Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Legendary Creature — Naga Wizard

The first face-down creature spell you cast each turn costs {3} less to cast.

Whenever a face-down creature enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (21)

Max_Hammer on How should I upgrade this …

2 years ago

Here is the link to the Millicent spirit precon. It is bad.

I have four precons here that I'm upgrading: Ghired, Conclave Exile, Anje Falkenrath who is being swapped out for Chainer, Nightmare Adept, Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer who I just posted another help request about, and lastly the spirit precon here.

This one is by far the weakest and worth the least, and quite frankly spirits aren't great to begin with. Now, this question is really a matter of opinion I suppose, but it'd be great if someone could recommend a commander or some cards to really boost up the power level, but not ones that are super pricy.

I mean, sure, fetch lands and duals and Smothering Tithe + Rhystic Study would make it stronger, but if I had that money I'd just buy a whole new deck.

The main problem with the deck is that it's hard to get set up, and once you are set up, a board wipe is basically impossible to recover from. Not to mention that if I am set up and not hit with a wrath then my 1/1s will only do so much.

The deck also seems to have some tapping synergy as well as investigation. I'd be more than willing to mostly revamp the deck, but I kinda need some suggestions first because I have zero clue how to start.

Sidenote ranty tangent here Show

It really sucks thinking about how cool spirits could be and how sucky they actually are. Which, like, it's fine whatever, but it's a bummer knowing that new or returning someone probably bought this deck thinking ghosts are spooky and cool, let's go with this, and then got totally ROFL-stomped by their friends who just bought better decks. Not even for more money, mind you, just decks that happened to be stronger.

Or for what happened to my dad, who bought these decks on a whim, was not knowing that spirits sucked balls and then, again, getting ROFL-stomped because someone else happened to pick a stronger deck.

I think this really comes down to playtesting and an approximate level of evenness between all of these precons. Not to mention that it can't even be power creep, since this bad boy came out 2021 and the others (I'm fairly certain) came out in 2019.

And I know the precons can't be, like, busted or have super valuable cards, but these other three are, in all honesty, pretty kick-ass. Why the downgrade?

At least I think they learned their lesson, somewhat. The WH40k precons were pretty heavy metal and had little-to-no fat in them, so that's good at least.

That said, the ghosts need to be doing the ROFL-stomping, WoTC.

And for the record, I'm not like totally livid about this, I'm just bored and rather verbose. It's a bummer, but that's about it.

Okay, rant ended.

Max_Hammer on Kadena "Surprise tool for later" …

2 years ago

I'm upgrading a Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer precon all about that one Micky Mouse gif where he goes, "And this is a surprise tool for later!" I want to know all of the fun mechanics where I can hide away (Hey... Wait a minute) a card and use it as a tool for later.

I've also chosen to lean a bit more into saccing creatures for draw or chump blocking them and putting them back into my hand, for a second use of their morph if need be.

I'd also like to note that my wincon is playing control (with hidden cards basically acting as loaded guns under the table), until I get one of my wincons out to storm the table. I have Vraska, Golgari Queen, Vraska the Unseen, Biomass Mutation, and Overwhelming Stampede in here alreay. I simply adore all Vraskas and Stampede/Mutation can usually turn my army of 2/2s into something lethal. And I know these aren't super optimal but again it's a precon upgrade, so do keep that in mind.

Of course we have morph and manifest, as well as foretell and hideaway (but only in the form of Watcher for Tomorrow (which I thought of whilst writing this), but are there any others?

Any suggestions for spicy stealthy mechanics, stronger/more consistent wincons (that aren't infinite combos, since this is casual), or improvements to the deck in general would be greatly appreciated as well. I've made some edits already but don't worry about suggesting something I've already seen.

Link to the precon decklist.

