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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Exhibition Tidecaller
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Sanar, Unfinished Genius
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Great Hall of the Biblioplex
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Tablet of Discovery
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
48%synergy
Abstract Paintmage
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Faithless Looting
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
60%synergy
Frantic Search
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
59%synergy
Game Changers
Gifts Ungiven
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Creatures
Nightscape Familiar
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
33%synergy
River Kelpie
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
58%synergy
Goliath Daydreamer
50%inclusion1 decks2 decks
49%synergy
Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Overlord of the Floodpits
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Cormela, Glamour Thief
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Sepulchral Primordial
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Merfolk Secretkeeper
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Sin Prodder
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Goblin Electromancer
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
31%synergy
Deranged Assistant
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Archon of Cruelty
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Sire of Insanity
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Magus of the Wheel
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
33%synergy
Diluvian Primordial
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Sage of the Beyond
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Ultimate Green Goblin
33%inclusion1 decks3 decks
29%synergy
Solemn Simulacrum
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Mocking Sprite
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Etali, Primal Storm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Inferno Titan
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Callous Sell-Sword
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Murderous Rider
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Scalding Viper
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Rune-Scarred Demon
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Doomed Necromancer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Charmbreaker Devils
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Havengul Lich
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Picklock Prankster
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Sludge Monster
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Illithid Harvester
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Gravebreaker Lamia
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Order of Midnight
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Plaguecrafter
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Hell's Caretaker
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Young Red Dragon
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Master of Death
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Star Whale
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Caldera Pyremaw
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Spellseeker
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Taigam, Master Opportunist
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Doom Whisperer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Agent of Treachery
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Fleet Swallower
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Malfegor
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Embereth Shieldbreaker
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Archfiend of Ifnir
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Instants
Fated Return
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Entomb
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Thought Scour
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Kazuul's Fury
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Thrill of Possibility
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Rush of Inspiration
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Negate
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-2%synergy
Sage's Dousing
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Maestros Charm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Confounding Riddle
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
You Find the Villains' Lair
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Fact or Fiction
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Price of Fame
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Unexpected Windfall
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Rakdos Charm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Terminate
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-5%synergy
Tainted Indulgence
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Bitter Triumph
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Spikefield Hazard
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Big Score
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Bedevil
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Demand Answers
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Through the Breach
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Dihada's Ploy
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Curtains' Call
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Narset's Reversal
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Live or Die
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
It Doesn't Add Up
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Echoing Truth
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Prismari Command
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Withering Torment
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Sorceries
Strategic Planning
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
60%synergy
Breaking // Entering
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Incarnation Technique
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Victimize
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
31%synergy
Careful Study
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Dread Return
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Persist
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Torrent of Souls
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Feed the Swarm
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
12%synergy
Whispering Madness
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Living Death
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%synergy
Reanimate
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Beacon of Unrest
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Extract from Darkness
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
37%synergy
Breach the Multiverse
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
36%synergy
Exhume
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Blood for Bones
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
40%synergy
Terminal Velocity
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
25%synergy
Singularity Rupture
25%inclusion1 decks4 decks
23%synergy
Ponder
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Commune with Evil
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Wail of the Forgotten
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Chart a Course
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Chain Reaction
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Windfall
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-3%synergy
Razaketh's Rite
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Cathartic Reunion
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Wheel of Misfortune
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Stock Up
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Coiling Rebirth
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Sinister Waltz
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Recall
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Demonic Collusion
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Painful Truths
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Seize the Spoils
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Connive // Concoct
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Ringsight
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Lórien Revealed
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Ideas Unbound
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Tendrils of Agony
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Blasphemous Act
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-24%synergy
Buried Alive
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Cut // Ribbons
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Ransack the Lab
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Path of the Schemer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Final Parting
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
In Garruk's Wake
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Expropriate
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Mana Geyser
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Corpse Explosion
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Utility Artifacts
The Everflowing Well
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Wayfarer's Bauble
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Lucky Clover
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Vorpal Sword
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Witchbane Orb
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Key to the City
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Mindcrank
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Lightning Greaves
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-9%synergy
Whispersteel Dagger
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Enchantments
Secrets of the Dead
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Bitter Reunion
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Necromancy
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
The Creation of Avacyn
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Cemetery Tampering
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Animate Dead
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Thousand-Year Storm
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Sneak Attack
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Frostcliff Siege
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Phyrexian Arena
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
11%synergy
Heartless Summoning
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Virtue of Persistence
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Utility Lands
Lonely Sandbar
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
39%synergy
Desolate Lighthouse
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
34%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
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-4%synergy
Mystic Sanctuary
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Mortuary Mire
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Buried Ruin
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Halimar Depths
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Geier Reach Sanitarium
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Tomb Fortress
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Sequestered Stash
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Reliquary Tower
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-15%synergy
Dakmor Salvage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Havengul Laboratory
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Rogue's Passage
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-2%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
-8%synergy
Izzet Signet
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
48%synergy
Rakdos Signet
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
48%synergy
Sol Ring
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
-30%synergy
Dimir Signet
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
25%synergy
Talisman of Creativity
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
-4%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
-9%synergy
Fellwar Stone
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
4%synergy
Worn Powerstone
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
35%synergy
Commander's Sphere
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
1%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-23%synergy
Sky Diamond
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Cursed Mirror
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
15%synergy
Mind Stone
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Lands
Command Tower
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Exotic Orchard
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
44%synergy
Swamp
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
8%synergy
Crumbling Necropolis
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
47%synergy
Mountain
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
9%synergy
Island
100%inclusion5 decks5 decks
7%synergy
Foreboding Ruins
80%inclusion4 decks5 decks
62%synergy
Shivan Reef
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
30%synergy
Path of Ancestry
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Sunken Hollow
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
21%synergy
Choked Estuary
60%inclusion3 decks5 decks
43%synergy
Rakdos Carnarium
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
30%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
30%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
21%synergy
Izzet Boilerworks
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Seething Landscape
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
24%synergy
Dimir Aqueduct
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
29%synergy
Smoldering Marsh
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
3%synergy
Darkwater Catacombs
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
28%synergy
Sulfur Falls
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
-7%synergy
Xander's Lounge
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
0%synergy
Evolving Wilds
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
17%synergy
Geothermal Bog
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Port of Karfell
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Kazuul's Fury
40%inclusion2 decks5 decks
38%synergy
Canyon Slough
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Rush of Inspiration
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Fetid Pools
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Ice Tunnel
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Riverglide Pathway
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
Ash Barrens
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Molten Tributary
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Ferrous Lake
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Frostboil Snarl
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
5%synergy
Boggart Trawler
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Temple of Epiphany
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
6%synergy
Spikefield Hazard
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Maestros Theater
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
12%synergy
The Grey Havens
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
19%synergy
Darkslick Shores
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Malakir Rebirth
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
13%synergy
Pelakka Predation
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
20%synergy
Tainted Peak
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
16%synergy
Contaminated Aquifer
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Bloodsoaked Insight
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
18%synergy
Training Center
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
-12%synergy
Waterlogged Teachings
20%inclusion1 decks5 decks
14%synergy
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