Multiplying combat damage across all opponents simultaneously converts single-target swings into immediate, table-wide pressure. On Moxfield’s competitive and high-power charts, few partner commanders provide as much aggressive value acceleration as Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar.
As a Mono-Red () Partner legend costing just two mana (), Kediss modifies how your commanders inflict damage. Whenever a commander you control deals combat damage to an opponent, Kediss deals that much damage to each other opponent. When paired with Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator to form a lethal Izzet () Pirate engine, Kediss causes Malcolm’s combat hit on a single player to trigger damage triggers against the entire table, instantly generating three Treasure tokens per combat step to fuel rapid combo turns.
Here is the strategic operational blueprint of Moxfield’s premier Kediss & Malcolm list, detailing how to turn single combat hits into unlimited mana generation and explosive finishes.
1. Core Mechanics & Strategic Phases
Succeeding with Kediss requires a high-velocity structure built around cheap evasion, pirate synergies, fast mana, and instant-speed win conditions.
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Early Game (Turns 1–2): Cast Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator followed by Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar. Swing with flying Malcolm to deal combat damage to one player, triggering Kediss to burn the rest of the table and net three Treasure tokens immediately.
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Mid Game (Turns 3–4): Utilize your inflated Treasure stockpile to maintain absolute stack control using cheap blue counter-magic like Fierce Guardianship and Flusterstorm while digging for combo pieces.
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Late Game (Turns 5+): Assemble infinite damage loops using pingers like Glint-Horn Buccaneer or Curiosity effects attached to Malcolm, burning out the remaining players in a single turn.
2. Moxfield Highlights: The Emberclaw Treasury
The highest-rated community lists on Moxfield optimize Kediss by pairing his damage distribution with creature-based mana generation, pinger combos, and free stack protection.
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
The definitive Partner anchor. Malcolm generates a Treasure token whenever a Pirate you control deals damage to an opponent. Because Kediss causes Malcolm’s combat damage to hit all three opponents simultaneously, every single successful swing with Malcolm yields three free Treasure tokens, skyrocketing your available mana.
Glint-Horn Buccaneer
The primary single-card win condition. Because Glint-Horn Buccaneer is a Pirate, equipping or targeting it with Malcolm’s presence creates an immediate win condition: activating Glint-Horn’s discard ability deals damage to all opponents, which triggers Malcolm to create Treasures, allowing you to pay for Glint-Horn’s ability indefinitely until the table is eliminated.
Curiosity / Ophidian Eye
Infinite draw enablers. Attaching Curiosity to a damage-dealing Pirate or pinger while Kediss is on the battlefield draws a card for each opponent dealt damage, instantly refilling your hand with counter-magic and tutors to protect your board state.
Deflecting Swat / Fierce Guardianship
Free interaction density. Because both Kediss and Malcolm are extremely cheap to deploy from the command zone, you will almost always control a commander, keeping your free protection spells online to defend your engines against removal.
3. Copy & Paste Kediss & Malcolm 100-Card Decklist
Use the text box below to copy the complete highly-optimized community list. It contains exactly 2 Commanders and 98 mainboard cards, calibrated perfectly for an error-free import into Moxfield.
1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Arcane Signet
1 Arid Mesa
1 Blasphemous Act
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Bolt Bend
1 Brainstorm
1 Breeches, Brazen Plunderer
1 Chrome Mox
1 City of Brass
1 Command Tower
1 Commandeer
1 Counterspell
1 Curiosity
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Deflecting Swat
1 Dockside Extortionist
1 Dualcaster Mage
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Fabled Passage
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Fierce Guardianship
1 Flooded Strand
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Force of Will
1 Gamble
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
1 Grapeshot
1 Imperial Recruiter
1 Isochron Scepter
1 Jeska's Will
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Lion's Eye Diamond
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Confluence
1 Mana Drain
1 Mana Vault
1 Marsh Flats
1 Mental Misstep
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mox Amber
1 Mox Opal
1 Muddle the Mixture
1 Mystic Remora
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ophidian Eye
1 Otawara, Soaring City
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Plaza of Heroes
1 Polluted Delta
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Professional Face-Breaker
1 Pyretic Ritual
1 Pyroblast
1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Rhystic Study
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Siren Stormtamer
1 Sol Ring
1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
1 Steam Vents
1 Submerge
1 Spectral Sailor
1 Swan Song
1 Tandem Lookout
1 Talisman of Creativity
1 Trickbind
1 Underworld Breach
1 Veil of Summer
1 Volcanic Island
1 Wandering Archaic
1 Warkite Marauder
1 Whir of Invention
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Worldly Tutor
6 Island
5 Mountain
Summary: One Swing to Burn Them All
Moxfield’s top deck builders prioritize Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar because he turns single-target aggression into immediate, table-wide resource acceleration. By pairing his damage distribution with Malcolm’s Treasure generation and instant-speed combo finishers, you dictate the pace of the match from the early turns. Copy the flawless 100-card decklist above, unleash the Emberclaw, and dominate your next Commander pod.
