Kenrith, the Returned King serves as a flexible five-color engine, using his activated abilities to draw cards, recur creatures, and support a wide board while the deck floods the field with creature tokens generated by casting noncreature spells. The deck runs a deep spellslinger gameplan, where instants and sorceries trigger a suite of creatures that pump, create tokens, copy spells, and generate mana, building overwhelming board presence and card advantage. The primary win condition is assembling Niv-Mizzet, Parun alongside Niv-Mizzet, Visionary, where the noncombat damage from one triggers the other's card draw, creating a loop of near-infinite damage to opponents and card draw that ends the game.

Kenrith, the Returned King decklist

• Iron Lad, Young Avenger
• Shantotto, Tactician Magician
• Rootha, Mercurial Artist
• Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
• Cormela, Glamour Thief
• Lagomos, Hand of Hatred
• A-Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder
• The Emperor of Palamecia
• Adeliz, the Cinder Wind
• Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot
• Vadrik, Astral Archmage
• Kraum, Violent Cacophony
• Gandalf the Grey
• Niv-Mizzet, Parun
• Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
• Ovika, Enigma Goliath
• Marchesa, Dealer of Death
• Fire Lord Azula
• Sokka, Tenacious Tactician
• Urza, Lord Protector
• Genku, Future Shaper
• Tura Kennerüd, Skyknight
• Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
• Quandrix, the Proof
• Helga, Skittish Seer
• Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
• Etali, Primal Conqueror
• Svella, Ice Shaper
• Halana and Alena, Partners
• Absorbing Man and Titania
• Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
• Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers