What are the best cards for Kess, Dissident Mage?

Across 3,217 public decks, the most-played cards with Kess, Dissident Mage are Command Tower (90%), Sol Ring (85%) and Arcane Signet (83%).

Which cards have the best synergy with Kess, Dissident Mage?

The cards played far more often with Kess, Dissident Mage than usual: See the Truth (32× its usual rate), Baral, Chief of Compliance (13× its usual rate) and Thought Scour (12× its usual rate).

What colors is Kess, Dissident Mage?

Kess, Dissident Mage is Grixis (blue-black-red), so its deck can only run cards within that color identity.

How popular is Kess, Dissident Mage?

Kess, Dissident Mage leads 3,217 public decks in our corpus, #355 of 3,757 commanders.

Kess, Dissident Mage

UBRGrixis commanders3,217 decks in the corpus

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard1UBR$3.74

Kess, Dissident Mage appears in 3,217 public decks. The most-played cards are Command Tower, Sol Ring and Arcane Signet. The strongest synergies by lift are See the Truth, Baral, Chief of Compliance and Thought Scour.

Build a deck with Kess, Dissident Mage

Commander Brawl

Top cards

#1Island

Basic Land — Island

90.7%

2,917 decks+0.00$0.20

#2Command Tower

Land

90.3%

2,905 decks-0.02$0.27

#3Swamp

Basic Land — Swamp

88.0%

2,831 decks-0.02$0.18

#4Sol Ring

Artifact

85.5%

2,749 decks-0.06$1.51

#5Mountain

Basic Land — Mountain

85.4%

2,747 decks-0.04$0.16

#6Arcane Signet

Artifact

83.2%

2,677 decks-0.07$0.41

#7Dark Ritual

Instant

63.3%

2,037 decks+0.41$5.41

#8Steam Vents

Land — Island Mountain

61.6%

1,981 decks+0.23$10.66

#9Watery Grave

Land — Island Swamp

61.3%

1,972 decks+0.17$9.48

#10Exotic Orchard

Land

59.0%

1,897 decks+0.02$0.20

#11Blood Crypt

Land — Swamp Mountain

59.0%

1,897 decks+0.15$8.68

#12Frantic Search

Instant

2U3

56.6%

1,822 decks+0.93$1.17

#13Talisman of Dominance

Artifact

56.3%

1,810 decks+0.04$1.92

#14Talisman of Creativity

Artifact

56.1%

1,804 decks+0.21$2.67

#15Faithless Looting

Sorcery

53.7%

1,729 decks+0.95$0.39

#16Counterspell

Instant

UU2

53.2%

1,712 decks+0.26$4.38

#17Brainstorm

Instant

52.9%

1,702 decks+1.16$1.50

#18Windfall

Sorcery

2U3

50.6%

1,629 decks+0.75$6.12

#19Ponder

Sorcery

48.8%

1,569 decks+1.78$2.22

#20Polluted Delta

Land

48.1%

1,548 decks+0.23$19.95

#21Bloodstained Mire

Land

47.5%

1,527 decks+0.21$18.64

#22Sulfur Falls

Land

46.0%

1,480 decks-0.03$0.32

#23Talisman of Indulgence

Artifact

45.2%

1,454 decks-0.06$3.25

#24Scalding Tarn

Land

45.2%

1,453 decks+0.24$35.83

#25Fellwar Stone

Artifact

43.1%

1,386 decks+0.13$1.29

#26Preordain

Sorcery

42.9%

1,381 decks+1.95$0.81

#27Storm-Kiln Artist

Creature — Dwarf Shaman

3R4

42.5%

1,368 decks+1.34$2.27

#28Drowned Catacomb

Land

42.3%

1,360 decks-0.04$3.55

#29Shivan Reef

Land

42.3%

1,360 decks+0.34$0.37

#30Dragonskull Summit

Land

41.5%

1,335 decks-0.13$0.67

#31Archmage Emeritus

Creature — Human Wizard

2UU4

40.8%

1,314 decks+1.42$0.83

#32Blasphemous Act

Sorcery

8R9

40.7%

1,310 decks-0.08$1.01

#33Dimir Signet

Artifact

40.2%

1,294 decks+0.28$1.12

#34Reanimate

Sorcery

39.9%

1,285 decks+0.37$10.40

#35Izzet Signet

Artifact

39.5%

1,271 decks+0.31$0.44

#36An Offer You Can't Refuse

Instant

39.1%

1,259 decks+0.13$3.11

#37Training Center

Land

39.0%

1,256 decks+0.25$18.02

#38Morphic Pool

Land

38.8%

1,248 decks+0.23$29.10

#39Crumbling Necropolis

Land

38.2%

1,230 decks-0.22$0.36

