Kethis, the Hidden Hand

Gameplan

Flood the board with cheap legendary creatures and planeswalkers (discounted by Kethis), then recur them from the graveyard by exiling pairs of legends. Grind incremental value until you assemble a combo or simply overwhelm with legendary card advantage. Kethis turns your graveyard into a second hand, making the deck nearly impossible to disrupt through removal.

Key Cards

• Kethis, the Hidden Hand — The engine itself—cost reduction plus graveyard recursion is the entire deck's value loop.
• Mox Amber — Free mana that combos with Kethis to generate infinite mana when paired with cheap legends and cost reduction.
• Lotus Field — A legendary land enabling the classic Kethis infinite-mana combo loop via repeated casting and recursion.
• Urza's Ruinous Blast — A one-sided board wipe that spares your legendary permanents while destroying opponents' nonland nonlegends.
• Teferi's Protection — A legendary-castable protection spell that survives wipes and lets you recur it after.
• Emry, Lurker of the Loch / Diabolic Intent — Tutors and enablers to find combo pieces and refill the graveyard for recursion fuel.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana (Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, Chrome Mox) and tutors (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Enlightened Tutor) to assemble the Mox Amber combo faster and more consistently. Tighten the legend count so recursion always has fuel, and include protection (Heroic Intervention, Lightning Greaves) to keep Kethis alive. For higher power, lean into the combo lines with Walking Ballista and self-mill enablers like Emry and Stitcher's Supplier.