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Kruphix,
God of Horizons

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Kruphix, God of Horizons · Featured commander

STRATEGY · 3 PHASES

How this build plays

Kruphix banks unused mana while untap effects refill the sources. The list converts that reserve into scalable spells and card draw, but symmetrical draw engines and damage spells require careful timing.

01SET THE STAGE
Keep what the turn would throw away
Seedborn Muse untaps your permanents during each opponent’s untap step. Tap mana sources when you receive priority and Kruphix turns otherwise-lost mana into colorless instead. Wilderness Reclamation gives the lands another untap at your end step. Stored mana does not retain its original colors.
- Kruphix, God of Horizons
- Seedborn Muse
- Wilderness Reclamation
Rules text for these cards
Kruphix, God of Horizons
Indestructible As long as your devotion to green and blue is less than seven, Kruphix isn't a creature. You have no maximum hand size. If you would lose unspent mana, that mana becomes colorless instead.
Seedborn Muse
Untap all permanents you control during each other player's untap step.
Wilderness Reclamation
At the beginning of your end step, untap all lands you control.
02BUILD THE ENGINE
Make the reserve worth spending
Doubling Cube doubles each type of mana already in your pool after you pay its activation cost. Kruphix keeps the unused result between steps and turns. Blue Sun’s Zenith can turn that reserve into cards, provided you separately supply its blue mana.
- Kruphix, God of Horizons
- Doubling Cube
- Blue Sun's Zenith
Rules text for these cards
Kruphix, God of Horizons
Indestructible As long as your devotion to green and blue is less than seven, Kruphix isn't a creature. You have no maximum hand size. If you would lose unspent mana, that mana becomes colorless instead.
Doubling Cube
{3}, {T}: Double the amount of each type of unspent mana you have.
Blue Sun's Zenith
Target player draws X cards. Shuffle Blue Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.
03CARRY IT THROUGH
Choose how much is enough
Psychosis Crawler turns a large Stroke of Genius into life loss for every opponent, one trigger per card drawn. Squall Line offers another scalable outlet, but damages you as well as opponents and flying creatures; reserve enough life and green mana before choosing X.
- Psychosis Crawler
- Stroke of Genius
- Squall Line
Rules text for these cards
Psychosis Crawler
Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.
Stroke of Genius
Target player draws X cards.
Squall Line
Squall Line deals X damage to each creature with flying and each player.

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Kruphix, God of Horizons

Indestructible As long as your devotion to green and blue is less than seven, Kruphix isn't a creature. You have no maximum hand size. If you would lose unspent mana, that mana becomes colorless instead.

Apex Devastator

Cascade, cascade, cascade, cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order. Multiple instances of cascade each trigger separately.)

Planar Genesis

Look at the top four cards of your library. You may put a land card from among them onto the battlefield tapped. If you don't, put a card from among them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Dreamroot Cascade

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Gelatinous Genesis

Create X X/X green Ooze creature tokens.

Azure Fleet Admiral

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. This creature can't be blocked by creatures the monarch controls.

Narset's Reversal

Copy target instant or sorcery spell, then return it to its owner's hand. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Court of Vantress

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, choose up to one other target enchantment or artifact. If you're the monarch, you may create a token that's a copy of it. If you're not the monarch, you may have this enchantment become a copy of it, except it has this ability.

Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Font of Mythos

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws two additional cards.

Throne of the High City

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: You become the monarch.

Court of Cunning

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, any number of target players each mill two cards. If you're the monarch, each of those players mills ten cards instead. (To mill a card, a player puts the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Mana Reflection

If you tap a permanent for mana, it produces twice as much of that mana instead.

Alchemist's Refuge

{T}: Add {C}. {G}{U}, {T}: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.

Unwind

Counter target noncreature spell. Untap up to three lands.

Crown of Gondor

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each creature you control. When a legendary creature you control enters, if there is no monarch, you become the monarch. Equip {4}. This ability costs {3} less to activate if you're the monarch.

Horizon Stone

If you would lose unspent mana, that mana becomes colorless instead.

Stroke of Genius

Target player draws X cards.

Squall Line

Squall Line deals X damage to each creature with flying and each player.

Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Evacuation

Return all creatures to their owners' hands.

Howling Mine

At the beginning of each player's draw step, if this artifact is untapped, that player draws an additional card.

