Counter Intelligence Commander Deck Upgrade Guide

Angel of the Ruins costs seven mana and exiles up to two artifacts and/or enchantments when it enters, which is a bad fit for a deck full of artifacts. It is played in about one Kilo deck in eight.

Freed from the Real costs {2}{U}: for {U} you tap the enchanted creature and for {U} you untap it. Put it on Kilo and every tap is a proliferate, so two mana is one proliferate. It is the highest-scoring card the precon leaves out.

This is the first of four land swaps, taking the deck from 40 to 36 lands. Lonely Sandbar enters tapped and cycles for {U}.

Relic of Legends costs {3} and taps for any color, and you can also tap an untapped legendary creature you control for one mana of any color. Tap Kilo, who is legendary, and you get the mana and his proliferate.

Secluded Steppe enters tapped and cycles for {W}.

Prologue to Phyresis costs {1}{U} at instant speed: each opponent gets a poison counter and you draw a card. Kilo's proliferate adds to every poison counter, so each Kilo tap is a step toward ten.

Soul-Guide Lantern exiles a card from a graveyard, and can be sacrificed to draw a card. It is played in about one Kilo deck in six.

Clock of Omens costs {4}: tap two untapped artifacts you control to untap target artifact. Kilo is an artifact creature, so tapping two rocks untaps him, and then he proliferates when he taps again.

Temple of Triumph enters tapped and scries 1, and the deck has several other Temples.

Aura of Dominion costs {U}{U}: for {1} and tapping an untapped creature you control you untap the enchanted creature. Put it on Kilo and you untap him by tapping another creature.

Evolving Wilds sacrifices itself to fetch a basic land onto the battlefield tapped.

Manifold Key costs {1}. For {1} and a tap it untaps another target artifact, which includes Kilo. A one-mana artifact that untaps him each turn, and it also makes a creature unblockable for {3}.

Pull from Tomorrow is an X draw spell that costs {X}{U}{U} and makes you discard a card. It is played in about one Kilo deck in five.

Flux Channeler is a 2/2 for {2}{U}: whenever you cast a noncreature spell, you proliferate. In a deck full of artifacts, instants and sorceries, that is a free proliferate on most turns.

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield. It hits your own artifact creatures and is played in about one Kilo deck in five.

Springleaf Drum costs {1}: {T}, tap an untapped creature you control: add one mana of any color. Tap Kilo as the creature and you get the mana and his proliferate, every turn, for one mana.

Fumigate destroys all creatures and gains you life for each, in a deck whose creatures are mostly artifacts. It is played in about one Kilo deck in four.

Magistrate's Scepter costs {3}. For {4} and a tap it puts a charge counter on itself, and for a tap and three counters you take an extra turn. Charge counters are exactly what Kilo proliferates, so it speeds up the extra turn.

Chrome Host Seedshark is a 2/4 flying Phyrexian Shark for {2}{U} that incubates for noncreature spells. It is played in about one Kilo deck in five.

Walking Ballista is an X artifact creature for {X}{X} with counters it can shoot away or add to for {4}. Kilo proliferates whenever he becomes tapped, so every counter on it grows. A flexible threat that is also removal.

Depthshaker Titan is a seven-mana 5/5 artifact creature that animates noncreature artifacts for a turn. It is played in about one Kilo deck in four.

Uthros, Titanic Godcore is a land that enters tapped and taps for {U}. You station it by tapping creatures, and at 12 charge counters it taps for {U} for each artifact you control. A land that takes no spell slot and becomes a mana engine in an artifact deck.