Pure Storm Kess [cEDH]

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Storm UBR (Grixis)

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Instant (26)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Brain Freeze
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Rain of Filth
• 1x Snap
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Unsubstantiate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Winds of Rebuke

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Underworld Breach

Creature (4)

• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Simian Spirit Guide

Land (28)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 5x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Sorcery (18)

• 1x Bonus Round
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Peer into the Abyss
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rite of Flame
• 1x Timetwister
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Transmute Artifact
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

Artifact (19)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Grinding Station
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

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Why

This is what I currently run in paper. I just like winning with storm more than Laboratory Maniac wincons. I don't think they're bad (Doomsday or Demonic Consultation) I just prefer storm.

But if I ever switched off storm... Show

Doomsday Consult Kess [cEDH]

Bad Explanation

Bonus Round loops are good and fairly easy to pull off. For example: casting BR twice lets you loop spells with Unsubstantiate and/or Narset's Reversal. You can even use Unsub by itself to constantly bounce/replay Dockside Extortionist. After that, you can do "IsoRev" things without Isochron Scepter. (sometimes a value BR is enough to win on it's own)
Now that Underworld Breach exists, there are sweet combo-things you can do with Brain Freeze and/or Grinding Station.
Thousand-Year Storm was honestly a good engine but now that we're playing Breach combos, TYS is too clunky. Aetherflux Reservoir still feels necessary to close the game faster when you're falling short on manual storm lines...

Credits Due Show

My first Kess Storm build: KessStormDoomTide [cEDH]
Once again, that deck was inspired by:
LabManiac_Sigi's Kess High Tide
&
Wedge-cEDH's deck:grixis-flux-1

P.S. Even though reversemermaid is a little crazy, I honestly learn a lot from the rambling in the update section of Rev 13:18. So I also have them to thank for inspiration.
P.S.S. It seems Rev has gone MIA and Wedge has moved to making/updating lists on other sites..

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.07
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Spirit 1/1 C, Treasure