RedLegendary Creature — Elemental LizardKediss, Emberclaw Familiar
Mana value2Rank#1,157PartnerYes
The Commander
Whenever a commander you control deals combat damage to an opponent, it deals that much damage to each other opponent.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
Guide
Gameplan
Pair Kediss with another Partner commander, suit that partner up as a Voltron threat, and connect once for lethal — combat damage to one opponent is mirrored to every other opponent. You ramp into your partner, protect it with evasion and combat tricks, then swing for a number that kills all three opponents simultaneously.
Strengths
- Turns a single connecting attack into a multiplayer kill, ending games out of nowhere
- Cheap (CMV 2) and pairs with any Partner commander, enabling flexible color identities
- Synergizes with double strike, infect, and damage doublers for explosive, often one-shot finishes
- Punishes pillow-fort/group-slug strategies by spreading damage table-wide
Weaknesses
- Kediss does nothing on its own — you depend on a partner connecting in combat
- Vulnerable to fogs, board wipes, and single-target removal on your attacker
- Mono-red color identity in Kediss limits card pool unless paired with another color via partner
- Damage is dealt to each OTHER opponent, not split — overkill on the attacked player can be inefficient
Key Cards
- Tana, the Bloodsower — Saproling tokens build a wide board while she connects to spread damage and snowball.
- Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh — A free 0-cost commander that becomes a cheap Voltron target while leaving mana for protection and pumps.
- Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist — Moves Auras and Equipment freely onto your attacker, accelerating a Voltron kill that Kediss mirrors.
- Embercleave — Gives double strike and +X/+X to push a connecting hit into table-wide lethal.
- Fireshrieker — Double strike effectively doubles the spread damage to every opponent in one swing.
- Rancor — Recurring trample and evasion that keeps your partner connecting for the Kediss multiplier.
Upgrade Path
Pick a partner that wants combat damage and gives access to strong colors — Tana for tokens or Rograkh/Ardenn for low-cost Voltron and free Aura movement. Stack evasion (Rogue's Passage, Whispersilk Cloak), protection (Lightning Greaves, Heroic Intervention), and damage multipliers (Embercleave, Berserkers' Onslaught) so one connection ends the game. Add fast mana and tutors like Sol Ring, Steelshaper's Gift, and Open the Armory to assemble the kill consistently.
Core Cards
The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.
Win Conditions
- ▸Connect with a Voltron'd partner for damage that kills every opponent simultaneously
- ▸Double strike + damage doubler one-shot kill across the whole table
- ▸Infect partner spreading lethal poison counters to all opponents in one attack
- ▸Repeated combat damage chipping every opponent down each turn
Archetypes
- Voltron — Load a Partner commander with Equipment/Auras and connect once for table-wide lethal.
- Combo — Double strike plus damage doublers on a connected hit creates a deterministic multiplayer kill.
- Infect/Poison — Combat damage from an infect partner spreads poison counters to every opponent at once.
- Aggro — Cheap evasive partners and pump spells let you race the table with mirrored damage.
Combos
- Delina, Wild Mage + Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Fiendish Duo
→ Near-infinite damage
- Delina, Wild Mage + Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Angrath's Marauders
→ Near-infinite damage
- Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Belt of Giant Strength + Triumph of the Hordes
→ Each opponent loses the game
- Zacama, Primal Calamity + Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Triumph of the Hordes
→ Each opponent loses the game
- Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar + Belt of Giant Strength + Tainted Strike
→ Each opponent loses the game
Combos via Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (R), by popularity.
