain/General Tazri it is still a fast combo deck not a control or tempo deck. The goal of this deck is to tutor on turn 1 or 2 for either Ad Nauseam or Doomsday. Then you attempt to win on turn 4 either with Doomsday or by casting Ad Nauseam before your 4th turn. If you get stopped Kess, Dissident Mage allows you to recast your win conditions. Unlike some Kess, Dissident Mage deck's you make full use of counterspell's with this build. If you play correctly you should be able to get a turn 4 or 5 Doomsday with protection most games.

Single card discussion,
Vandalblast, Cyclonic Rift and Toxic Deluge are how I get rid of stack pieces. I have also been experimenting with By Force, Earthquake and now Abrade because i like instant speed stuff. I do not believe you need very many of these cards and they are meta dependent.

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Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.85
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Emblem Dack Fayden
Folders	EDH, Retired: Kess