How many lands, ramp and draw do Kess, Dissident Mage decks run?
Kess, Dissident Mage decks run a median of 29 lands and 11 ramp cards, across 17 public decks on Moxfield.
Moxfield lists 6 of these 17 Kess, Dissident Mage decks as bracket 4. We need at least 8 decks to give a bracket its own column, so they count only in the numbers for all of these decks.
Counted on , from decks collected in July and November 2026.
We counted these 17 decks with the same code EDHTuner runs on your deck. That is a small count, so a median here can sit a card or two away from what a bigger count would show.
Compared with all decks, Kess, Dissident Mage decks run fewer lands (29 against 34) and more targeted disruption (15 against 9).
The first number in each row is the median for these decks, and the range after it covers the middle half of them. The last column is the median across all 18,414 decks we counted.
| This commander | All decks | |
|---|---|---|
| Lands | 29 (29-32) | 34 |
| Ramp | 11 (10-12) | 11 |
| Card advantage | 9 (8-11) | 9 |
| Targeted disruption | 15 (14-16) | 9 |
| Mass disruption | 2 (2-3) | 2 |
| Protection | 1 (0-2) | 2 |
| Decks counted | 17 | 18,414 |
Moxfield lists these decks as bracket 3 (3 decks), bracket 4 (6) and bracket 5 (8).
Kess, Dissident Mage cEDH decks
These are the same rows for the 8 cEDH decks, by the bracket Moxfield lists for each one. No other bracket holds at least 8 of these decks, so the others count only in the numbers for all of these decks. The Bracket 5 (cEDH) column holds 8 decks. That small count can put its medians a card or two away from what a bigger count would show.
| Bracket 5 (cEDH) | |
|---|---|
| Lands | 29 (28-29) |
| Ramp | 11.5 (10-12) |
| Card advantage | 9.5 (9-11) |
| Targeted disruption | 15 (14-16) |
| Mass disruption | 2 (2-2) |
| Protection | 0.5 (0-2) |
| Decks counted | 8 |
What Kess, Dissident Mage cEDH decks run
These are the nonland cards these 8 cEDH decks run most, with how many of them run each one. The last column counts the same cards in the other 9 Kess, Dissident Mage decks. With 8 decks this is a small count, so a few more decks could change the order.
| Card | Bracket 5 (cEDH) | This commander's other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Ad Nauseam | 8 of 8 | 3 of 9 |
| Arcane Signet | 8 of 8 | 9 of 9 |
| Brain Freeze | 8 of 8 | 3 of 9 |
| Cabal Ritual | 8 of 8 | 5 of 9 |
| Chain of Vapor | 8 of 8 | 4 of 9 |
| Chrome Mox | 8 of 8 | 3 of 9 |
| Dark Ritual | 8 of 8 | 8 of 9 |
| Demonic Consultation | 8 of 8 | 4 of 9 |
| Demonic Tutor | 8 of 8 | 6 of 9 |
| Force of Negation | 8 of 8 | 1 of 9 |
What bracket is a Kess, Dissident Mage deck?
All 17 Kess, Dissident Mage decks we counted need at least bracket 3, and 14 (82%) need at least bracket 4.
Each deck's lowest bracket here comes from Wizards' bracket rules, as EDHTuner's engine reads them from the deck's cards. The engine checks Game Changers, two-card infinite combos from Commander Spellbook, mass land denial and extra-turn cards.
| Lowest bracket | Decks | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bracket 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Bracket 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Bracket 3 | 3 | 18% |
| Bracket 4 | 14 | 82% |
One deck can meet several of these rules, and its lowest bracket is the highest one any of them asks for.
| What the deck runs | Needs at least | Decks |
|---|---|---|
| More than three Game Changers | Bracket 4 | 14 |
| Mass land denial | Bracket 4 | 0 |
| One to three Game Changers | Bracket 3 | 3 |
| A two-card infinite combo | Bracket 3 | 2 |
| An extra-turn card | Bracket 2 | 8 |
The rules also weigh how early a combo can win and whether extra turns get chained. The cards alone do not show that, so a deck can belong in a higher bracket than the one shown here. On Moxfield, none of these decks has a bracket below the lowest one the rules allow.
Cards Kess, Dissident Mage decks run most
These are the nonland cards these 17 decks run most, with how many of them run each one. The last column is the share of the other decks we counted that run the same card, out of those whose colors allow it.
| Card | These decks | Other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Arcane Signet | 17 of 17 | 67% |
| Dark Ritual | 16 of 17 | 36% |
| Sol Ring | 15 of 17 | 86% |
| Talisman of Dominance | 15 of 17 | 42% |
| Demonic Tutor | 14 of 17 | 38% |
| Fellwar Stone | 14 of 17 | 27% |
| Reanimate | 14 of 17 | 26% |
| Windfall | 14 of 17 | 17% |
| Cabal Ritual | 13 of 17 | 15% |
| Gamble | 13 of 17 | 23% |
| Mystic Remora | 13 of 17 | 36% |
| Mystical Tutor | 13 of 17 | 27% |
| Pact of Negation | 13 of 17 | 24% |
| Rhystic Study | 13 of 17 | 40% |
| Swan Song | 13 of 17 | 37% |
| Toxic Deluge | 13 of 17 | 25% |
| Chain of Vapor | 12 of 17 | 15% |
| Demonic Consultation | 12 of 17 | 12% |
| Dimir Signet | 12 of 17 | 25% |
| Gitaxian Probe | 12 of 17 | 12% |
Cards that set these decks apart
These cards are not in the table above. Each one is in at least three in ten of these decks, and the other decks whose colors allow it run it far less often.
| Card | These decks | Other decks |
|---|---|---|
| Lotus Petal | 12 of 17 | 22% |
| Thassa's Oracle | 12 of 17 | 16% |
| Underworld Breach | 12 of 17 | 19% |
| Ad Nauseam | 11 of 17 | 11% |
| Brain Freeze | 11 of 17 | 11% |
| Wishclaw Talisman | 11 of 17 | 17% |
| Mox Opal | 10 of 17 | 14% |
| Tainted Pact | 10 of 17 | 15% |
| Intuition | 9 of 17 | 8% |
| Praetor's Grasp | 9 of 17 | 8% |
Themes EDHTuner finds in these decks
EDHTuner reads each deck's themes from the rules text on its cards, the same way it reads yours. This is how many of the 17 decks it finds each theme in, for the themes it finds in at least a quarter of them. One deck can have several.
| Theme | Decks |
|---|---|
| Graveyard value | 17 of 17 |
| Spell recursion | 12 of 17 |
Similar commanders
Decks for these commanders have the same colors as these decks, or EDHTuner finds some of the same themes in them. The words after each name say what they share.
- Inalla, Archmage Ritualist same colors, Spell recursion, Graveyard value
- Fire Lord Azula same colors, Spell recursion, Graveyard value
- Lord Xander, the Collector same colors, Spell recursion, Graveyard value
- Saruman, the White Hand same colors, Spell recursion, Graveyard value
- Zevlor, Elturel Exile same colors, Spell recursion, Graveyard value
- Norman Osborn same colors, Spell recursion, Graveyard value
The Commander deck numbers page shows the same rows for each bracket and says what each row counts.
The bracket 5 page shows what all the decks we counted at that bracket run.
The lands page shows how many lands Commander decks run at each bracket, and the bracket checker names the lowest bracket your own deck fits.
Paste your deck into EDHTuner to see its own counts and the numbers it aims for, along with cards to add and cut. The guide to cutting cards shows how it picks them.