Sylvan Safekeeper

Sacrifice a land: Target creature you control gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Hinterland Harbor

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Mystic Sanctuary

({T}: Add {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands. When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Doubling Cube

{3}, {T}: Double the amount of each type of unspent mana you have.

Talisman of Curiosity

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Nadir Kraken

Whenever you draw a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.

Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Resculpt

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token.

Last March of the Ents

This spell can't be countered. Draw cards equal to the greatest toughness among creatures you control, then put any number of creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield.

Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks

Target creature you control gets +2/+2 until end of turn. It fights up to one target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.) As this land enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}.

Moment's Peace

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Flashback {2}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Court of Garenbrig

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, distribute two +1/+1 counters among up to two target creatures. Then if you're the monarch, double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.

Kenrith's Transformation

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, draw a card. Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a green Elk creature with base power and toughness 3/3. (It loses all other card types and creature types.)

Farseek

Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Seedborn Muse

Untap all permanents you control during each other player's untap step.

Leyline of Anticipation

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. You may cast spells as though they had flash.

Doppelgang

For each of X target permanents, create X tokens that are copies of that permanent.

The Phasing of Zhalfir

Read ahead (Choose a chapter and start with that many lore counters. Add one after your draw step. Skipped chapters don't trigger. Sacrifice after III.) I, II — Another target nonland permanent phases out. It can't phase in for as long as you control this Saga. III — Destroy all creatures. For each creature destroyed this way, its controller creates a 2/2 black Phyrexian creature token.

Expropriate

Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for time or money. For each time vote, take an extra turn after this one. For each money vote, choose a permanent owned by the voter and gain control of it. Exile Expropriate.

Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary

Return target card from your graveyard to your hand. This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}.

Flooded Grove

{T}: Add {C}. {G/U}, {T}: Add {G}{G}, {G}{U}, or {U}{U}.

Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway

{T}: Add {G}. {T}: Add {U}.

Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Kiora Bests the Sea God

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.) I — Create an 8/8 blue Kraken creature token with hexproof. II — Tap all nonland permanents target opponent controls. They don't untap during their controller's next untap step. III — Gain control of target permanent an opponent controls. Untap it.

Thought Vessel

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Victory Chimes

Untap this artifact during each other player's untap step. {T}: A player of your choice adds {C}.

Isochron Scepter

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand. {2}, {T}: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

Chasm Skulker

Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. When this creature dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Scrawling Crawler

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card. Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player loses 1 life.

Waterlogged Grove

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {G} or {U}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Mind's Dilation

Whenever an opponent casts their first spell each turn, that player exiles the top card of their library. If it's a nonland card, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.

Rishkar's Expertise

Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control. You may cast a spell with mana value 5 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Dawnglade Regent

When this creature enters, you become the monarch. As long as you're the monarch, permanents you control have hexproof.

Elephant Grass

Cumulative upkeep {1} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) Black creatures can't attack you. Nonblack creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Court of Bounty

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you're the monarch, instead you may put a creature or land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Body of Knowledge

Body of Knowledge's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. You have no maximum hand size. Whenever this creature is dealt damage, draw that many cards.

Helix Pinnacle

Shroud (This enchantment can't be the target of spells or abilities.) {X}: Put X tower counters on this enchantment. At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are 100 or more tower counters on this enchantment, you win the game.

Simic Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Drown in Dreams

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Target player draws X cards. • Target player mills twice X cards.

Basalt Monolith

This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step. {T}: Add {C}{C}{C}. {3}: Untap this artifact.

Breeding Pool

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Psychosis Crawler

Psychosis Crawler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Whenever you draw a card, each opponent loses 1 life.

Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Untamed Might

Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn.

Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs

Return target spell or nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand. As this land enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}.

Enter the Infinite

Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your library, then put a card from your hand on top of your library. You have no maximum hand size until your next turn.

Awakening

At the beginning of each upkeep, untap all creatures and lands.

Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Cyber Conversion

Turn target creature face down. It's a 2/2 Cyberman artifact creature.

Thassa's Oracle

When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise

When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature's power. As this land enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped. {T}: Add {G}.

Thriving Grove

This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than green. {T}: Add {G} or one mana of the chosen color.

Folio of Fancies

Players have no maximum hand size. {X}{X}, {T}: Each player draws X cards. {2}{U}, {T}: Each opponent mills cards equal to the number of cards in their hand.

Perplexing Chimera

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may exchange control of this creature and that spell. If you do, you may choose new targets for the spell. (If the spell becomes a permanent, you control that permanent.)

