Kess, Dissident Mage (Commander) - Budget Upgraded Reanimator

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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Faithless Looting
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
63%synergy
Frantic Search
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
61%synergy
Nightscape Familiar
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
40%synergy
Game Changers
Gifts Ungiven
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Creatures
Sepulchral Primordial
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
River Kelpie
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Goliath Daydreamer
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
50%synergy
Exhibition Tidecaller
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Sanar, Unfinished Genius
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Abstract Paintmage
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Overlord of the Floodpits
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Cormela, Glamour Thief
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Doom Whisperer
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Sin Prodder
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Goblin Electromancer
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
25%synergy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Deranged Assistant
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Sire of Insanity
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Magus of the Wheel
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Anger
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
22%synergy
Diluvian Primordial
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Sage of the Beyond
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Ultimate Green Goblin
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Mocking Sprite
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Etali, Primal Storm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Inferno Titan
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Callous Sell-Sword
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Murderous Rider
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Scalding Viper
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Vile Mutilator
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Charmbreaker Devils
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Havengul Lich
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Picklock Prankster
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Sludge Monster
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Archmage of Runes
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Illithid Harvester
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Gravebreaker Lamia
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Order of Midnight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Plaguecrafter
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Hell's Caretaker
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Young Red Dragon
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Tidespout Tyrant
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Combustible Gearhulk
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Master of Death
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Instants
Fated Return
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Entomb
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Fact or Fiction
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Unexpected Windfall
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Rakdos Charm
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
19%synergy
Thought Scour
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Big Score
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
20%synergy
Demand Answers
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Kazuul's Fury
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Withering Torment
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
20%synergy
Chaos Warp
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-18%synergy
Thirst for Discovery
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Rush of Inspiration
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Negate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-5%synergy
Sage's Dousing
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Maestros Charm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Confounding Riddle
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
You Find the Villains' Lair
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Price of Fame
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Terminate
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-9%synergy
Tainted Indulgence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Bitter Triumph
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Spikefield Hazard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Thirst for Knowledge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Izzet Charm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Bedevil
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Through the Breach
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Hostile Negotiations
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Dihada's Ploy
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Curtains' Call
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Narset's Reversal
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Live or Die
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
It Doesn't Add Up
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Echoing Truth
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Prismari Command
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Sorceries
Strategic Planning
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
50%synergy
Incarnation Technique
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
49%synergy
Dread Return
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
47%synergy
Torrent of Souls
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
50%synergy
Reanimate
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
46%synergy
Breaking // Entering
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Windfall
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Cathartic Reunion
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Wheel of Misfortune
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
29%synergy
Victimize
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Coiling Rebirth
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Careful Study
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Persist
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Feed the Swarm
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Painful Truths
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Whispering Madness
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Living Death
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Extract from Darkness
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
30%synergy
Exhume
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Blood for Bones
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
33%synergy
Terminal Velocity
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Singularity Rupture
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Ponder
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Commune with Evil
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Wail of the Forgotten
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Chart a Course
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Chain Reaction
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Will of the Abzan
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Stock Up
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Sinister Waltz
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Mizzix's Mastery
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Recall
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Writ of Return
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Demonic Collusion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Seize the Spoils
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Connive // Concoct
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Bond of Revival
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Ringsight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Lórien Revealed
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Ideas Unbound
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Blasphemous Edict
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Blasphemous Act
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-28%synergy
Pirate's Pillage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Buried Alive
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Cut // Ribbons
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Ransack the Lab
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Everflowing Well
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Lucky Clover
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Vorpal Sword
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Witchbane Orb
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Key to the City
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Mindcrank
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Lightning Greaves
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-13%synergy
Whispersteel Dagger
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Enchantments
Secrets of the Dead
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
31%synergy
Bitter Reunion
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Necromancy
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
The Creation of Avacyn
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Cemetery Tampering
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Animate Dead
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Thousand-Year Storm
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Sneak Attack
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Frostcliff Siege
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Heartless Summoning
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Utility Lands
Great Hall of the Biblioplex
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Lonely Sandbar
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Desolate Lighthouse
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
24%synergy
Lindblum, Industrial Regency
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
21%synergy
Midgar, City of Mako
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Bojuka Bog
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-7%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Mortuary Mire
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Buried Ruin
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Halimar Depths
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Tomb Fortress
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Sequestered Stash
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Reliquary Tower
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-18%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Havengul Laboratory
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
17%synergy
Rogue's Passage
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-5%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
-5%synergy
Izzet Signet
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
52%synergy
Rakdos Signet
83%inclusion5 decks6 decks
53%synergy
Dimir Signet
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
34%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
6%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-0%synergy
Sol Ring
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
-40%synergy
Fellwar Stone
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Tablet of Discovery
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
48%synergy
Commander's Sphere
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-11%synergy
Worn Powerstone
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
28%synergy
Mind Stone
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
21%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Sky Diamond
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Cursed Mirror
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Exotic Orchard
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
43%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Mountain
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
8%synergy
Island
100%inclusion6 decks6 decks
7%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
48%synergy
Sunken Hollow
67%inclusion4 decks6 decks
27%synergy
Shivan Reef
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
20%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Path of Ancestry
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
19%synergy
Choked Estuary
50%inclusion3 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
24%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Seething Landscape
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
18%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
23%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
22%synergy
Sulfur Falls
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-15%synergy
Xander's Lounge
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
-6%synergy
Evolving Wilds
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Geothermal Bog
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Port of Karfell
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Kazuul's Fury
33%inclusion2 decks6 decks
32%synergy
Canyon Slough
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Rush of Inspiration
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Fetid Pools
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Ice Tunnel
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Riverglide Pathway
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
11%synergy
Ash Barrens
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
12%synergy
Molten Tributary
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Ferrous Lake
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Dragonskull Summit
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-31%synergy
Frostboil Snarl
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
1%synergy
Boggart Trawler
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Temple of Epiphany
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
4%synergy
Spikefield Hazard
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Underground River
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-12%synergy
Maestros Theater
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
9%synergy
Blazemire Verge
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
7%synergy
The Grey Havens
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Darkslick Shores
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
Pelakka Predation
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
16%synergy
Tainted Peak
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
13%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
15%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
14%synergy
Training Center
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
-15%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
17%inclusion1 decks6 decks
10%synergy
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