Karn, The Colorless Dawn
Commander / EDH
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Competitive Play —June 13, 2012
Well, Sunday is the day I play this deck as mean as I can against a playgroup I found while visiting Toronto.
I'll definitely keep ya'll updated!
Ohthenoises says... #2
Someone had up a karn deck a couple of days ago and had Throne of Geth which combos VERY nicely with your Salvaging Station if you do go that route I would also recommend Pentavus like modular but also on demand he can break apart and you can use it with the throne for a 1 colorless proliferate.
March 30, 2012 12:25 a.m.
ThinkingAroundBoxes says... #3
Thank you for the input! The main reason for not having Blinkmoth Nexus, Inkmoth Nexus, Ulamog and Kozilek is that I do have a budget limit for this deck. (I did fortunately already own a good portion of the deck so I wasn't too worried.)
Also, I'd usually be dropping All Is Dust earlier on in the game before fielding Mycosynth Lattice (which I pretty much use to A: Have Blinkmoth Urn generate me more mana during my first main-phase and B: To have Karn end up destroying lands around the board.
If I come across a Throne of Geth I'll be sure to put both that and the Pentavus I had lying around into the deck. Thanks for the input!
March 30, 2012 1:06 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #4
I can't imagine how brutal that would be with all of the modular stuff you have.... another thing about pentavus I forgot to mention is if you break him apart your blinkmoth urn will see more artifacts. OH and Triskelavus is very similar except you can't reassemble it but you can deal damage with it.
March 30, 2012 1:31 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #5
Annnd finally Triskelion hes just mean if you have ways of returning the counters like steel overseer
March 30, 2012 1:33 p.m.
ThinkingAroundBoxes says... #6
Actually, those two are perfect additions. Is there anything you'd personally suggest taking out for them? I have enough out there to actually pump counters in the deck at the moment so I don't have to worry about that part.
March 31, 2012 12:46 a.m.
Ohthenoises says... #7
Synod Centurion seems underwhemling. Might there be reasons for his inclusion?
Also, Flayer Husk seems underwhelmng as well. I know you can return flayer husk with Salvaging Station but +1/+1 is nothing in edh.
March 31, 2012 1:13 a.m.
Ohthenoises says... #8
however the site is showing 98 cards in your deck so maybe you wont have to remove anything after all?
March 31, 2012 1:14 a.m.
ThinkingAroundBoxes says... #9
Well, Synod Centurion was gone before I even read the comment. But Flayer Husk just works with the Salvaging Station combos: with Blasting Station and Ashnod's Altar just to name two.
I took out Karn Liberated because really, he wasn't as effective as I imagined him to be. Unless I'm completely doing it wrong with him.
March 31, 2012 1:18 a.m.
Ohthenoises says... #10
in edh (especially if you have proliferate) he becomes spot removal.
March 31, 2012 1:22 a.m.
ThinkingAroundBoxes says... #11
Thought as much. I actually can already see there's more synergy in just the adding of the Throne of Geth, Triskelion and Triskelavus. I guess I'll just have to get into the mindset of ramping up creeps to throw them at the enemy. It's a big change from the Mill/Control deck I'm used to playing.
March 31, 2012 1:35 a.m.
Ohthenoises says... #12
if you have a way to playtest decks (ala cokatrice) try playing it against deck:drain-all-the-blood-need-help
March 31, 2012 1:40 a.m.
Ohthenoises says... #14
Be aware. With Pentavus you can break off a piece of him declare blockers then sacrifice it to merge it back onto him. forgot to mention that little tidbit before.
April 2, 2012 5:44 p.m.
ThinkingAroundBoxes says... #15
Wait you can do that? So you can get a (1) cost free block without breaking apart Pentavus? Lovely!
Also, @Ohthenoises, your vampire deck didn't fare to well in two out of three games against Karn only because the land just was NOT coming, also an Etched Champion with Eldrazi Conscription isn't fun to deal with. But on the one game where the mana pool was fine the vampires wrecked me.
April 2, 2012 5:49 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #16
yea i gotta mess with that mana base.. it doesn't usually give me much trouble IRL but on sites that "shuffle" better than me i get hosed. any thoughts on what i can drop for mana?
April 2, 2012 5:56 p.m.
ThinkingAroundBoxes says... #17
Personally, if you have the money I'd replace something for a Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth. But it's a pretty expensive card and I personally try to steer away from going out and buying them unless the deck can't work without them, in this deck's case that would be Mycosynth Lattice and Mycosynth Golem which synergize very well. Which just help churn out the deck without a problem, I personally think that without them I wouldn't be able to A: do Karn's land destruction, and B: Blinkmoth Urn and Mycosynth Golem wouldn't be as efficient.
April 2, 2012 6:03 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #18
I broke down and bought it today lol. Also what I like about Mycosynth Golem is consider this: (I know I've been all up on Pentavus and his counterpart) You have a blightsteel or similar LARGE artifact in hand, at the end of op's turn break apart the two of them. The golem will count each artifact token as another artifact making it so you can "cheat" out bigger creatures.
April 2, 2012 6:10 p.m.
ThinkingAroundBoxes says... #19
Yup! Same goes with Pentavus, Triskelavus, Myr Propagator and Thopter Assembly breaking apart to vastly buff Darksteel Juggernaut. It's a great way to cheaply buff him up a good +13/+13 or so in one turn. ALONG with Blinkmoth Urn and Mycosynth Golem becoming extremely effective because of any of the three.
Also a fun new thing I threw into the deck was Basalt Golem which, with a Nemesis Mask (even if he is indestructible or not) pretty much turns the blocking controller's creatures to 0/2 Stone walls.
April 2, 2012 6:16 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #20
well he's COMPLETELY unblockable if you have out Mycosynth Lattice (because everything is an artifact and he can't be blocked by artifacts) but if it's not in play? I LOVE that haha.
April 2, 2012 6:20 p.m.
ThinkingAroundBoxes says... #21
Didn't think about that, but I'd rather have something bigger hitting, but that's what Eldrazi Conscription is for!
April 2, 2012 6:32 p.m.
Ohthenoises says... #22
exactly why you don't try to do both at the same time. if you play on and it seemingly has the board on lock then wait till they answer it then play the lattice.
April 2, 2012 6:36 p.m.
ThinkingAroundBoxes says... #24
@Slowassassin Suggestions? I really only do have two which I use as equipments, that's the Swiftfoot Boots and the Nemesis Mask. Each serves a definite role in the deck.
April 3, 2012 1:17 a.m.
Slowassassin says... #25
Lightning Greaves are pretty nice. If you have any swords, those work well too. Also, you could consider Whispersilk Cloak. Welding Jar (not an equipment) also looks like it could be a nice addition
Skull_Creed says... #1
Why don't you have either Blinkmoth Nexus nor Inkmoth Nexus?
Plus, Mycosynth Lattice doesn't help you. It actually hurts you when it comes to All Is Dust. No one sacrifices permanents? Plus, it has the possibility of helping them with their mana issues, if they have any. Put Mirrorworks in instead and make doubles of everything... except for Karn. Lol.
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre and Kozilek, Butcher of Truth should be in here also.
+1
March 30, 2012 12:05 a.m.