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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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Flame of Anor
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
75%synergy
Archmage Emeritus
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
70%synergy
Frantic Search
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
58%synergy
Terminate
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
54%synergy
Arcane Denial
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
51%synergy
Game Changers
Rhystic Study
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Cyclonic Rift
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Jeska's Will
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
24%synergy
Underworld Breach
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Demonic Tutor
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Mystical Tutor
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
27%synergy
Ancient Tomb
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
The One Ring
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Mana Vault
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Necropotence
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Creatures
Goblin Electromancer
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
51%synergy
Dualcaster Mage
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
52%synergy
Veyran, Voice of Duality
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
54%synergy
Vivi Ornitier
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
52%synergy
Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
57%synergy
Black Waltz No. 3
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
55%synergy
Prismari, the Inspiration
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
48%synergy
Electrostatic Field
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Spellseeker
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Coruscation Mage
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Storm-Kiln Artist
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Baral, Chief of Compliance
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Guttersnipe
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
33%synergy
The Emperor of Palamecia
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Kuja, Genome Sorcerer
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Hexing Squelcher
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
22%synergy
Cloudkin Seer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Kaza, Roil Chaser
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Stonybrook Banneret
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Kitsa, Otterball Elite
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Ral, Monsoon Mage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Dark Confidant
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Obeka, Brute Chronologist
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Sedgemoor Witch
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Saruman, the White Hand
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Snapcaster Mage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Harmonic Prodigy
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Firebrand Archer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Roaming Throne
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Emet-Selch, Unsundered
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Cormela, Glamour Thief
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Valley Floodcaller
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Portal Mage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Ruthless Technomancer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Rona, Sheoldred's Faithful
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Naru Meha, Master Wizard
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Nightscape Familiar
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-7%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Young Pyromancer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Alania, Divergent Storm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Boggart Trawler
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Serendib Sorcerer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Gleeful Arsonist
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Pollywog Prodigy
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Archaeomancer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Vadrik, Astral Archmage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Instants
Chaos Warp
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
25%synergy
Brainstorm
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
43%synergy
Dark Ritual
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
22%synergy
Seething Song
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
53%synergy
Increasing Vengeance
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
58%synergy
Counterspell
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Mana Sculpt
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
46%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Negate
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Fact or Fiction
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
33%synergy
Lightning Bolt
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Rakdos Charm
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
26%synergy
Reality Shift
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Mana Drain
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
24%synergy
Swan Song
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Deflecting Swat
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Wizard's Retort
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Bedevil
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
24%synergy
Pongify
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Tainted Pact
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Three Steps Ahead
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Entomb
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Displace
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Memory Plunder
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Fury Storm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Brain Freeze
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Consider
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Cabal Ritual
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Culling the Weak
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Invert Polarity
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Opt
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Pyretic Ritual
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Force of Will
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Reverberate
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Big Score
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Snap
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Ghostly Flicker
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Pull from Tomorrow
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Red Elemental Blast
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Sink into Stupor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Fierce Guardianship
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1%synergy
Drown in Dreams
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Narset's Reversal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Dramatic Reversal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Crosis's Charm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Vampiric Tutor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Saw in Half
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Abrade
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Sorceries
Ponder
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
52%synergy
Windfall
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Vandalblast
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
43%synergy
Reanimate
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Mana Geyser
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
55%synergy
Solve the Equation
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
58%synergy
Crackle with Power
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Faithless Looting
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Blasphemous Act
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
-5%synergy
Final Parting
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Preordain
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Toxic Deluge
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
19%synergy
See the Truth
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Chain of Smog
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Rite of Replication
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Circle of Power
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Singularity Rupture
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Call Forth the Tempest
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Gitaxian Probe
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Peer into the Abyss
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Inner Fire
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Will of the Jeskai
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Torment of Hailfire
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Mizzix's Mastery
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Unearth
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Feed the Swarm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-7%synergy
Brass's Bounty
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Clone Legion
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Praetor's Grasp
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Cruelclaw's Heist
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Twinflame
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Personal Tutor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Ignite the Future
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Necromantic Selection
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Step Through
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Dark Deal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Sundering Eruption
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Kindred Dominance
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Fractured Sanity
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Time Warp
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Will of the Temur
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Thoughtseize
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Haze of Rage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Suplex
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Cornered by Black Mages
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Isochron Scepter
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Black Mage's Rod
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Unwinding Clock
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Tormod's Crypt
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Urza's Bauble
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Teferi's Puzzle Box
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Mindsplice Apparatus
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Mishra's Bauble
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Primal Amulet
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Urza's Incubator
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Lightning Greaves
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-9%synergy
Conjurer's Closet
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Enchantments
Mystic Remora
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
25%synergy
Thousand-Year Storm
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Waste Not
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Fiery Inscription
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Molten Echoes
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Rite of the Dragoncaller
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Ominous Seas
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Shark Typhoon
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Black Market Connections
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Planeswalkers
Professor Onyx
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Ral, Storm Conduit
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Utility Lands
Otawara, Soaring City
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
44%synergy
Lindblum, Industrial Regency
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
56%synergy
Bojuka Bog
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Mistrise Village
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
32%synergy
Riptide Laboratory
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Reliquary Tower
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Desolate Lighthouse
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Castle Locthwain
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Cephalid Coliseum
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Hammerheim
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
6%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Sol Ring
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Resonating Lute
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
46%synergy
Lotus Petal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Chromatic Lantern
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Fellwar Stone
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-16%synergy
Chromatic Orrery
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Thought Vessel
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-1%synergy
Thran Dynamo
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Mox Diamond
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Steam Vents
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
54%synergy
Exotic Orchard
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
43%synergy
Blood Crypt
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
54%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Mountain
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Island
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Watery Grave
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
52%synergy
Luxury Suite
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
48%synergy
Shivan Reef
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
30%synergy
Stormcarved Coast
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Xander's Lounge
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
21%synergy
Underground River
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
32%synergy
Path of Ancestry
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Scalding Tarn
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
28%synergy
Training Center
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Polluted Delta
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
25%synergy
Undercity Sewers
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
27%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
2%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
-7%synergy
Sulfur Falls
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
-8%synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
-12%synergy
Temple of Epiphany
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
27%synergy
Drowned Catacomb
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
-4%synergy
Morphic Pool
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Sunken Hollow
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
0%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Raucous Theater
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Badlands
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Clearwater Pathway
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Temple of Deceit
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Riverglide Pathway
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Sea Gate Restoration
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Underground Sea
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Hydroelectric Specimen
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Shipwreck Marsh
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-4%synergy
Boggart Trawler
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Cavern of Souls
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Sink into Stupor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
10%synergy
Gemstone Caverns
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Volcanic Island
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Sundering Eruption
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Mana Confluence
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Haunted Ridge
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-1%synergy
Blightstep Pathway
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Cascade Bluffs
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
City of Brass
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
6%synergy
Valakut Awakening
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
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