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Kess, Dissident Mage
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Julia Maddalena
May 1, 2026
Julia Maddalena
Fire and Ice: Kess, Dissident Mage
In this edition of Fire and Ice, we're looking at one of the classic Grixis Spellslinger commanders: Kess, Dissident Mage.
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Dark Fortress
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
46%synergy
Hidden Lair
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
46%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Arcane Denial
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
71%synergy
Dark Deal
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
67%synergy
Toxic Deluge
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
66%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
66%synergy
Windfall
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
64%synergy
Waste Not
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
63%synergy
Whispering Madness
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
56%synergy
Liliana's Caress
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
56%synergy
Psychosis Crawler
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
55%synergy
Scrawling Crawler
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
54%synergy
Top Cards
Chaos Warp
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Blasphemous Act
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Mystic Remora
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
47%synergy
Frantic Search
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
28%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Teferi's Puzzle Box
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Faithless Looting
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
30%synergy
Dark Ritual
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Nightscape Familiar
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Molten Psyche
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
46%synergy
Game Changers
Mystical Tutor
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
49%synergy
Jeska's Will
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
46%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
42%synergy
Orcish Bowmasters
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Underworld Breach
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
39%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Demonic Tutor
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
29%synergy
Rhystic Study
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Ancient Tomb
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Thassa's Oracle
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
29%synergy
Creatures
Fate Unraveler
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Razorkin Needlehead
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Jace's Archivist
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Tergrid, God of Fright
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Magus of the Wheel
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Bone Miser
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Goblin Electromancer
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Archfiend of Despair
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Storm-Kiln Artist
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
14%synergy
Laboratory Maniac
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Stormcatch Mentor
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Baral, Chief of Compliance
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Magus of the Jar
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Notion Thief
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Vivi Ornitier
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Black Waltz No. 3
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Stormfist Crusader
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Sedgemoor Witch
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Snapcaster Mage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Consecrated Sphinx
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Kami of the Crescent Moon
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Dreadhorde Arcanist
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Sphinx of the Second Sun
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Siren Stormtamer
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Decadent Dragon
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Glint-Horn Buccaneer
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Fatespinner
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Boggart Trawler
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Archmage Emeritus
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Shocker
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Dualcaster Mage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Magmakin Artillerist
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Sangromancer
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Barbed Shocker
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Tor Wauki the Younger
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Whirlpool Warrior
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Poppet Stitcher
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Guttersnipe
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Fell Specter
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
The Locust God
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Spellskite
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Mogis, God of Slaughter
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Dragon Mage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Instants
Swan Song
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
30%synergy
Counterspell
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Entomb
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Cabal Ritual
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
27%synergy
Wheel and Deal
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
34%synergy
Deflecting Swat
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Mana Sculpt
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Chain of Vapor
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Negate
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Intuition
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Rakdos Charm
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Terminate
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-1%synergy
Seething Song
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Mana Drain
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Force of Will
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Delay
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Demonic Consultation
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Izzet Charm
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Increasing Vengeance
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Pact of Negation
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Consult the Star Charts
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Redirect Lightning
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Deadly Rollick
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-6%synergy
Fell the Profane
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Pongify
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Drown in the Loch
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Firestorm
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Tainted Pact
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
1%synergy
Brainstorm
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-4%synergy
Reiterate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Wild Magic Surge
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Fact or Fiction
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Lightning Bolt
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Deadly Dispute
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Brain Freeze
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Unexpected Windfall
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Blink of an Eye
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Commit // Memory
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Gifts Ungiven
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Strix Serenade
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Thought Scour
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Alchemist's Retrieval
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Pyretic Ritual
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Wild Ricochet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Into the Flood Maw
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Tainted Strike
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Repeated Reverberation
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Sorceries
Wheel of Fortune
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
40%synergy
Reforge the Soul
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
45%synergy
Vandalblast
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Reanimate
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Gamble
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Mana Geyser
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
32%synergy
Winds of Change
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Extinction Event
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Wheel of Misfortune
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Echo of Eons
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Yawgmoth's Will
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Unearth
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
23%synergy
Feed the Swarm
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Temporal Manipulation
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Time Spiral
