Kess, Dissident Mage (Commander) - Budget Optimized Storm

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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Snapcaster Mage
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Talrand, Sky Summoner
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Kefka, Court Mage
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Black Waltz No. 3
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Shadow the Hedgehog
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Brainstorm
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Dark Ritual
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Arcane Denial
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Mana Sculpt
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12xlift
An Offer You Can't Refuse
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1.8xlift
Desperate Ritual
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Lightning Bolt
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1.6xlift
Deadly Dispute
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3.2xlift
Consider
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Rakdos Charm
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Flusterstorm
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Snap
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Counterspell
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Narset's Reversal
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Fell the Profane
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6.3xlift
Pongify
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Rapid Hybridization
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Chaos Warp
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0.9xlift
Thrill of Possibility
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Brain Freeze
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2.1xlift
Gifts Ungiven
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3.2xlift
Terminate
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Culling the Weak
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Seething Song
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0.7xlift
Dispel
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Mnemonic Nexus
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6.3xlift
Opt
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1.3xlift
Turnabout
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Thought Scour
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6.3xlift
Burnt Offering
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6.3xlift
Peek
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6.3xlift
Wild Ricochet
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6.3xlift
Swan Song
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2.1xlift
Saw It Coming
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6.3xlift
Demonic Consultation
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6.3xlift
Repeated Reverberation
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Increasing Vengeance
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
2.1xlift
Rewind
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
3.2xlift
Memory Lapse
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3.2xlift
Mission Briefing
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Mana Leak
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3.2xlift
Dramatic Reversal
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
3.2xlift
Unwind
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1.6xlift
Glorious End
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6.3xlift
Flame of Anor
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2.1xlift
Vampiric Tutor
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2.1xlift
Abrade
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3.2xlift
Prismari Command
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1.1xlift
Mystical Tutor
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2.1xlift
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Ponder
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3.8xlift
Tendrils of Agony
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3.2xlift
Mana Geyser
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1.9xlift
Preordain
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6.3xlift
Grapeshot
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2.1xlift
Gitaxian Probe
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4.2xlift
Profane Tutor
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6.3xlift
Past in Flames
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2.5xlift
Faithless Looting
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3.2xlift
Serum Visions
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6.3xlift
Blasphemous Act
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1.8xlift
Night's Whisper
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4.2xlift
Reanimate
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4.2xlift
Toxic Deluge
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4.2xlift
Expressive Iteration
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6.3xlift
Chain of Smog
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4.2xlift
Sleight of Hand
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6.3xlift
Jeska's Will
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2.1xlift
Rhystic Tutor
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6.3xlift
Peer into the Abyss
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6.3xlift
Stock Up
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3.2xlift
Mizzix's Mastery
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Insult // Injury
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Feed the Swarm
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Read the Bones
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Ringsight
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2.1xlift
Scheming Symmetry
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6.3xlift
Ill-Timed Explosion
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6.3xlift
Dark Petition
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6.3xlift
Exsanguinate
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6.3xlift
Doublecast
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6.3xlift
Liturgy of Blood
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6.3xlift
Insatiable Avarice
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6.3xlift
Mind's Desire
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6.3xlift
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Defense Grid
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6.3xlift
Veilstone Amulet
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6.3xlift
Wishclaw Talisman
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3.2xlift
Adaptive Training Post
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6.3xlift
Lightning Greaves
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1.3xlift
Enchantments
Mystic Remora
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4.2xlift
Thousand-Year Storm
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3.2xlift
Eye of the Storm
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6.3xlift
Arcane Bombardment
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3.2xlift
Underworld Breach
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1.3xlift
Swarm Intelligence
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6.3xlift
Black Market Connections
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6.3xlift
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Ral, Storm Conduit
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4.2xlift
Professor Onyx
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3.2xlift
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Reliquary Tower
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2.5xlift
Bojuka Bog
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1.1xlift
Vault of Whispers
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6.3xlift
Seat of the Synod
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6.3xlift
Great Furnace
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6.3xlift
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Arcane Signet
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1.1xlift
Sol Ring
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1.2xlift
Talisman of Creativity
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
0.9xlift
Talisman of Indulgence
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
1.3xlift
Izzet Signet
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
1.4xlift
Rakdos Signet
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
2.1xlift
Talisman of Dominance
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
1.1xlift
Dimir Signet
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
1.8xlift
Thought Vessel
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.6xlift
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Command Tower
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1.1xlift
Exotic Orchard
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1.5xlift
Swamp
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1.1xlift
Dragonskull Summit
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1.7xlift
Sulfur Falls
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1.5xlift
Drowned Catacomb
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2.7xlift
Mountain
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1.1xlift
Island
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1.1xlift
Turbulent Springs
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6.0xlift
Shivan Reef
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
0.9xlift
Smoldering Marsh
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
2.1xlift
Crumbling Necropolis
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
1.3xlift
Underground River
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
1.4xlift
Sunken Hollow
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2.5xlift
Sulfurous Springs
67%inclusion2 decks3 decks
1.3xlift
Tainted Isle
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Fell the Profane
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Silverbluff Bridge
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Rakdos Carnarium
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Clearwater Pathway
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Steam Vents
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.1xlift
Izzet Boilerworks
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Seething Landscape
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.3xlift
Temple of Deceit
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Mistvault Bridge
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Dimir Aqueduct
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Blood Crypt
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
0.9xlift
Drossforge Bridge
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Riverglide Pathway
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Foreboding Ruins
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
2.1xlift
Shipwreck Marsh
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
2.1xlift
Reflecting Pool
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
3.2xlift
Frostboil Snarl
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.1xlift
Temple of Epiphany
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
3.2xlift
Temple of Malice
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Jwar Isle Refuge
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
6.3xlift
Blazemire Verge
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
3.2xlift
Path of Ancestry
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
2.1xlift
Mana Confluence
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
3.2xlift
Choked Estuary
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
2.1xlift
Training Center
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
3.2xlift
Cascade Bluffs
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
1.3xlift
Watery Grave
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
0.9xlift
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