Kotis, the Fangkeeper

EDHREC Average Deck for the #80 most-played commander

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Commander: Kotis, the Fangkeeper
Cards: 100
Current value: $351.05
Grade: B-

B-

How it grades

Fundamentals 73/100. Plays like Voltron and +1/+1 counters.

This reads as Voltron · +1/+1 counters, built around Kotis, the Fangkeeper. Suit up one threat, usually Kotis, the Fangkeeper, until it kills through commander damage in two or three swings. The deck lives and dies on protection: cheap equipment and auras stack power while hexproof, indestructible, and phase-out effects answer the removal that WILL come. Twenty-one commander damage is the clock. Its strongest fundamental is mana curve (64% of spells cost ≤2, 2% cost 6+); the first thing to tighten is commander synergy: Only 21 of 64 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want theft, mutate support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Voltron, Theft, Auras; from EDHREC).

A-Mana reliability
B+Land count
A+Mana curve
A+Ramp
B+Card draw
A+Interaction
CCommander synergy
AWin conditions
A+Card quality
A+Legality & size

Where it falls short

B+Land count35 lands. About 32 fits this curve for Voltron, with Ancient Cellarspawn's discount counted.
B+Card draw7 draw effects (want 8+ for Voltron).
CCommander synergyOnly 21 of 64 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want theft, mutate support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Voltron, Theft, Auras; from EDHREC).

Strong on mana reliability, mana curve, ramp, interaction, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.

86 cards graded: A- 7, B+ 32, B 45, B- 2. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.

Upgrades

The 10 swaps that lift the grade most, about $26.54 together

Made together, they take Kotis, the Fangkeeper from B- to B.

Champion of Lambholt1GG$4.81
In place of Favor of the Overbeing: weakest slot in the deck (56/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (12 producers). Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (7 producers). Works with the commander directly.
Skullclamp1$5.19
In place of Audacity: weakest slot in the deck (67/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 7 of 8+). Pays off your equipment engine (10 producers). Fits the equipment build players run with your commanders.
Carrion FeederB$4.57
In place of Indomitable Might: weakest slot in the deck (59/100)
Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (3 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the commander's plan.
Gray Merchant of Asphodel3BB$3.90
In place of Invigorate: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Works with the commander directly. Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the commander's plan.
Accursed Marauder1B$0.34
In place of Villainous Wealth: weakest slot in the deck (61/100)
Works with the commander directly. Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the commander's plan.
Stitcher's SupplierB$0.37
In place of The Thirteenth Doctor: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Works with the commander directly. Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the commander's plan.
Archmage Emeritus2UU$0.57
In place of Combat Research: weakest slot in the deck (70/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (21 producers). Fills the draw gap (you're at 7 of 8+). Top-5% staple by play data.
Garruk's Uprising2G$0.57
In place of Toski, Bearer of Secrets: weakest slot in the deck (71/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 7 of 8+). Pays off your go-wide engine (12 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Shamanic Revelation3GG$1.55
In place of Hollowmurk Siege: weakest slot in the deck (71/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 7 of 8+). Pays off your go-wide engine (12 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Elemental Bond2G$4.67
In place of Baleful Strix: weakest slot in the deck (73/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 7 of 8+). Pays off your go-wide engine (12 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.

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Decklist

100 cards, worth about $351.05

Commander 1

Creatures 16

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Instants 13

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Sorceries 8

B+
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Artifacts 14

B+
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Enchantments 13

B
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Lands 35

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B×7
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B×5
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B+
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B×4
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How it grades

Fundamentals 73/100. Plays like Voltron and +1/+1 counters.