Kess Hailfire

Commander / EDH UBR (Grixis)

LazavGravemind

Land (36)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 6x Snow-Covered Island
• 4x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 3x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Creature (4)

• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Goblin Electromancer
• 1x Nicol Bolas, the Ravager  ^Flip
• 1x Notion ThiefGC

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Ral, Storm Conduit
• 1x Saheeli, Sublime Artificer

Instant (23)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Blink of an Eye
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Desperate Ritual
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Expansion / Explosion
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Fire Covenant
• 1x Forbidden Alchemy
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Opt
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Silumgar's Command
• 1x Terminate

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chrome MoxGC
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Sorcery (20)

• 1x Cruel Ultimatum
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Discovery / Dispersal
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Mnemonic Betrayal
• 1x Mystic Retrieval
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x River's Rebuke
• 1x Serum Visions
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Tendrils of Agony
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Windfall

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Rhystic StudyGC
• 1x Secrets of the Dead
• 1x Thousand-Year Storm

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This is my take on a Kess storm deck! The wincon is to have out Thousand-Year Storm and Swarm Intelligence, use the rituals to generate a ton of mana, then cast Torment of Hailfire for X=a billion and clear out my opponents!!

The deck feels a little clunky, and I've tried fine tuning it a bunch but can't quite figure it out. I feel like maybe I should put in another win strategy, just so I'm not always playing the same game, but I can't find anything else to throw in that doesn't clog up the list. Any suggestions and help are welcome!

DISCLAIMER

I refuse to put in the Thassa's Oracle+Demonic Consultation combo. I see it everywhere and am kind of tired of it. I also don't like my opponents just assuming I have that as my wincon when I pull out my deck. My usual play group is pretty casual and none of us have super competitive decks. Kess has potential to be super competitive, but I purposely nerfed it a little to make it fair to play against (one player in particular has a very expensive and competitive Urza, Lord High Artificer list, and it's just aggravating to try and play against with everyone else's mid-tier decks).

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.17
Tokens	Emblem Dack Fayden, Servo 1/1 C