justintryon's Karador - v2
 
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comCommander
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Aetherdrift
releases on February 14, 2025!

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Aetherdrift
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Main Deck - 100 cards, 91 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Commander
1 Karador, Ghost Chieftain
$0.42 Legendary Creature - Centaur Spirit
Creature (30)
1 Acidic Slime
$0.11 Creature - Ooze
1 Angel of Despair
$0.80 Creature - Angel
1 Creakwood Liege
$1.17 Creature - Horror
1 Daemogoth Woe-Eater
$0.12 Creature - Demon
1 Deathrite Shaman
$3.19 Creature - Elf Shaman
1 Destructor Dragon
$0.17 Creature - Dragon
1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
$1.91 Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Kor Cleric
1 Eternal Witness
$1.21 Creature - Human Shaman
1 Grave Titan
$3.14 Creature - Giant
1 Gravebreaker Lamia
$0.56 Enchantment Creature - Snake Lamia
1 Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
$0.18 Legendary Creature - Elf Shaman
1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
$4.12 Legendary Creature - Zombie Elf
1 Knight of Autumn
$0.47 Creature - Dryad Knight
1 Lord of Extinction
$7.04 Creature - Elemental
1 Marionette Apprentice
$1.43 Creature - Human Artificer
1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
$7.16 Legendary Creature - Insect Shaman
1 Netherborn Phalanx
$0.29 Creature - Horror
1 Pale Recluse
$0.10 Creature - Spider
1 Poison-Tip Archer
$1.76 Creature - Elf Archer
1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
$1.42 Creature - Human Cleric
1 Prowling Serpopard
$2.38 Creature - Cat Snake
1 Ravenous Squirrel
$0.24 Creature - Squirrel
1 Rhys the Redeemed
$6.73 Legendary Creature - Elf Warrior
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
$0.86 Creature - Snake Shaman
1 Solemn Simulacrum
$0.36 Artifact Creature - Golem
1 Sowing Mycospawn
$5.19 Creature - Eldrazi Fungus
1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
$0.54 Legendary Creature - Human Knight
1 Vindictive Lich
$0.76 Creature - Zombie Wizard
1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.02 Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Wurm
1 Yavimaya Elder
$0.09 Creature - Human Druid
Instant (6)
1 Aura Mutation
$2.57 Instant
1 Fracture
$1.63 Instant
1 Ready // Willing
$0.22 Instant // Instant //
1 Status // Statue
$0.09 Instant // Instant //
1 Sundering Growth
$0.28 Instant
1 Sylvan Reclamation
$1.80 Instant
Sorcery (10)
1 Bestial Menace
$0.03 Sorcery
1 Blood Divination
$0.07 Sorcery
1 Bone Shards
$0.13 Sorcery
1 Damnation
$18.58 Sorcery
1 Demonic Tutor
$45.34 Sorcery
1 Eerie Ultimatum
$4.83 Sorcery
1 Harmonize
$0.21 Sorcery
1 Mastermind's Acquisition
$1.33 Sorcery
1 Overwhelming Stampede
$1.63 Sorcery
1 Wrath of God
$4.11 Sorcery
Artifact (9)
1 Altar of Dementia
$9.19 Artifact
1 Arcane Signet
$0.72 Artifact
1 Carnage Altar
$0.14 Artifact
1 Commander's Sphere
$0.19 Artifact
1 Indatha Crystal
$0.08 Artifact
1 Mind Stone
$0.18 Artifact
1 Phyrexian Vault
$0.21 Artifact
1 Skullclamp
$6.52 Artifact - Equipment
1 Sol Ring
$1.72 Artifact
Enchantment (4)
1 Birthing Ritual
$4.09 Enchantment
1 Black Market
$2.90 Enchantment
1 Insidious Roots
$1.33 Enchantment
1 No Mercy
$15.34 Enchantment
Land (40)
1 Bojuka Bog
$1.06 Land
1 Bountiful Promenade
$7.50 Land
1 Cabal Coffers
$22.87 Land
1 Command Tower
$0.18 Land
1 Detection Tower
$2.09 Land
1 Emergence Zone
$2.85 Land
4 Forest
$0.11 Basic Land - Forest
1 Fortified Village
$0.29 Land
1 Gavony Township
$2.74 Land
1 Godless Shrine
$11.25 Land - Plains Swamp
1 Grasslands
$0.23 Land
1 Grim Backwoods
$0.27 Land
1 Indatha Triome
$16.57 Land - Plains Swamp Forest
1 Isolated Chapel
$1.57 Land
1 Leechridden Swamp
$1.25 Land - Swamp
1 Overgrown Farmland
$2.84 Land
1 Overgrown Tomb
$10.31 Land - Swamp Forest
1 Phyrexian Tower
$17.45 Legendary Land
3 Plains
$0.06 Basic Land - Plains
1 Rogue's Passage
$0.24 Land
1 Sandsteppe Citadel
$0.55 Land
1 Scattered Groves
$0.33 Land - Forest Plains
1 Silent Clearing
$5.78 Land
1 Stirring Wildwood
$0.58 Land
1 Sunpetal Grove
$2.85 Land
1 Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
$0.38 Land
5 Swamp
$1.52 Basic Land - Swamp
1 Temple Garden
$10.02 Land - Forest Plains
1 Temple of Malady
$0.18 Land
1 Wooded Bastion
$12.85 Land
1 Woodland Cemetery
$1.27 Land
Sideboard - 20 cards, 20 distinct
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (12)
1 Archfiend's Vessel
$0.13 Creature - Human Cleric
1 Bone Picker
$0.11 Creature - Bird
1 Corpse Knight
$1.37 Creature - Zombie Knight
1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
$1.24 Creature - Elf Druid // Land
1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.41 Legendary Creature - Cat Beast
1 Kathril, Aspect Warper
$0.52 Legendary Creature - Nightmare Insect
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$0.93 Legendary Creature - Cat Nightmare
1 Satyr Wayfinder
$0.13 Creature - Satyr
1 Species Specialist
$13.91 Creature - Human Warrior
1 Titan Hunter
$0.12 Creature - Human Warrior
1 Umori, the Collector
$0.18 Legendary Creature - Ooze
1 Vile Entomber
$0.26 Creature - Zombie Warlock
Instant (2)
1 Fracturing Gust
$1.95 Instant
1 Inkshield
$5.98 Instant
Sorcery (4)
1 Casualties of War
$0.43 Sorcery
1 Crime // Punishment
$0.94 Sorcery // Sorcery //
1 Merciless Eviction
$0.38 Sorcery
1 Time of Need
$2.09 Sorcery
Enchantment (1)
1 Conspiracy
$3.69 Enchantment
Land (1)
1 Witch's Cottage
$1.06 Land - Swamp

Notes
 
THEME: Graveyard recursion, when this creature DIES, and ETB
Sleeve color: Black
Tokens:
[] 3/3 colorless wurm w/ deathtouch
[] 3/3 colorless wurm w/ lifelink
[] 1/1 black and green insect
[] 2/1 white and black inkling w/ flying
[] 1/1 white and green elf warrior
[] 1/1 black and green worm
[] 2/2 black zombie

Token control card: Droning Bureaucrats; Echoing Decay -> Mastermind's Acquisition

New deck idea, gain life and drain:

Blood Artist
Cleric of Life's Blood
Cruel Celebrant
Dina, Soul Steeper
Epicure of Blood
Falkenwrath Noble
Indulging Patrician
Marauding Blight-Priest
Marsh Flats or Verdant Catacombs
Regal Bloodlord
Vampire Neonate
Vampire Sovereign
Vindictive Vampire
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose


New additions:

  Austere Command (Mastermind's Acquisition)
  Arcane Signet
  Altar of Dementia
  Ajani's Aid
  Ajani, Valiant Protector (Mastermind's Acquisition)
  Alive//Well
  Archfiend's Vessel
~Apocalypse Demon
  Aura Shards (Mastermind's Acquisition)
  Blood Seeker
  Blightbeetle <------------No +1/+1 counters on opp creatures
~Blind Zealot
  Bontu the Glorified
  Briarbridge Patrol
  Buried Alive
~Canopy Vista (Forest Plains land)
~Casualties of War (Mastermind's Acquisition) {War of the Spark}
  Cataclysmic Gearhulk
  Conclave Guildmage
  Constant Mists
  Crime//Punishment
  Day of Destiny
  Deathsprout {<---War of the Spark}
  Dimir House Guard
~Disciple of Bolas
  Disciple of Griselbrand
  Druid's Deliverance
  Dutiful Attendant
  Echoing Courage
  Echoing Decay
  Elite Inquisitor
~Ethereal Absolution (Ench)(?)
  Fallen Angel
  Fleshbag Marauder
  Garruk (Any)
~Generous Gift({Mod Hor} destroy perm, give 3/3 elephant)
  Golgari Guildmage
  Grand Abolisher
  Harvester of Souls
  Hell's Caretaker
  Isareth the Awakener
  Kin-Tree Invocation
~Knight of the Last Breath
  Lull
  Mother of Runes
  Orbs of Warding
~Overseer of the Damned
  Paragon of Open Graves
  Phyrexian Rebirth
  Pious Evangel/Wayward Disciple
  Plaguecrafter (Mastermind's Acquisition)
  Pontif of Blight
  Price of Fame (Mastermind's Acquisition)
  Prison Term
  Quietus Spike
  Rancor
~Ravenous Harpy (M19)
~Ravos, Soultender
  Reaper of the Wilds
~Roc Egg(?)
  Savra, Queen of the Golgari
  Scion of Vitu-Ghazi (--------> Radiant)
~Seraph of the Scales
  Severed Strands (Mastermind's Acquisition)
  Sheoldred, Whispering One
  Stinkweed Imp
~Tattered Mummy
  Thallid Soothsayer
  Triad of Fates
~Triumph of the Hordes
~Twilight Drover
  Undead Slayer
~Underworld Sentinel([Theros BD] When attacks, exile from GY, then when dies exiled creatures back onto battlefield)
  Varolz, the Scar-Striped
  Viscera Seer
  Virtus the Veiled
  Voldaren Pariah
  Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  Whispersilk Cloak
~Woe Strider ([Theros BD] sac creature scry 1)

Skullclamp (good with Teysa)

+++Inkshield+++ Creates 2/1 Inkling creatures and is a Fog

Changes done:

-1 Assassin's Trophy
-1 Teysa
                    *******
+1 Insidious Roots
+1 Izoni, Thousand-Eyed (<---- From Prossh)
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-1 Borderland Explorer
-1 Demon of Catastrophes
-1 Kodama’s Reach
                      *********
+1 Birthing Ritual
+1 Marionette Apprentice
+1 Sowing Mycospawn

Combo:

Non-bo:
Comments
  • Knuttypoo | 02-Feb-2020 01:43
    Man, Gravebreaker Lamia is perfect in there. Not cool.
    • justintryon | Edited 03-Feb-2020 15:36
      I think what you meant to say was, SO cool. Trying to narrow the focus of this deck now in V2. Before it was a bit more "good stuff" and now it has cards more in-line with Karador's abilities.
      • Knuttypoo | 03-Feb-2020 16:19
        Glad to see you're dialing things in. I do kinda like that Blightbeetle you have listed in the sideboard.
  • Shawn | 05-Jan-2019 16:03
    Why Karador tokens?  If you add stuff like Sakura-Tribe Elder, you can ramp and get bodies in the graveyard.  When I see you play this deck, I'm not sure I ever see you cast Karador or use his ability.  Fill that graveyard and cast cheap fatties!
    • justintryon | Edited 05-Jan-2019 16:37
      As you have discovered, I'm doing an overhaul of the deck. Out with (most) of the angels, in with other good stuff. Sakura-Tribe Elder (old snake dude!) would be good. I have used Karador effectively in the past, but what usually happens is I go and get PA and try not to lose! I was impressed with Chip's Izoni deck and will incorporate that into it. I think tokens are a hold-over from Rhys being in the deck, plus Overwhelming Stampede. I also thought about Wood Elves, Elvish Pioneer, or Sylvan Ranger/Ainok Guide.
      Also, I have Buried Alive which I hope to squeeze in. Thanks for the suggestions.
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