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Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Legendary Creature — Snake Wizard Sorcerer

Kadena wants a deck that plays creatures face down and flips them for a surprise. It leads the ready-made Faceless Menace deck (2019).

  • Mana cost1 genericblackgreenblue
  • Blue, Black, Green ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 3
  • RarityMythic

The first face-down creature spell you cast each turn costs 3 generic less to cast.

Whenever a face-down creature you control enters, draw a card.

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Cards That Fit Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Picked for what they do in Kadena's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Kadena's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Decks Led by Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Kadena leads a ready-made deck.PreconShort for preconstructed deck: a ready-to-play deck sold in a box by Wizards of the Coast. A Commander precon comes with its commander and all 100 cards, so you can play it straight away and change cards later.Open the full glossary

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Kadena, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryUBGPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue, B for black, G for green. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.MorphMorph decks play creatures face down, as mystery 2/2s for three mana, then flip them face up at the right moment for a surprise. Turning one face up costs its morph cost and can be done at almost any time, even on an opponent's turn.Open the Morph pageFace-Down / MorphLets you cast a card face down as a nameless 2/2 creature for 3 mana, hiding what it really is. Later you pay its morph cost to turn it face up, at almost any time, even in the middle of a fight.Open the Face-Down / Morph pageCost ModificationChanges what a spell costs to cast: cheaper for you, or more expensive for everyone. It is the broad family; Cost Reducer and Spell Tax say which direction a given card goes. Herald's Horn, Foundry InspectorOpen the Cost Modification pageDrawDraws you extra cards. More cards means more choices every turn, and in a 100-card deck it is the main way to find the pieces you need. Rhystic Study, SkullclampOpen the Draw pageBlink/FlickerBlink decks briefly remove their own creatures from play and return them at once, so every 'when this enters' ability happens again. The move is called a flicker, and it can also rescue a creature from a spell aimed at it.Open the Blink/Flicker pageETB PayoffRewards you whenever your permanents enter the battlefield. It either gives you something for each arrival or makes their 'when this enters' abilities happen twice. Impact Tremors, PanharmoniconOpen the ETB Payoff page