Art: Caio Monteiro · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

UBG

Legendary Creature — Snake Wizard Sorcerer · from $0.34

The first face-down creature spell you cast each turn costs {3} less to cast. Whenever a face-down creature you control enters, draw a card.

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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

60 of 100 at $5 or less · 40 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	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
14	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
15	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
16	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
17	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
18	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
19	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
20	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
21	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
22	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
23	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
24	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
25	An Offer You Can't Refuse	Instant	1	$3.01
26	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
27	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
28	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
29	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
30	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
31	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
32	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
33	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
34	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
35	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
36	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
37	Rhystic Study	Enchantment	3	$61.06
38	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
39	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
40	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
41	Watery Grave	Land	0	$9.86
42	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
43	Arcane Denial	Instant	2	$1.88
44	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
45	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
46	Negate	Instant	2	$0.12
47	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
48	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	2	$29.75
49	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
50	Breeding Pool	Land	0	$9.15
51	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
52	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
53	Swan Song	Instant	1	$10.72
54	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
55	Overgrown Tomb	Land	0	$8.00
56	Brainstorm	Instant	1	$0.56
57	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
58	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
59	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
60	Fierce Guardianship	Instant	3	$59.21
61	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
62	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
63	Sunken Hollow	Land	0	$0.29
64	Otawara, Soaring City	Land	0	$26.57
65	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
66	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
67	Talisman of Dominance	Artifact	2	$0.49
68	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
69	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
70	Hinterland Harbor	Land	0	$0.28
71	Frantic Search	Instant	3	$0.82
72	Mystic Remora	Enchantment	1	$10.97
73	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
74	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
75	Drowned Catacomb	Land	0	$0.50
76	Deadly Rollick	Instant	4	$26.52
77	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
78	Woodland Cemetery	Land	0	$0.62
79	Propaganda	Enchantment	3	$1.84
80	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
81	Vampiric Tutor	Instant	1	$48.13
82	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
83	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
84	Mana Drain	Instant	2	$50.65
85	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
86	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
87	Assassin's Trophy	Instant	2	$1.01
88	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
89	Black Market Connections	Enchantment	3	$10.78
90	Victimize	Sorcery	3	$0.57
91	Deadly Dispute	Instant	2	$0.29
92	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
93	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
94	Yavimaya Coast	Land	0	$0.31
95	Llanowar Wastes	Land	0	$0.59
96	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
97	Blood Artist	Creature	2	$2.78
98	Underground River	Land	0	$0.51
99	Ponder	Sorcery	1	$1.82
100	Rejuvenating Springs	Land	0	$4.12

Curve of these staples

Top finishes

4 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

4th of 21 — Free Mulligans - Casual EDH League (Season 3, Tappa 1) on Topdeck.ggOct 1, 2026 · 1–0–1 · by Alessio Caricato
13th of 22 — Commander 500 - 06/08/26 on Topdeck.ggAug 6, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by João vitor
16th of 18 — Commander 500 - 30/07/26 on Topdeck.ggJul 30, 2026 · 0–3–0 · by João vitor
11th of 31 — CEDH SHOWDOWN @ THE HOLLOW ARCHIVE on Topdeck.ggJun 20, 2026 · 1–3–1 · by David Crowell

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Precons led by Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Official preconstructed decks with Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer at the helm.

Faceless Menace
PreconCommander· Released Aug 2019

Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Precon product lists via MTGJSON. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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