Kess, Dissident Mage (Commander) - Budget

Kess, Dissident Mage
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Jonathan Zucchetti
Mar 26, 2026
Jonathan Zucchetti
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2%synergy
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2%synergy
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41%synergy
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31%synergy
Opt
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31%synergy
Fact or Fiction
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30%synergy
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30%synergy
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27%synergy
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22%synergy
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12%synergy
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7%synergy
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24%synergy
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10%synergy
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8%synergy
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9%synergy
Order of Midnight
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9%synergy
Mocking Sprite
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8%synergy
Storyteller Pixie
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9%synergy
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8%synergy
Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
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7%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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7%synergy
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6%synergy
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7%synergy
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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3%synergy
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Thrill of Possibility
32%inclusion256 decks800 decks
21%synergy
Abrade
29%inclusion234 decks800 decks
20%synergy
Consider
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23%synergy
Brainstorm
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11%synergy
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17%synergy
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-10%synergy
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24%synergy
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24%synergy
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22%synergy
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5%synergy
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17%synergy
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10%synergy
Big Score
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1%synergy
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9%synergy
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6%synergy
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8%synergy
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-18%synergy
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5%synergy
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4%synergy
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9%synergy
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7%synergy
Impulse
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9%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
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-22%synergy
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5%synergy
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5%synergy
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6%synergy
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4%synergy
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6%synergy
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7%synergy
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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6%synergy
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-2%synergy
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5%synergy
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6%synergy
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2%synergy
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2%synergy
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6%synergy
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1%synergy
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5%synergy
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5%synergy
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4%synergy
Refute
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5%synergy
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3%synergy
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-1%synergy
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3%synergy
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4%synergy
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2%synergy
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5%synergy
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Preordain
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25%synergy
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19%synergy
See the Truth
24%inclusion192 decks800 decks
23%synergy
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20%inclusion157 decks800 decks
15%synergy
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-4%synergy
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11%synergy
Chain Reaction
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13%synergy
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14%synergy
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15%inclusion123 decks800 decks
11%synergy
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15%synergy
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12%synergy
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14%synergy
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12%synergy
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11%synergy
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12%synergy
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10%synergy
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-4%synergy
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7%synergy
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7%synergy
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9%synergy
Mizzix's Mastery
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8%synergy
Deep Analysis
9.1%inclusion73 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Read the Bones
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7%synergy
Increasing Ambition
8.8%inclusion70 decks800 decks
8%synergy
Sign in Blood
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5%synergy
Solve the Equation
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6%synergy
Tormenting Voice
7.6%inclusion61 decks800 decks
7%synergy
Candlekeep Inspiration
7.4%inclusion59 decks800 decks
7%synergy
Dream Harvest
7.1%inclusion11 decks154 decks
4%synergy
Chart a Course
7.0%inclusion56 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Victimize
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-2%synergy
Clone Legion
6.9%inclusion55 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Cut // Ribbons
6.8%inclusion54 decks800 decks
6%synergy
River's Rebuke
6.5%inclusion52 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Epic Experiment
6.3%inclusion50 decks800 decks
6%synergy
Notion Rain
6.3%inclusion50 decks800 decks
6%synergy
Duress
6.1%inclusion49 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
