Art by David Szabo
Commander deckBU
Kang, Temporal Tyrant
Trigger Kang's drain ability consistently across multiple turns by drawing second cards through loots and cantrips, while leveraging discard and combat synergies to overwhelm opponents.
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Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 62 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Kang, Temporal Tyrant
2UBLegendary Creature — Human Villain
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Commander's Sphere
3Artifact
color fixing that can be sacrificed to trigger Kang's draw ability
Card Draw
12
Rhystic Study
2UEnchantment
punishes opponents and easily draws on multiple turns
Notion Thief
2UBCreature — Human Rogue
steals opponent draws and triggers Kang repeatedly
Sygg, River Cutthroat
UBUBLegendary Creature — Merfolk Rogue
draws at end steps after Kang drains opponents
Removal
10
Threats/Wincons
22
Faerie Vandal
1UCreature — Faerie Rogue
grows whenever you draw your second card each turn
Duelist of the Mind
1UCreature — Human Advisor
grows on second card draw and loots on damage
Gixian Puppeteer
3BCreature — Phyrexian Warlock
drains life on second card draw and reanimates creatures
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
2BBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
massive life swing engine on every draw
Nadir Kraken
1UUCreature — Kraken
creates tentacle tokens whenever cards are drawn
Archfiend of Ifnir
3BBCreature — Demon
shrinks opposing boards whenever Kang connives
Chasm Skulker
2UCreature — Squid Horror
grows with draws and bursts into squid tokens
Psychosis Crawler
5Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
drains all opponents on every card drawn
Marauding Blight-Priest
2BCreature — Vampire Cleric
amplifies life loss whenever Kang's drain gains life
Ledger Shredder
1UCreature — Bird Advisor
connives off multiple spells and scales into a threat
Proft's Eidetic Memory
1ULegendary Enchantment
buffs attackers based on the number of cards drawn
Bone Miser
4BCreature — Zombie Wizard
generates mana, tokens, and cards off Kang's connive
Containment Construct
2Artifact Creature — Construct
allows you to play cards discarded from connive
Feast of Sanity
3BEnchantment
deals damage and gains life whenever you discard cards
Ethereal Investigator
3UCreature — Spirit
makes flying Spirits and Clues on second card draws
Minn, Wily Illusionist
1UULegendary Creature — Gnome Wizard
creates Illusion tokens and cheats permanents into play
Wonder
3UCreature — Incarnation
gives all creatures flying once discarded into the graveyard
Faith of the Devoted
2BEnchantment
additional drain trigger whenever you connive and discard
Alhammarret's Archive
5Legendary Artifact
doubles both card draws and life gained from Kang
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
2BLegendary Creature — Vampire Cleric
turns life gain from Kang's drain into additional targeted damage
Utility
8
Reconnaissance Mission
2UUEnchantment
draws cards on combat damage to trigger second draw easily
Bident of Thassa
2UULegendary Enchantment Artifact
rewards attacking creatures with card draw
Whispersilk Cloak
3Artifact — Equipment
ensures Kang attacks safely to connive without dying
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
grants haste and shroud so Kang can attack immediately
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
gives Kang haste and hexproof for safe attacking
Animate Dead
1BEnchantment — Aura
reanimates high-value targets discarded via connive
Teferi's Ageless Insight
2UULegendary Enchantment
doubles every non-turn draw to effortlessly trigger Kang
