Art by Tuan Duong Chu
Commander deckRUW
Kilo, Apogee Mind
Apply initial poison counters with efficient infect threats or noncombat spells, then abuse tap and untap engines alongside vehicles and cheap mana tap outlets to proliferate opponents to ten poison while locking down the game with hard control.
Asked for“Kilo, Apogee Mind. infect. proliferate tap and untap gimmicks. hard control around the plan”
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
1Kilo, Apogee Mind
URWLegendary Artifact Creature — Robot Artificer
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Springleaf Drum
1Artifact
taps Kilo immediately for mana and a proliferate trigger
Paradise Mantle
0Artifact — Equipment
equips to Kilo to tap for mana and proliferate on demand
Relic of Legends
3Artifact
taps Kilo for colored mana to proliferate at instant speed
Card Draw
10
Rhystic Study
2UEnchantment
steady card advantage engine that punishes opponents
Esper Sentinel
WArtifact Creature — Human Soldier
scales with proliferate +1/+1 counters to draw cards
Prologue to Phyresis
1UInstant
cantrips while giving each opponent their first poison counter
Removal
12
Swan Song
UInstant
one-mana hard counter for instants, sorceries, and enchantments
Threats/Wincons
22
Skrelv, Defector Mite
WLegendary Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Mite
gives toxic, protection, and unblockable to key threats
Skrelv's Hive
1WEnchantment
consistent toxic token generation and lifelink enabler
Lost Leonin
1WCreature — Phyrexian Cat Soldier
aggressive two-mana infect creature
Thrummingbird
1UCreature — Phyrexian Bird Horror
flying attacker that proliferates on combat damage
Flux Channeler
2UCreature — Human Wizard
proliferates whenever noncreature control spells are cast
Viral Drake
3UCreature — Phyrexian Drake
evasive infect threat with a repeatable proliferate mana sink
Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
2UULegendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror
indestructible engine that doubles all proliferate triggers
Inexorable Tide
3UUEnchantment
proliferates on every cast to accelerate poison ticks
Corrupted Conscience
3UUEnchantment — Aura
steals the biggest threat and gives it infect
Grafted Exoskeleton
4Artifact — Equipment
turns Kilo or any creature into a lethal infect source
Blightsteel Colossus
12Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem
indestructible one-shot infect game ender
Annex Sentry
2WArtifact Creature — Phyrexian Cleric
toxic creature that temporarily exiles a problematic permanent
Priests of Norn
2WCreature — Phyrexian Cleric
defensive infect body with vigilance to block and attack
Razor Swine
2RCreature — Phyrexian Boar
first strike infect creature that wins combat easily
Tine Shrike
3WCreature — Phyrexian Bird
evasive flyer to deliver poison counters safely
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
3WULegendary Planeswalker — Teferi
control walker that reaches ultimate quickly via proliferate
Narset, Parter of Veils
1UULegendary Planeswalker — Narset
locks opponents out of extra draws and digs for spells
The Wandering Emperor
2WWLegendary Planeswalker
flash planeswalker that controls combat and grows with proliferate
Tezzeret the Seeker
3UULegendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret
tutors tap/untap artifacts and untaps them directly
Shorikai, Genesis Engine
2WULegendary Artifact — Vehicle
crew vehicle taps Kilo freely while generating value and tokens
Smuggler's Copter
2Artifact — Vehicle
crew 1 taps Kilo on demand and filters cards on attack
Spark Double
3UCreature — Illusion
nonlegendary copy of Kilo to double proliferate triggers
Utility
8
Freed from the Real
2UEnchantment — Aura
untaps Kilo repeatedly for a blue mana to combo with tap outlets
Pemmin's Aura
1UUEnchantment — Aura
provides protection and repeatable untap for Kilo
Umbral Mantle
3Artifact — Equipment
equipment that grants a repeatable untap ability to Kilo
Staff of Domination
3Artifact
multifunctional artifact that untaps creatures and draws cards
Thousand-Year Elixir
3Artifact
untaps Kilo each turn cycle and provides pseudo-haste
Sting, the Glinting Dagger
2Legendary Artifact — Equipment
untaps Kilo at the beginning of each player's combat
Dramatic Reversal
1UInstant
untaps Kilo and all mana rocks for huge proliferate turns
