Looping zero-mana creatures from the graveyard straight back to your hand whenever they die equipped creates one of the fastest, most resilient combo setups in the Boros color identity. On Moxfield’s highest-tier high-power and cEDH charts, Koll, the Forgemaster from Kaldheim stands out as an explosive two-mana commander that turns low-cost Equipment and free creatures into deterministic infinite loops.
As a 2/2 Dwarf Warrior legend costing just two mana (), Koll returns any nontoken creature you control to your hand whenever it dies, provided it was enchanted or equipped. By pairing zero-cost equip artifacts like Shuko, Skullclamp, or Paradise Mantle with free creatures like Memnite or sacrifice outlets like Phyrexian Altar, Koll loops creature deaths infinitely to produce infinite mana, draw your entire deck, or deal lethal table-wide damage on turn two or three.
Here is the strategic operational blueprint of Moxfield’s premier Koll list, detailing how to tutor zero-cost Equipment, execute death loops, and storm off to instant victory.
1. Core Mechanics & Strategic Phases
Succeeding with Koll requires fast Boros mana acceleration, early Equipment tutors, free or mana-positive creatures, and sacrifice outlets.
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Early Game (Turns 1–2): Tutor key zero-mana Equipment using Steelshaper’s Gift, Open the Armory, or Enlightened Tutor. Cast Koll on turn 2.
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Mid Game (Turns 2–3): Equip a zero-mana creature like Memnite or Ornithopter with Shuko or Skullclamp. Deploy a sacrifice outlet like Goblin Bombardment or Phyrexian Altar.
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Late Game (Turn 3+): Execute infinite recursion loops. Sacrificing the equipped creature returns it to hand via Koll; recast it for 0 mana, re-equip for 0 mana, and repeat infinitely to drain opponents via Impact Tremors or infinite mana.
2. Moxfield Highlights: Zero-Cost Equipment & Loop Engines
The highest-rated community lists on Moxfield optimize Koll by minimizing equip costs and maximizing instant-speed sacrifice triggers.
Shuko / Skullclamp
Core loop enablers. Shuko equips for zero mana (), allowing instant re-equipping upon re-casting creatures. Skullclamp gives +1/-1, killing 1-health creatures automatically to draw your entire deck in tandem with Koll.
Memnite / Ornithopter
Zero-mana loop creatures. Recastable endlessly without spending mana, these artifact creatures fuel Koll’s loop triggers effortlessly.
Phyrexian Altar / Goblin Bombardment
Sacrifice win-condition outlets. Phyrexian Altar provides infinite mana during creature loops, while Goblin Bombardment converts infinite creature sacrifices into direct damage to every opponent.
Silence / Deflecting Swat
Boros protection suite. Locks opponents out of interaction or redirects spot removal while assembling your winning equipment loops.
3. Copy & Paste Koll, the Forgemaster 100-Card Decklist
Use the text box below to copy the complete highly-optimized community list. It contains exactly 1 Commander and 99 mainboard cards, calibrated perfectly for an error-free import into Moxfield.
1 Koll, the Forgemaster
1 Abrade
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Arcane Signet
1 Arid Mesa
1 Badlands
1 Beseech the Mirror
1 Blood Moon
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Boros Charm
1 Cathar Commando
1 Chaos Warp
1 Chrome Mox
1 City of Brass
1 Command Tower
1 Crimson Kobolds
1 Culling the Weak
1 Dark Ritual
1 Deadly Rollick
1 Deflecting Swat
1 Dockside Extortionist
1 Drannith Magistrate
1 Dualcaster Mage
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Esper Sentinel
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Fabled Passage
1 Fervent Champion
1 Final Fortune
1 Fighter Class
1 Flawless Maneuver
1 Gemstone Caverns
1 Goblin Bombardment
1 Goblin Engineer
1 Goblin Matron
1 Grapeshot
1 Great Furnace
1 Imperial Seal
1 Impact Tremors
1 Jeweled Lotus
1 Kobolds of Kher Keep
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Lotus Petal
1 Luxury Suite
1 Mana Confluence
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Marsh Flats
1 Memnite
1 Mox Amber
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Opal
1 Open the Armory
1 Ornithopter
1 Otawara, Soaring City
1 Paradise Mantle
1 Path to Exile
1 Phyrexian Altar
1 Phyrexian Walker
1 Puresteel Paladin
1 Pyroblast
1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Shield Sphere
1 Shuko
1 Silence
1 Skullclamp
1 Sol Ring
1 Spectator Seating
1 Steelshaper's Gift
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Sunbaked Canyon
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Tainted Pact
1 Talisman of Conviction
1 Tibalt's Trickery
1 Twinflame
1 Urza's Saga
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Vault of Champions
1 Veil of Summer
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Walking Ballista
1 Windswept Heath
1 Winota, Joiner of Forces
1 Wishclaw Talisman
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Worldly Tutor
7 Mountain
6 Plains
Summary: Forge the Equipment and Loop to Victory
Moxfield’s top deck builders prioritize Koll, the Forgemaster because he turns zero-cost equipment and zero-mana creatures into unstoppable, lightning-fast infinite loops. By combining instant equipment tutors, zero-cost recasts, and robust Boros protection, Koll commands the table with surgical efficiency. Copy the flawless 100-card decklist above, equip your forged weapons, and dominate your next Commander pod.
