Karadora the Graveyard Explorer

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk) Combo Competitive Infinite Combo Midrange Reanimator

NarejED

Instant (7)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Victimize

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Living Plane
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library

Artifact (7)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Creature (37)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Boonweaver Giant
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Gaddock Teeg
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Loyal Retainers
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sanctum Prelate
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (31)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Brushland
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 3x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scrubland
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Instant (1)

• 1x Back to Nature

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Toxic Deluge

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Stony Silence

Artifact (2)

• 1x Null Rod
• 1x Tormod's Crypt

Creature (5)

• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Hushwing Gryff
• 1x Peacekeeper
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth

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Maybeboard

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Stony Silence

Creature (8)

• 1x Captain Sisay
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

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The strategy of the deck resolves around a single card: Boonweaver Giant. If he can be pushed onto the battlefield while a sac outlet is on the field, it's an instant win.

The combo is surprisingly complex. It begins by putting Boonweaver into play by either casting him or via any number of tutors and reanimator effects. Once in play, use his ability to tutor out Pattern of Rebirth. Sac Boonweaver to one of the deck's repeatable creature outlets, either Carrion Feeder or Viscera Seer. With Pattern's ability, tutor out Karmic Guide, who then returns Boonweaver, who then returns Pattern. Sac him again to fin Fiend Hunter, who targets Guide. Sac Hunter to return Karmic, returning Boonweaver to get Reveillark. Sac the Lark to return Guide and Fiend Hunter. From here, the loop can be repeated, each time netting one additional creature. Generally the first creature will be Grand Abolisher, followed by Zulaport Cutthroat, looping infinite graveyard shenanigans for game. If Zula can't be found for whatever reason, the Archon of Justice can be looped alternatively for mass field wipes.

Karador himself is more of a backup redundancy. In the event that I'm able to get Boonweaver into the graveyard without a reanimation spell in hand, Karador can be cast and substituted in as one. He also provides a few useful interactions with other non-combo cards like qasili pridemage.

Special thanks to cobblepott_mtgs of mtgsalvation for providing the inspiration for this deck.

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Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 1 Mythic Rares 55 - 6 Rares 18 - 3 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.36
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C
Folders	Official Commander Decks, Duel EDH Zvone nemoj tu dodavat, something, decks I want, cEDH Lists