Kess, Dissident Mage (Commander) - Budget Optimized Control

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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Dualcaster Mage
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Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
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Bloodline Necromancer
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Notion Thief
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Kefka, Court Mage
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Electro, Assaulting Battery
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Pongify
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Brainstorm
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Rakdos Charm
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Seething Song
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Arcane Denial
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Rapid Hybridization
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Chaos Warp
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Frantic Search
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An Offer You Can't Refuse
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Dissolve
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Go for the Throat
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Desperate Ritual
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Memory Plunder
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Fact or Fiction
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Brain Freeze
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Consider
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Dark Ritual
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Blue Sun's Zenith
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Terminate
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Dispel
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Silumgar's Command
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Reality Shift
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Opt
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Capsize
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Flusterstorm
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Burnt Offering
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Peek
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Swan Song
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Saw It Coming
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Demonic Consultation
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Comet Storm
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Snap
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Rewind
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Memory Lapse
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Into the Roil
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Mission Briefing
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Counterspell
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Narset's Reversal
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Dramatic Reversal
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Unwind
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Crosis's Charm
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Glorious End
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Flame of Anor
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4.7xlift
Prismari Command
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9.3xlift
Sorceries
Ponder
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7.0xlift
Strategic Planning
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28xlift
Sleight of Hand
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9.3xlift
Windfall
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Gitaxian Probe
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Profane Tutor
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9.3xlift
Spelltwine
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Past in Flames
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Mizzix's Mastery
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Serum Visions
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Temporal Mastery
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Ringsight
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Ill-Timed Explosion
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Tendrils of Agony
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Blasphemous Act
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Night's Whisper
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Blatant Thievery
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Decree of Pain
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Reanimate
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Mana Geyser
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Preordain
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Toxic Deluge
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Necromantic Selection
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Expressive Iteration
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Kindred Dominance
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Chain of Smog
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Grapeshot
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Defense Grid
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Aetherflux Conduit
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Primal Amulet
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Mirror of the Forebears
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Adaptive Training Post
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Isochron Scepter
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Sapphire Medallion
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Underworld Breach
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Imprisoned in the Moon
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Metallurgic Summonings
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Curse of Opulence
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Curse of Verbosity
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Telepathy
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Thousand-Year Storm
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Propaganda
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Ral, Crackling Wit
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Tezzeret the Seeker
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Ral, Storm Conduit
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Mystifying Maze
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Lonely Sandbar
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Temple of the False God
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Mana Artifacts
Sol Ring
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Unstable Obelisk
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Commander's Sphere
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Arcane Signet
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Talisman of Creativity
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Talisman of Indulgence
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Izzet Signet
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Talisman of Dominance
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Fellwar Stone
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Darksteel Ingot
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Command Tower
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Exotic Orchard
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Swamp
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Mountain
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Island
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Tainted Isle
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Rakdos Carnarium
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Shivan Reef
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Terramorphic Expanse
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Izzet Boilerworks
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Vivid Marsh
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Seething Landscape
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Vivid Creek
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Swiftwater Cliffs
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Dimir Aqueduct
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Smoldering Marsh
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Dragonskull Summit
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Sulfur Falls
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Crumbling Necropolis
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Grixis Panorama
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Drowned Catacomb
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Underground River
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Dismal Backwater
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Jwar Isle Refuge
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Evolving Wilds
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Path of Ancestry
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Sunken Hollow
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Vivid Crag
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Sulfurous Springs
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1.1xlift
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