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Damnation
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Chain of Smog
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Cornered by Black Mages
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Ponder
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Imperial Seal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Claim // Fame
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Stock Up
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Careful Study
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Dread Return
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Persist
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Mizzix's Mastery
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Insult // Injury
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Serum Visions
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Seize the Spoils
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Bribery
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Scheming Symmetry
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Sickening Dreams
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Dark Petition
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Night's Whisper
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Day's Undoing
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Exsanguinate
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Capture of Jingzhou
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Personal Tutor
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Doublecast
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Disrupt Decorum
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Preordain
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Burning Inquiry
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
No One Left Behind
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
See the Truth
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Minds Aglow
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Stitch Together
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The One Ring
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
13%synergy
Meekstone
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
25%synergy
Lightning Greaves
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-4%synergy
Howling Mine
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Entropic Battlecruiser
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Crawlspace
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Wishclaw Talisman
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-15%synergy
Iron Maiden
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Monument to Endurance
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Memory Jar
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Geth's Grimoire
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Temple Bell
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Enchantments
Underworld Dreams
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Bloodchief Ascension
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
46%synergy
Forced Fruition
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Megrim
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Fevered Visions
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Spiteful Visions
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Propaganda
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Manabarbs
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Dance of the Dead
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Teferi's Ageless Insight
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Curiosity
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Phyrexian Tyranny
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Ominous Seas
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Smoke
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
No Mercy
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Secrets of the Dead
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Animate Dead
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Breathstealer's Crypt
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Black Market Connections
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-0%synergy
Thousand-Year Storm
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Ophidian Eye
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Planeswalkers
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Ashiok, Dream Render
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Dack Fayden
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Narset, Parter of Veils
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Ral, Storm Conduit
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
36%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
35%synergy
Ghost Quarter
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
24%synergy
Cabal Coffers
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
20%synergy
Emergence Zone
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
21%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Bojuka Bog
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-11%synergy
Hanweir Battlements
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Scavenger Grounds
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Glacial Chasm
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Academy Ruins
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Rogue's Passage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-10%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
56%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
56%synergy
Sol Ring
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
37%synergy
Izzet Signet
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Rakdos Signet
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Dimir Signet
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
29%synergy
Fellwar Stone
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
27%synergy
Mana Vault
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Chrome Mox
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
The Soul Stone
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Phial of Galadriel
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Commander's Sphere
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-5%synergy
Lotus Petal
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Mox Amber
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
7%synergy
Mox Diamond
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Blood Crypt
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
54%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Watery Grave
100%inclusion8 decks8 decks
52%synergy
Steam Vents
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
42%synergy
Mountain
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
-4%synergy
Island
88%inclusion7 decks8 decks
-5%synergy
Exotic Orchard
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Luxury Suite
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
43%synergy
Training Center
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
44%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
75%inclusion6 decks8 decks
40%synergy
Shivan Reef
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
33%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
38%synergy
Reflecting Pool
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
54%synergy
Morphic Pool
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
31%synergy
Scalding Tarn
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
30%synergy
Polluted Delta
63%inclusion5 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
3%synergy
Wooded Foothills
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
42%synergy
Sulfur Falls
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Haunted Ridge
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
29%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
50%inclusion4 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Misty Rainforest
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Stormcarved Coast
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
11%synergy
Xander's Lounge
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
-2%synergy
Underground River
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
9%synergy
Blazemire Verge
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Arid Mesa
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
28%synergy
Flooded Strand
38%inclusion3 decks8 decks
27%synergy
Prismatic Vista
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
22%synergy
Undercity Sewers
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
12%synergy
Riverglide Pathway
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Riverpyre Verge
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
18%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
-27%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
17%synergy
Mana Confluence
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
13%synergy
Gloomlake Verge
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
16%synergy
Marsh Flats
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
15%synergy
Blightstep Pathway
25%inclusion2 decks8 decks
19%synergy
Starting Town
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Fiery Islet
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
8%synergy
Raucous Theater
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
2%synergy
Fell the Profane
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Fabled Passage
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
5%synergy
Badlands
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-3%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
6%synergy
Myriad Landscape
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
4%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
-26%synergy
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