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Hidetsugu and Kairi
UBLegendary Creature — Ogre Demon Dragon · from $0.35
Flying
When Hidetsugu and Kairi enters, draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
When Hidetsugu and Kairi dies, exile the top card of your library. Target opponent loses life equal to its mana value. If it's an instant or sorcery card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
51 of 100 at $5 or less · 31 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 7 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 8 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 9 | Counterspell | Instant | 2 | $1.33 |
| 10 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 11 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 12 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 13 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 14 | Bojuka Bog | Land | 0 | $1.12 |
| 15 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 16 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 17 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 18 | Dark Ritual | Instant | 1 | $0.44 |
| 19 | An Offer You Can't Refuse | Instant | 1 | $3.01 |
| 20 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 21 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 22 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 23 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 24 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 25 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 26 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 27 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 28 | Rhystic Study | Enchantment | 3 | $61.06 |
| 29 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 30 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 31 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 32 | Watery Grave | Land | 0 | $9.86 |
| 33 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 34 | Arcane Denial | Instant | 2 | $1.88 |
| 35 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 36 | Reanimate | Sorcery | 1 | $6.56 |
| 37 | Negate | Instant | 2 | $0.12 |
| 38 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 39 | Cyclonic Rift | Instant | 2 | $29.75 |
| 40 | Demonic Tutor | Sorcery | 2 | $62.80 |
| 41 | Toxic Deluge | Sorcery | 3 | $5.04 |
| 42 | Swan Song | Instant | 1 | $10.72 |
| 43 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 44 | Brainstorm | Instant | 1 | $0.56 |
| 45 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 46 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 47 | Fierce Guardianship | Instant | 3 | $59.21 |
| 48 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 49 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 50 | Sunken Hollow | Land | 0 | $0.29 |
| 51 | Otawara, Soaring City | Land | 0 | $26.57 |
| 52 | Feed the Swarm | Sorcery | 2 | $0.19 |
| 53 | Talisman of Dominance | Artifact | 2 | $0.49 |
| 54 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 55 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 56 | Frantic Search | Instant | 3 | $0.82 |
| 57 | Mystic Remora | Enchantment | 1 | $10.97 |
| 58 | Phyrexian Arena | Enchantment | 3 | $1.92 |
| 59 | Drowned Catacomb | Land | 0 | $0.50 |
| 60 | Deadly Rollick | Instant | 4 | $26.52 |
| 61 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 62 | Propaganda | Enchantment | 3 | $1.84 |
| 63 | Vampiric Tutor | Instant | 1 | $48.13 |
| 64 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 65 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 66 | Mana Drain | Instant | 2 | $50.65 |
| 67 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 68 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 69 | Black Market Connections | Enchantment | 3 | $10.78 |
| 70 | Victimize | Sorcery | 3 | $0.57 |
| 71 | Deadly Dispute | Instant | 2 | $0.29 |
| 72 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 73 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 74 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 75 | Blood Artist | Creature | 2 | $2.78 |
| 76 | Underground River | Land | 0 | $0.51 |
| 77 | Ponder | Sorcery | 1 | $1.82 |
| 78 | Morphic Pool | Land | 0 | $28.50 |
| 79 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 80 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 81 | Pongify | Instant | 1 | $2.21 |
| 82 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 83 | Dimir Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.27 |
| 84 | Windfall | Sorcery | 3 | $4.78 |
| 85 | Mystical Tutor | Instant | 1 | $14.99 |
| 86 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 87 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 88 | Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs | Instant | 3 | $9.68 |
| 89 | Mystic Sanctuary | Land | 0 | $1.01 |
| 90 | Three Tree City | Land | 0 | $29.09 |
| 91 | Gemstone Caverns | Land | 0 | $62.05 |
| 92 | Night's Whisper | Sorcery | 2 | $0.23 |
| 93 | Command Beacon | Land | 0 | $7.99 |
| 94 | Idol of Oblivion | Artifact | 2 | $2.40 |
| 95 | Prismatic Vista | Land | 0 | $28.10 |
| 96 | Buried Ruin | Land | 0 | $0.38 |
| 97 | Phyrexian Tower | Land | 0 | $29.06 |
| 98 | Thran Dynamo | Artifact | 4 | $1.94 |
| 99 | Fell the Profane // Fell Mire | Instant | 4 | $5.80 |
| 100 | Cabal Coffers | Land | 0 | $20.77 |
Curve of these staples
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Combos with Hidetsugu and Kairi
8 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Archaeomancer + Clone Legion + Hidetsugu and Kairi
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite copies of creatures you control · Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Clone Legion + Hidetsugu and Kairi + Mnemonic Wall
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite copies of creatures you control · Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Clone Legion + Hidetsugu and Kairi + Shipwreck Dowser
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite copies of creatures you control · Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinitely large creature until end of turn
Clone Legion + Hidetsugu and Kairi + Scholar of the Ages
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite copies of creatures you control · Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Clone Legion + Hidetsugu and Kairi + Salvager of Secrets
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite copies of creatures you control · Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Clone Legion + Hidetsugu and Kairi + Vampire Charmseeker
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite copies of creatures you control · Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Clone Legion + Hidetsugu and Kairi + Possessed Skaab
Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite copies of creatures you control · Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite storm count
Clone Legion + Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo + Hidetsugu and Kairi
Infinite card draw · Near-infinite lifeloss · Near-infinite creature ETB · Infinite draw triggers · Near-infinite storm count · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite magecraft triggers · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite copies of creatures you control
Top finishes
4 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 2nd of 84 — Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 4–2–1 · by Shahrain K
- 3rd of 16 — Soline KURTZ // 2. turnir on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 2–1–0 · by Marko Milošević
- 15th of 21 — [CoBr3] Liga Moii Agosto 1/4 on Topdeck.ggAug 5, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Óscar Román
- 11th of 29 — 5.Rhein-Sieg Championship CEDH Tournament -Qualifier CEDH nationals Germany- on Topdeck.ggMar 28, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by Coach T
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.