"You don't vote for kings." // Theme Heavy Kenrith

Commander / EDH* Casual Group Hug Group Slug

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Creature (25)

• 1x Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1x Ballot Broker
• 1x Biomancer's Familiar
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Brago's Representative
• 1x Custodi Lich
• 1x Custodi Squire
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Keeper of Keys
• 1x Knights of the Black Rose
• 1x Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis
• 1x Magister of Worth
• 1x Mathas, Fiend Seeker
• 1x Orzhov Advokist
• 1x Queen Marchesa
• 1x Resolute Archangel
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Selvala, Explorer Returned
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Willbreaker
• 1x Xantcha, Sleeper Agent

Artifact (7)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Temple Bell

Land (37)

• 1x Bant Panorama
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 9x Forest
• 5x Island
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Naya Panorama
• 5x Plains
• 1x Rocky Tar Pit
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Warped Landscape

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Bounty of the Luxa
• 1x Dictate of Karametra
• 1x Dismiss into Dream
• 1x Frontier Siege
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Happily Ever After
• 1x Marchesa's Decree
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Capital Punishment
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Cruel Entertainment
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Minds Aglow
• 1x Planewide Celebration
• 1x Plea for Power
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Tempt with Immortality
• 1x Tempt with Reflections
• 1x Tyrant's Choice

Instant (4)

• 1x Harrow
• 1x Illusion of Choice
• 1x Intellectual Offering
• 1x Split Decision

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Enchantment (2)

• 1x Captive Audience
• 1x Price of Knowledge

Artifact (1)

• 1x Sol Ring

Land (1)

• 1x Reliquary Tower

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x The Royal Scions

Creature (2)

• 1x Palace Jailer
• 1x Regal Behemoth

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I began working on this casual deck because I thought it'd be really fun to take the politics theme to the nth degree.

Kenrith gives a lot of opportunities to mess with your opponents in various way. Playing friendly until you turn the other players against them or simply destroy them yourself. But Kenrith doesn't have to win only through the military might of the kingdom but with stalling tactics as well.

I have put in two WinCons that develop while hiding safely behind your "wall of don't touch me". Below are the two WinCons.

Revel in Riches - How fitting is it that the Returned King would win by accumulating massive amounts of treasure. Such a good fit for theme in the deck. Smothering Tithe will provide consistent treasure whenever someone draws a card (and you can make them do it often) and with the ability to retrieve your Dockside Extortionist anytime it would go to the graveyard - you have a quick way to finish off a game.

Happily Ever After - An all-star way to finish a game and when it enters the battlefield people will be a little more accepting of it due to it's slight group hug element. Resolute Archangel helps us return to our starting life total if we've taken some big hits. Planewide Celebration sits in the deck if our color requirement is not met. The rest of the requirements should be fairly easy to meet.

Outside of those two major win conditions, this deck has some thematic elements and some very strong effects paired with Kenrith's abilities. Two of the major cards are Willbreaker and Dismiss into Dream . With cards like Heartstone and/or Biomancer's Familiar on the board, Kenrith's targetable +1/+1 counter becomes one white mana. These cards allow you to either mind control a target for one mana or destroy a creature for one mana. Extremely strong.

Another part of this deck, and mainly thematically, is the usage of both voting mechanics and monarch. Both add a lot of flavor and make the deck a lot of fun for the controller and interactive for opponents.

The deck is not completely done and I am not the greatest brewer. So I always welcome notes, comments, and suggestions. Please feel free to leave any!

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.70
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Citizen 2/2 WUBRG, Copy Clone, Spirit 1/1 WB, The Monarch, Treasure