Kenrith, the Returned King

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Legendary Creature — Human Noble · from $0.54

{R}: All creatures gain trample and haste until end of turn. {1}{G}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. {2}{W}: Target player gains 5 life. {3}{U}: Target player draws a card. {4}{B}: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under its owner's control.

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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 · 45 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	Swords to Plowshares	Instant	1	$0.98
7	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
8	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
9	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
10	Path to Exile	Instant	1	$0.71
11	Counterspell	Instant	2	$1.33
12	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
13	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
14	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
15	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
16	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
17	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
18	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
19	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
20	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
21	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
22	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
23	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
24	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
25	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
26	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
27	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
28	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
29	An Offer You Can't Refuse	Instant	1	$3.01
30	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
31	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
32	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
33	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
34	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
35	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
36	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
37	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
38	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
39	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
40	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
41	Rhystic Study	Enchantment	3	$61.06
42	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
43	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
44	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
45	Watery Grave	Land	0	$9.86
46	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
47	Arcane Denial	Instant	2	$1.88
48	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
49	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
50	Negate	Instant	2	$0.12
51	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
52	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	2	$29.75
53	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
54	Breeding Pool	Land	0	$9.15
55	Godless Shrine	Land	0	$8.47
56	Hallowed Fountain	Land	0	$6.97
57	Generous Gift	Instant	3	$0.93
58	Steam Vents	Land	0	$9.63
59	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
60	Smothering Tithe	Enchantment	4	$56.09
61	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
62	Swan Song	Instant	1	$10.72
63	Blood Crypt	Land	0	$8.68
64	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
65	Overgrown Tomb	Land	0	$8.00
66	Brainstorm	Instant	1	$0.56
67	Sacred Foundry	Land	0	$10.28
68	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
69	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
70	Sulfur Falls	Land	0	$0.20
71	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
72	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
73	Clifftop Retreat	Land	0	$0.19
74	Esper Sentinel	Creature	1	$58.03
75	Temple Garden	Land	0	$6.57
76	Fierce Guardianship	Instant	3	$59.21
77	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
78	Dragonskull Summit	Land	0	$0.45
79	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
80	Sunken Hollow	Land	0	$0.29
81	Cinder Glade	Land	0	$0.25
82	Otawara, Soaring City	Land	0	$26.57
83	Glacial Fortress	Land	0	$0.21
84	Isolated Chapel	Land	0	$0.21
85	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
86	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
87	Talisman of Dominance	Artifact	2	$0.49
88	Smoldering Marsh	Land	0	$0.27
89	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
90	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
91	Hinterland Harbor	Land	0	$0.28
92	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
93	Frantic Search	Instant	3	$0.82
94	Mystic Remora	Enchantment	1	$10.97
95	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
96	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
97	Prairie Stream	Land	0	$0.19
98	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
99	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
100	Drowned Catacomb	Land	0	$0.50

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Most played with Kenrith, the Returned King

The 25 most-played cards in 141 settled top-16 lists running Kenrith, the Returned King at 16+ player events since Mar 7, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Sol Ring	100% · 141 of 141	41
2	Command Tower	99% · 139 of 141	40
3	Esper Sentinel	98% · 138 of 141	40
4	Lotus Petal	98% · 138 of 141	40
5	Demonic Tutor	97% · 137 of 141	38
6	Rhystic Study	97% · 137 of 141	39
7	Smothering Tithe	96% · 136 of 141	40
8	Vampiric Tutor	96% · 136 of 141	38
9	Chrome Mox	96% · 135 of 141	38
10	Enlightened Tutor	96% · 135 of 141	38
11	Gemstone Caverns	96% · 135 of 141	39
12	Mana Vault	96% · 135 of 141	38
13	Mystic Remora	96% · 135 of 141	40
14	Mindbreak Trap	95% · 134 of 141	39
15	Silence	95% · 134 of 141	38
16	Swan Song	95% · 134 of 141	39
17	Ancient Tomb	94% · 133 of 141	38
18	Misty Rainforest	94% · 133 of 141	37
19	Force of Will	94% · 132 of 141	38
20	City of Brass	93% · 131 of 141	39
21	Mana Confluence	93% · 131 of 141	40
22	Mox Diamond	93% · 131 of 141	37
23	Polluted Delta	93% · 131 of 141	40
24	Birds of Paradise	92% · 130 of 141	38
25	Flusterstorm	92% · 130 of 141	38

Combos with Kenrith, the Returned King

The 10 most popular of 297 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Composite Golem + Kenrith, the Returned King
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Kenrith, the Returned King + Warren Soultrader
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite artifact tokens · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite Treasure tokens · Infinite card draw for any number of players · Return all creature cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under your control · Infinite draw triggers for any number of opponents · Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Biomancer's Familiar + Kenrith, the Returned King + Phyrexian Altar + Training Grounds
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Biomancer's Familiar + Kenrith, the Returned King + Nyxbloom Ancient + Smothering Tithe
Infinite card draw · Infinite colored mana · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite card draw for any number of players · Return all creature cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under your control · Infinite draw triggers for any number of opponents · Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Agatha of the Vile Cauldron + Kenrith, the Returned King + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Kenrith, the Returned King + Phyrexian Altar + Training Grounds + Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Biomancer's Familiar + Kenrith, the Returned King + Phyrexian Altar + Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Anointed Procession + Doubling Season + Kenrith, the Returned King + Smothering Tithe
Near-infinite artifact ETB · Near-infinite artifact LTB · Near-infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite draw triggers for any number of opponents · Infinite card draw for any number of opponents
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Doubling Season + Kenrith, the Returned King + Parallel Lives + Smothering Tithe
Near-infinite artifact ETB · Near-infinite artifact LTB · Near-infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite draw triggers for any number of opponents · Infinite card draw for any number of opponents
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Anointed Procession + Kenrith, the Returned King + Parallel Lives + Smothering Tithe
Near-infinite artifact ETB · Near-infinite artifact LTB · Near-infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite draw triggers for any number of opponents · Infinite card draw for any number of opponents
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Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 151 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

5th of 16 — Battle for Bononia I : cEDH tournament on Topdeck.ggOct 10, 2026 · 1–1–2 · by Shanj Raul Ken Zaccaretti
4th of 22 — Commander Casual - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggOct 9, 2026 · 1–1–0 · by eduardo roman macia
11th of 16 — THURSDAY NIGHT BRONZE AT KCG! on Topdeck.ggOct 8, 2026 · 0–1–0 · by Richard Lam
4th of 23 — October Event | Dragon Parlor Games 2026 cEDH Season on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 2–2–2 · by Art Chanse [LARP]
7th of 23 — October Event | Dragon Parlor Games 2026 cEDH Season on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 1–2–2 · by Tyler Larp Snider [LUX]
13th of 49 — Asgard Monthly CEDH Tournament - October 2026 on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 1–1–3 · by Skye
2nd of 19 — La Competència | Brain Freeze | cEDH on Topdeck.ggOct 2, 2026 · 2–1–0 · by Antoni Pradas
14th of 39 — Give Me My Money on Topdeck.ggSep 26, 2026 · 1–2–1 · by Canon Taylor

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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.

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