DrukenReaps on First edh deck

3 years ago

Evasive Maneuver Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Mind Seize Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge

Adaptive Enchantment Estrid, the Masked

Subjective Reality Aminatou, the Fateshifter

Mystic Intellect Sevinne, the Chronoclasm

Faceless Menace Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Timeless Wisdom Gavi, Nest Warden

Symbiotic Swarm Kathril, Aspect Warper

Ruthless Regiment Jirina Kudro

Enhanced Evolution Otrimi, the Ever-Playful

Arcane Maelstrom Kalamax, the Stormsire

Aura of Courage Galea, Kindler of Hope

Dragonic Rage Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients

Dungeons of Death Sefris of the Hidden Ways

Planar Portal Prosper, Tome-Bound

Reap the Tide Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait

Eleven Empire Lathril, Blade of the Elves

Lorehold Legacies Osgir, the Reconstructor

Prismari Performance Zaffai, Thunder Conductor

Quantum Quandrix Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

Silverquill Statement Breena, the Demagogue

Witherbloom Witchcraft Willowdusk, Essence Seer

This should help some folks be more inclined to help you. I for one have no idea what the name of most of the decks are, it is just the commander(s) that I care about. What I would highly recommend is if you know your general preferred play style let us know and we can start pointing you in one direction or another.

Guerric on The Mimeoplasm Combo Mill (Retired)

3 years ago

Final Update June 1, 2021

I'm officially necro'ing this deck as of today. We had a fun last run with it, culminating in me using Emrakul, the Promised End to take my friend's turn. It wasn't enough though and he won anyway. I've enjoyed the versatility, but not the variance in this deck. I could make it more consistent and probably it would be strong. However, to do that I'd have to focus almost exclusively on winning with Walking Ballista every time, and that wouldn't be a deck I enjoy as much. In the meantime I've wanted to build Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer since she was spoiled and have the unopened precon, but never built her because I already had a Sultai deck. I'll continue to use the mana base and some of the relevant tutors and such in the new deck, while selling the splashy cards that have gone up in value a ton over the years to finance new cards for her. Rest in Peace, my T-Rex armed friend, you are great.

king-saproling on Pokemon EDH - 111% altered art

4 years ago

4/22/2021 Update - finally finished the general, Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer (Mewtwo). Like Nantuko Vigilante , I tried to mimic the art of the original pokemon card as much as possible, except that I also wanted Mewtwo to extend beyond the art box a bit.

Next up is the partner, Umori, the Collector (Mew)

Abzkaban on What are your Favorite Commanders?

4 years ago

My favorite decks to play are Ghave, Guru of Spores , Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer , and Queen Marchesa . Yeva, Nature's Herald is a fun one, too, if you like winning at instant speed. Let me know if you want to see any decklists. Actually they all should be on my page.

brendo214 on All My Homies Hate Public Knowledge (Morph EDH)

4 years ago

• Cyclonic Rift gets used way too much in my play group so I opt to not include it in any of my decks and I don't think its even necessary seeing as I have tools to make it unblockable.
• The point of Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir and my other flash cards are to ensure I can get a free morph out on each of my opponents turns using Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer, so I want to ensure that the flash is recurrable. Considering that, Emergence Zone is not something I would want. I don't have any big one-turn flash plays that can win me the game so it wouldn't be good for that either
• Ezuri, Claw of Progress is one of my infinite combo pieces so I absolutely am not getting rid of it
• This is also a control combo deck so I'm not interested in using Forsaken Monument and Beastmaster Ascension to make my morph creatures big. Swinging with a lot of big creatures isn't my goal and I don't want it to become that
• I don't think I need signets, I prefer mana fixing through lands rather than artifacts and I'm not in a rush to get my commander out on t2 (it's not the level the deck is intended to be playing at).
• I intend to replace Temple of Mystery with Rejuvenating Springs at some points
• Ancient Tomb is currently $40 and I don't want to spend that much on one single land

Thanks for the recommendations though! All the other ones you gave were pretty good, I'll consider adding them for sure

Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor on Zendikar Spoilers!

4 years ago

New Akiri is interesting as she is a lower cmc and less restrictive Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale. To me that instantly makes her more palatable as Syr Gwyn is sooo expensive and you feel crushed if she gets removed quickly.

Forsaken Monument is immediately going into my Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer list. Beefing up all my Morphs and gaining 2 life for each one is fantastic. Plus it will help the deck finish games (one area where Kadena usually struggles).

The alternate art for Moraug is freaking sick!

Holy hell is Nahiri's Lithoforming great for lands matters decks! DemonDragonJ, being able to sac lands off this card is not a downside, it's a boon. Lord Windgrace/Korvold, Fae-Cursed King will certainly abuse the heck out of that card, and even my Mina and Denn, Wildborn list will gladly take this.