Kethis, Hand of the Walkers

Commander / EDH* Aristocrats BGW (Abzan, Junk) Superfriends

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Planeswalker (20)

• 1x Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants
• 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
• 1x Ajani, Strength of the Pride
• 1x Ajani, the Greathearted
• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Serra the Benevolent
• 1x Ajani Steadfast
• 1x Ajani Unyielding
• 1x Elspeth Tirel
• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
• 1x Huatli, Radiant Champion
• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Sorin, Solemn Visitor
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Vraska, Relic Seeker

Artifact (8)

• 1x Honor-Worn Shaku
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x The Chain Veil
• 1x Thran Temporal Gateway

Instant (4)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Utter End

Creature (20)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Cruel Celebrant
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Captain Sisay
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Ghave, Guru of Spores
• 1x Ghost Council of Orzhova
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Reki, the History of Kamigawa
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier *f-pre*
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Kamahl's Druidic Vow
• 1x Primevals' Glorious Rebirth
• 1x Urza's Ruinous Blast
• 1x Yawgmoth's Vile Offering
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x The Elderspell

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Oath of Nissa
• 1x Profane Procession  ^Flip

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 4x Forest
• 9x Plains
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1x Pendelhaven
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

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Finally a fresh new Commander for a Superfriends themed deck, plus more support for wedge colors YAY!

Kethis, the Hidden Hand is a unique and fun new Commander for Abzan and Superfriends. Sure it takes away blue from the Atraxa, Praetors' Voice (and the proliferate engine) but it also narrows the deck type down into something more concise; enter - aristocrats.

WALKERS THAT MAKE TOKENS

There are a plethora of Planeswalkers that generate tokens, perfect fodder for an aristocrats style deck. A few of the best token generating walkers are: Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants , Ajani, Strength of the Pride , Elspeth Tirel , Elspeth, Sun's Champion , and Sorin, Grim Nemesis . These are just the one's that make multiple tokens, there are plenty of others that can generate you at least one token per turn. The wonderful thing about Kethis, the Hidden Hand is that you don't have to worry about using the walkers minus abilities because you can just bring them right back, for a discounted price even.

WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THOSE TOKENS

With the crazy amount of tokens that you'll be generating there are a few different ways to gain victory. The most prominent way is to sacrifice them into oblivion and drain your opponents to death with the staples like: Blood Artist , Zulaport Cutthroat , and Cruel Celebrant . I included all of them (besides Vindictive Vampire ) because those types of effects are the most essential win cons in the deck. However, the other thing that tokens are great for is getting huge and going wide. Cards like: Evolution Sage , Yawgmoth, Thran Physician , and Karn's Bastion can proliferate your counters (which is obviously also great for your walkers) that come from cards like: Nissa, Voice of Zendikar , Pir, Imaginative Rascal , all the Ajani's, Shalai, Voice of Plenty , and Ghave, Guru of Spores . Plus the superfriends staple Doubling Season helps with this as well. All of these creatures and walkers also have special and unique abilities that help sacrifice things, or give you hexproof etc. The utility from having so many legendaries is wild.

SPEAKING OF LEGENDARIES

In order to use Kethis, the Hidden Hand to his full potential you have to have lots of legendaries, including ones you don't mind tossing away. Profane Procession  , Thran Temporal Gateway , Urza's Ruinous Blast , Yawgmoth's Vile Offering , and Primevals' Glorious Rebirth are all amazing cards in this deck, but it's not the end of the world if you toss them away once you've used them to bring back your heavy hitters.

COMBOS

Generally I'm not personally a huge fan of going infinite, it just doesn't really suit my regular playgroup, but there is one combo that gets me really excited. Infinite mana and drain. All you need is to have Kethis, the Hidden Hand + Phyrexian Altar + Cruel Celebrant + Hope of Ghirapur or any of the other drain creatures.

There is also a little cherry on top with Bolas's Citadel . This card doesn't necessarily make a combo but wow does it work well with this deck. You can even get some use out of sacrificing ten permanents with all the tokens.

This deck seems super fun and has a lot of synergies that are exciting and pretty new. Kethis, the Hidden Hand is a refreshing abzan commander that makes me very excited to try this deck out.

Suggestions are obviously welcome as I'm sure there are many other great cards I am forgetting about that would add some spice to the deck! Also if you like it an upvote would be much appreciated!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Kethis, the Hidden Hand + Phyrexian Altar Cruel Celebrant + Hope of Ghirapur
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	26 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 10 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.91
Tokens	Ajani's Pridemate, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Beast 3/3 G, Cat 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, Construct 0/0 C, Emblem Ajani Steadfast, Emblem Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Emblem Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Emblem Huatli, Radiant Champion, Emblem Serra the Benevolent, Emblem Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Insect 1/1 BG, Knight Ally 2/2 W, Pirate 2/2 B, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W, Treasure, Vampire 2/2 B, Vampire Knight 1/1 B, Zombie 2/2 B