Kess, Dissident Mage

Commander / EDH Budget UBR (Grixis) Wizards

raptor_17

Instant (19)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chemister's Insight
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Murder
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opt
• 1x Prying Eyes
• 1x Sage's Dousing
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Thought Collapse
• 1x Unsummon
• 1x Vile Rebirth
• 1x Wizard's Lightning
• 1x Wizard's Retort

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Angrath's Rampage
• 1x Cry of the Carnarium
• 1x Divination
• 1x Dragon Fodder
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Krenko's Command
• 1x Mnemonic Betrayal
• 1x Never / Return
• 1x Notion Rain
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Whispering Madness

Land (35)

• 1x Bloodfell Caves
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 8x Island
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 7x Mountain
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Riptide Laboratory
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thriving Isle
• 1x Thriving Moor

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Burning Vengeance
• 1x Jace's Sanctum
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Ominous Seas
• 1x Secrets of the Dead
• 1x Shark Typhoon
• 1x Thousand-Year Storm

Artifact (6)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mana Geode
• 1x Manalith
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Commander (1)

Creature (16)

• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Archivist
• 1x Archmage Emeritus
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Erratic Cyclops
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Jori En, Ruin Diver
• 1x Kaza, Roil Chaser
• 1x Melek, Izzet Paragon
• 1x Naru Meha, Master Wizard
• 1x Nightscape Familiar
• 1x Piper of the Swarm
• 1x Spellgorger Weird
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Young Pyromancer

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor
• 1x Saheeli, Sublime Artificer

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Potential Win Con

Dualcaster Mage + Heat Shimmer Result: Infinite creature tokens with haste. Infinite ETB.

Requires: Both cards in hand. {3}{r}{r}{r} available. There is at least one creature on the battlefield.

Steps: Cast Heat Shimmer targeting a creature. With Heat Shimmer on the stack, cast Dualcaster Mage. When it ETBs, target Heat Shimmer with its ability, copying Heat Shimmer. Resolve a copy of Heat Shimmer. creating a copy of Dualcaster Mage with haste. When the token copy ETBs, target Heat Shimmer with the ETB, copying Heat Shimmer. Repeat from step 4 for infinite Dualcaster Mages with haste.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Dualcaster Mage + Heat Shimmer
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 16 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 35 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.94
Tokens	Copy Clone, Drake 2/2 U, Elemental 1/1 R, Goblin 1/1 R, Kraken 8/8 U, Rat 1/1 B, Servo 1/1 C, Shark X/X U, Wizard 2/2 U, Zombie 2/2 B