Walking Ballista

This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it. {4}: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

Wilderness Reclamation

At the beginning of your end step, untap all lands you control.

Song of the Dryads

Enchant permanent Enchanted permanent is a colorless Forest land.

Pyroclasm

Pyroclasm deals 2 damage to each creature.

Rejuvenating Springs

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Blue Sun's Zenith

Target player draws X cards. Shuffle Blue Sun's Zenith into its owner's library.

Mathemagics

Target player draws 2ˣ cards. (2⁰ = 1, 2¹ = 2, 2² = 4, 2³ = 8, 2⁴ = 16, 2⁵ = 32, and so on.)

Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Commander

1 card

1×Kruphix, God of HorizonsLegendary Enchantment Creature — God · JOU #152

Creature

14 cards

1×Apex DevastatorCreature — Chimera Hydra · M3C #220 1×Azure Fleet AdmiralCreature — Human Pirate · LCC #144 1×Sylvan SafekeeperCreature — Human Wizard · MH3 #287 1×Nadir KrakenCreature — Kraken · MKC #112 1×Seedborn MuseCreature — Spirit · TDC #268 1×Chasm SkulkerCreature — Squid Horror · BLC #164 1×Scrawling CrawlerArtifact Creature — Phyrexian Construct · SLD #2399 · *F*1×Dawnglade RegentCreature — Elk · CMR #222 1×Body of KnowledgeCreature — Avatar · DSC #112 1×Psychosis CrawlerArtifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror · BLC #282 1×Thassa's OracleCreature — Merfolk Wizard · THB #73 1×Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of FreyaliseCreature — Elf Druid · MH3 #250 1×Perplexing ChimeraEnchantment Creature — Chimera · BNG #48 1×Walking BallistaArtifact Creature — Construct · FIC #371

Instant

17 cards

1×Planar GenesisInstant · MH3 #198 1×Narset's ReversalInstant · MAR #58 1×UnwindInstant · DOM #72 1×Stroke of GeniusInstant · SOC #203 1×Squall LineInstant · TSP #222 1×Arcane DenialInstant · SOC #187 1×EvacuationInstant · M3C #184 1×ResculptInstant · SOC #201 1×Moment's PeaceInstant · ODY #251 1×CounterspellInstant · CMM #630 1×Beast WithinInstant · SOC #263 1×Drown in DreamsInstant · M3C #181 1×Untamed MightInstant · SOM #131 1×Sink into Stupor // Soporific SpringsInstant · MH3 #241 1×Cyber ConversionInstant · WHO #38 1×Blue Sun's ZenithInstant · A25 #44 1×An Offer You Can't RefuseInstant · FIC #267

Land

27 cards

1×Dreamroot CascadeLand · WHO #273No mana cost 1×Throne of the High CityLand · MSC #274No mana cost 1×Alchemist's RefugeLand · SLD #358No mana cost 1×Hinterland HarborLand · SOC #381No mana cost 1×Mystic SanctuaryLand — Island · SOC #388No mana cost 1×IslandBasic Land — Island · TMT #192No mana cost 1×Reliquary TowerLand · PF23 #3No mana cost 1×IslandBasic Land — Island · ACR #103No mana cost 1×IslandBasic Land — Island · SOS #268No mana cost 1×Flooded GroveLand · SOC #373No mana cost 1×Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel PathwayLand · KHM #290No mana cost 1×Waterlogged GroveLand · WHO #331No mana cost 1×Breeding PoolLand — Forest Island · EOE #278No mana cost 1×Exotic OrchardLand · FRC #70No mana cost 1×IslandBasic Land — Island · MSH #280No mana cost 1×Command TowerLand · LCC #325No mana cost 1×Thriving GroveLand · ECC #171No mana cost 1×Rejuvenating SpringsLand · MSC #260No mana cost 6×ForestBasic Land — Forest · MSH #286No mana cost 3×IslandBasic Land — Island · HOB #195No mana cost

Sorcery

12 cards

1×Gelatinous GenesisSorcery · 2XM #169 1×Three VisitsSorcery · WHO #235 1×Last March of the EntsSorcery · LTR #172 1×Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan BridgeworksSorcery · MH3 #249 1×FarseekSorcery · LTC #244 1×DoppelgangSorcery · MKM #198 1×ExpropriateSorcery · SLD #2396 · *F*1×Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged SanctuarySorcery · ZNR #180 1×Rishkar's ExpertiseSorcery · M3C #411 1×Enter the InfiniteSorcery · GTC #34 1×PyroclasmSorcery · DSK #149 1×MathemagicsSorcery · SOS #58