6.1%inclusion49 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Maestros Confluence
6.1%inclusion49 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Army of the Damned
6.0%inclusion48 decks800 decks
4%synergy
Reanimate
6.0%inclusion48 decks800 decks
-19%synergy
Ignite the Future
5.9%inclusion47 decks800 decks
6%synergy
Seize the Spoils
5.6%inclusion45 decks800 decks
4%synergy
Painful Truths
5.6%inclusion45 decks800 decks
4%synergy
Gitaxian Probe
5.4%inclusion43 decks800 decks
0%synergy
Dread Return
5.3%inclusion42 decks800 decks
2%synergy
Decree of Pain
5.1%inclusion41 decks800 decks
0%synergy
Mystic Retrieval
5.1%inclusion41 decks800 decks
4%synergy
Extract from Darkness
5.0%inclusion40 decks800 decks
2%synergy
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Wayfarer's Bauble
16%inclusion124 decks800 decks
4%synergy
Mindsplice Apparatus
12%inclusion97 decks800 decks
10%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
11%inclusion86 decks800 decks
-16%synergy
Lucky Clover
11%inclusion84 decks800 decks
10%synergy
Black Mage's Rod
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7%synergy
Ghost Lantern
7.2%inclusion58 decks800 decks
7%synergy
Lightning Greaves
7.1%inclusion57 decks800 decks
-22%synergy
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Double Vision
23%inclusion184 decks800 decks
21%synergy
Thousand-Year Storm
22%inclusion179 decks800 decks
20%synergy
Fiery Inscription
20%inclusion163 decks800 decks
15%synergy
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15%inclusion119 decks800 decks
14%synergy
Swarm Intelligence
8.4%inclusion67 decks800 decks
8%synergy
Propaganda
8.3%inclusion66 decks800 decks
-6%synergy
Maestros Ascendancy
6.8%inclusion54 decks800 decks
6%synergy
Burning Vengeance
6.1%inclusion49 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Arcane Melee
6.0%inclusion48 decks800 decks
6%synergy
Case of the Ransacked Lab
6.0%inclusion48 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Arcane Bombardment
5.3%inclusion42 decks800 decks
3%synergy
Rite of the Dragoncaller
5.1%inclusion33 decks648 decks
4%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
5.0%inclusion40 decks800 decks
3%synergy
Shark Typhoon
5.0%inclusion40 decks800 decks
4%synergy
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Ral, Storm Conduit
17%inclusion138 decks800 decks
16%synergy
Professor Onyx
9.4%inclusion75 decks800 decks
7%synergy
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Reliquary Tower
17%inclusion136 decks800 decks
-19%synergy
Bojuka Bog
14%inclusion113 decks800 decks
-10%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
12%inclusion94 decks800 decks
7%synergy
Temple of the False God
10%inclusion83 decks800 decks
2%synergy
Lindblum, Industrial Regency
7.3%inclusion30 decks410 decks
3%synergy
Desolate Lighthouse
7.2%inclusion58 decks800 decks
1%synergy
Riptide Laboratory
5.6%inclusion45 decks800 decks
2%synergy
Rogue's Passage
5.1%inclusion41 decks800 decks
-17%synergy
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Arcane Signet
72%inclusion577 decks800 decks
-16%synergy
Sol Ring
71%inclusion571 decks800 decks
-18%synergy
Izzet Signet
49%inclusion394 decks800 decks
16%synergy
Dimir Signet
47%inclusion377 decks800 decks
12%synergy
Rakdos Signet
43%inclusion344 decks800 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
31%inclusion247 decks800 decks
-13%synergy
Fellwar Stone
31%inclusion247 decks800 decks
-5%synergy
Commander's Sphere
29%inclusion235 decks800 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
28%inclusion226 decks800 decks
-21%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
22%inclusion177 decks800 decks
-21%synergy
Mind Stone
18%inclusion140 decks800 decks
4%synergy
Thought Vessel
10%inclusion78 decks800 decks
-12%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
6.5%inclusion52 decks800 decks
-8%synergy
Sky Diamond
6.4%inclusion51 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
5.6%inclusion45 decks800 decks
4%synergy
Fire Diamond
5.4%inclusion43 decks800 decks
4%synergy
Darksteel Ingot
5.0%inclusion40 decks800 decks
4%synergy
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Island
99%inclusion792 decks800 decks
6%synergy
Mountain
99%inclusion790 decks800 decks
7%synergy
Swamp
98%inclusion787 decks800 decks
6%synergy
Command Tower
83%inclusion665 decks800 decks
-8%synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
66%inclusion529 decks800 decks
13%synergy
Exotic Orchard
55%inclusion440 decks800 decks
-1%synergy
Evolving Wilds
47%inclusion378 decks800 decks
24%synergy
Sunken Hollow
43%inclusion342 decks800 decks
3%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
41%inclusion330 decks800 decks
4%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
38%inclusion302 decks800 decks
19%synergy
Temple of Epiphany
38%inclusion301 decks800 decks
23%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
33%inclusion265 decks800 decks
22%synergy
Sulfur Falls
32%inclusion259 decks800 decks
-14%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
32%inclusion252 decks800 decks
20%synergy
Path of Ancestry
31%inclusion251 decks800 decks
1%synergy
Temple of Deceit
31%inclusion248 decks800 decks
18%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
29%inclusion230 decks800 decks
18%synergy
Swiftwater Cliffs
28%inclusion221 decks800 decks
21%synergy
Seething Landscape
27%inclusion212 decks778 decks
11%synergy
Shivan Reef
26%inclusion209 decks800 decks
-3%synergy
Dismal Backwater
26%inclusion204 decks800 decks
19%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
24%inclusion192 decks800 decks
-21%synergy
Temple of Malice
23%inclusion180 decks800 decks
11%synergy
Choked Estuary
22%inclusion175 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Maestros Theater
22%inclusion175 decks800 decks
13%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
21%inclusion167 decks800 decks
3%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
20%inclusion156 decks800 decks
-23%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
19%inclusion155 decks800 decks
14%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
19%inclusion154 decks800 decks
7%synergy
Frostboil Snarl
18%inclusion147 decks800 decks
4%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
16%inclusion125 decks800 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
15%inclusion119 decks800 decks
6%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
14%inclusion111 decks800 decks
-13%synergy
Cascade Bluffs
14%inclusion109 decks800 decks
3%synergy
Grixis Panorama
13%inclusion101 decks800 decks
9%synergy
Izzet Guildgate
13%inclusion100 decks800 decks
10%synergy
Underground River
12%inclusion97 decks800 decks
-15%synergy
Dimir Guildgate
11%inclusion91 decks800 decks
9%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
11%inclusion85 decks785 decks
5%synergy
Thriving Isle
10%inclusion77 decks800 decks
6%synergy
Ash Barrens
10%inclusion77 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Thriving Moor
9.4%inclusion75 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Ferrous Lake
9.3%inclusion74 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Rakdos Guildgate
9.0%inclusion72 decks800 decks
7%synergy
Tainted Isle
8.8%inclusion70 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Thriving Bluff
8.5%inclusion68 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Tainted Peak
7.2%inclusion58 decks800 decks
3%synergy
Oscorp Industries
7.0%inclusion21 decks298 decks
-4%synergy
Jwar Isle Refuge
6.5%inclusion52 decks800 decks
5%synergy
Fetid Pools
6.1%inclusion49 decks800 decks
2%synergy
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