#40Toxic Deluge

Sorcery

2B3

38.1%

1,227 decks+0.47$5.17

#41Swan Song

Instant

38.1%

1,225 decks+0.51$10.73

#42Xander's Lounge

Land — Island Swamp Mountain

37.8%

1,216 decks+0.04$14.46

#43Demonic Tutor

Sorcery

1B2

37.6%

1,209 decks+0.47$65.44GC

#44Mystical Tutor

Instant

37.3%

1,200 decks+0.87$15.93GC

#45Luxury Suite

Land

36.2%

1,164 decks+0.07$11.54

#46Underground River

Land

36.2%

1,164 decks+0.20$2.10

#47Cyclonic Rift

Instant

1U2

35.7%

1,147 decks+0.59$39.16GC

#48Goblin Electromancer

Creature — Goblin Wizard

UR2

34.8%

1,120 decks+1.51$0.28

#49Chaos Warp

Instant

2R3

34.2%

1,099 decks+0.02$0.32

#50Cabal Ritual

Instant

1B2

33.5%

1,077 decks+0.97$14.40

#51Gitaxian Probe

Sorcery

U/P1

32.2%

1,037 decks+1.53$3.55

#52Rakdos Signet

Artifact

31.6%

1,016 decks+0.12$3.94

#53Rhystic Study

Enchantment

2U3

31.6%

1,015 decks+0.26$68.76GC

#54Jeska's Will

Sorcery

2R3

31.5%

1,013 decks+0.56$39.98GC

#55Mystic Remora

Enchantment

31.4%

1,010 decks+0.52$12.14

#56Consider

Instant

31.0%

996 decks+1.50$0.45

#57Nightscape Familiar

Creature — Zombie

1B2

30.9%

994 decks+0.23$0.43

#58Negate

Instant

1U2

30.5%

981 decks+0.44$0.16

#59Sunken Hollow

Land — Island Swamp

30.0%

965 decks-0.26$0.34

#60Guttersnipe

Creature — Goblin Shaman

2R3

29.7%

954 decks+1.45$0.35

Highest synergy

#1See the Truth

Sorcery

1U2

592 decks+3.46

In 18% of these decks, 32× its usual rate.

#2Baral, Chief of Compliance

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

1U2

792 decks+2.56

In 25% of these decks, 13× its usual rate.

#3Thought Scour

Instant

454 decks+2.52

In 14% of these decks, 12× its usual rate.

#4Increasing Vengeance

Instant

RR2

770 decks+2.40

In 24% of these decks, 11× its usual rate.

#5Young Pyromancer

Creature — Human Shaman

1R2

512 decks+2.37

In 16% of these decks, 11× its usual rate.

#6Thousand-Year Storm

Enchantment

4UR6

774 decks+2.26

In 24% of these decks, 9.6× its usual rate.

#7Talrand, Sky Summoner

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard

2UU4

602 decks+2.24

In 19% of these decks, 9.4× its usual rate.

#8Professor Onyx

Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana

4BB6

460 decks+2.15

In 14% of these decks, 8.6× its usual rate.

#9Preordain

Sorcery

1,381 decks+1.95

In 43% of these decks, 7.1× its usual rate.

#10Solve the Equation

Sorcery

2U3

509 decks+1.93

In 16% of these decks, 6.9× its usual rate.

#11Mizzix's Mastery

Sorcery

3R4

597 decks+1.82

In 19% of these decks, 6.2× its usual rate.

#12Ponder

Sorcery

1,569 decks+1.78

In 49% of these decks, 5.9× its usual rate.

Public decklists

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Questions about Kess, Dissident Mage

What are the best cards for Kess, Dissident Mage?: Across 3,217 public decks, the most-played cards with Kess, Dissident Mage are Command Tower (90%), Sol Ring (85%) and Arcane Signet (83%).
Which cards have the best synergy with Kess, Dissident Mage?: The cards played far more often with Kess, Dissident Mage than usual: See the Truth (32× its usual rate), Baral, Chief of Compliance (13× its usual rate) and Thought Scour (12× its usual rate).
What colors is Kess, Dissident Mage?: Kess, Dissident Mage is Grixis (blue-black-red), so its deck can only run cards within that color identity.
How popular is Kess, Dissident Mage?: Kess, Dissident Mage leads 3,217 public decks in our corpus, #355 of 3,757 commanders.