Enchantment

15 cards

1×Court of VantressEnchantment · WOC #22 1×Court of CunningEnchantment · CMR #63 1×Mana ReflectionEnchantment · M3C #237 1×Court of GarenbrigEnchantment · WOC #25 1×Kenrith's TransformationEnchantment — Aura · WOC #128 1×Leyline of AnticipationEnchantment · WOT #23 1×The Phasing of ZhalfirEnchantment — Saga · DMU #59 1×Kiora Bests the Sea GodEnchantment — Saga · THB #52 1×Mind's DilationEnchantment · MSC #277 1×Elephant GrassEnchantment · VIS #104 1×Court of BountyEnchantment · CMR #220 1×Helix PinnacleEnchantment · SLD #1831 · *F*1×AwakeningEnchantment · STH #101 1×Wilderness ReclamationEnchantment · DSC #205 1×Song of the DryadsEnchantment — Aura · CMM #324

Artifact

14 cards

1×Sol RingArtifact · WHO #245 1×Font of MythosArtifact · SLD #2075 1×Crown of GondorLegendary Artifact — Equipment · LTC #75 1×Horizon StoneArtifact · CMR #315 1×Howling MineArtifact · 30A #244 1×Doubling CubeArtifact · 10E #321 1×Talisman of CuriosityArtifact · DRC #140 1×Thought VesselArtifact · SLD #2561 1×Victory ChimesArtifact · C21 #274 1×Isochron ScepterArtifact · 2XM #264 1×Simic SignetArtifact · RVR #269 1×Basalt MonolithArtifact · 2XM #232 1×Arcane SignetArtifact · CMR #689 1×Folio of FanciesArtifact — Book · ELD #46

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Commander Bracket Assessment

Rules-Based Bracket: 3 minimumEstimated Power Bracket: High 3–Low 4

Based on the 100-card main deck; sideboard excluded. The Rules-Based Bracket is the lowest bracket this card list allows under Commander bracket rules. The Estimated Power Bracket is a personal estimate of how strongly the deck plays. It is not an official rating.

Evidence and limitations

Rules-Based Bracket · minimum

2 Game Changers: excluded from ordinary Brackets 1 and 2.
Your extra-turn cards exclude ordinary Exhibition play; their presence alone does not prove a chain.

Exact Game Changers: 1× Seedborn Muse · 1× Thassa's Oracle.

Mass land denial registry: None identified in the checked registry. Modal or repeated-land targeting still requires a pregame discussion.

Your extra-turn cards: Expropriate. Opponent turns from Emrakul or gifts are not counted as your own chain.

Confirmed early two-card lethal or turn-chain flags are not inferred from keywords. This is a lower bound, not a complete combo solver or permission to delay a consistently early line until turn seven. Agreed Rule Zero / Exhibition exceptions are outside this ordinary-restriction check.

Estimated Power Bracket · High 3–Low 4

Estimated from the card list alone, not from tracked win rates or game results.

Untap effects and banked mana support large draw and X spells. Oracle is a possible depleted-library payoff, not a demonstrated two-card consultation combo in this list.

Assembly and timing: A five-mana commander and stored resources precede most finishes. Expropriate may yield consecutive turns depending on votes; a plan to chain them belongs above ordinary Bracket 3 expectations.

Recovery and constraints: Sweepers and counters buy time, but a low land count and expensive spells increase dependence on the mana engines. No earliest win or frequency was measured.

Curve: 3.41 average nonland mana value. Cheap mana/land-search text: Sol Ring · Three Visits · Talisman of Curiosity · Thought Vessel · Simic Signet · Arcane Signet · An Offer You Can't Refuse. This text-derived reading aid is not an official score.

Search-library evidence: Three Visits · Farseek. This includes restricted and land searches; efficient tutor overlap is reviewed separately above. There is no official tutor-count cap.

Fast mana indicators: Sol Ring. Conditional free interaction: None identified in the checked registry. Conditions and resource costs still apply.

Key cards: Seedborn Muse · Doubling Cube · Expropriate · Thassa's Oracle.

Official sources checked 2026-10-31; criteria update 2025-10-21, Game Changers update 2026-02-09. Method and official source links. Brackets 4 and 5 share structural freedom; competitive intent cannot be inferred from these counts.