How many Kefka, Court Mage decks are on EDHREC?

EDHREC lists 31,639 decks at rank 23 in the past-two-years file dated 1 Oct 2026.

What colors is Kefka, Court Mage?

Color identity is blue, black, red. Mana value is 5.

Which cards show up with Kefka, Court Mage?

Dark Ritual (69%), Waste Not (65%), and Reanimate (62%) lead the synergy list.

Legendary Creature - Human Wizard // Legendary Creature - Avatar Wizard

Kefka EDHREC: Kefka, Court Mage

Kefka, Court Mage is rank 23 on EDHREC's past-two-years list, with 31,639 decks. Color identity is blue, black, red.

Rank: 23
Decks: 31,639
Mana value: 5
Salt: 1.22

Build a deck View on EDHREC

Rules text

Whenever Kefka enters or attacks, each player discards a card. Then you draw a card for each card type among cards discarded this way. {8}: Each opponent sacrifices a permanent of their choice. Transform Kefka. Activate only as a sorcery. Flying Whenever an opponent loses life during your turn, you draw that many cards.

{2}{U}{B}{R}. Art by Xui Ton. Card page on Scryfall.

Average shell

In the 1 Oct 2026 file, the average Kefka, Court Mage list runs 34 lands, 20 creatures, 17 instants, 10 sorceries, 12 artifacts, 6 enchantments, and 0 planeswalkers, plus the commander. The curve peaks at mana value 2, with 22 cards at that cost.

34
Lands
20
Creatures
17
Instants
10
Sorceries
12
Artifacts
6
Enchantments
0
Planeswalkers

Cards played with it

EDHREC sorts these by synergy, not by raw count. Inclusion is the share of Kefka, Court Mage decks that play the card.

Dark Ritual69% (21,875)
Waste Not65% (20,417)
Reanimate62% (19,642)
Harmonic Prodigy61% (19,291)
An Offer You Can't Refuse59% (18,516)
Essence Flux51% (16,205)
Counterspell50% (15,941)
Toxic Deluge45% (14,258)

Themes players file

The tags on this commander, with the number of tagged decks, are Discard (1,977 decks), Combo (891 decks), Control (688 decks), Reanimator (566 decks), and Blink (539 decks). One combo in the file is Kefka, Court Mage + Psychosis Crawler.

Nearby commanders

Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Counts from the EDHREC public file dated 1 Oct 2026. Compare this page with the top commanders list or the deck notes.

Questions

How many Kefka, Court Mage decks are on EDHREC?: EDHREC lists 31,639 decks at rank 23 in the past-two-years file dated 1 Oct 2026.
What colors is Kefka, Court Mage?: Color identity is blue, black, red. Mana value is 5.
Which cards show up with Kefka, Court Mage?: Dark Ritual (69%), Waste Not (65%), and Reanimate (62%) lead the synergy list.