Karona the Maze Runner

Commander / EDH Amulet Titan Combo Five Color Ramp Voltron

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Instant (7)

• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Illusionist's Gambit
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Relic Crush
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Aether Snap
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Grim Discovery
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Reap and Sow
• 1x Remember the Fallen
• 1x Restore
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Wargate
• 1x Wrath of God

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Collective Restraint
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Ghostly Prison
• 1x Koskun Falls
• 1x Mystic Barrier
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Sacred Ground
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Spiritual Asylum
• 1x Vow of Duty
• 1x Vow of Flight
• 1x Vow of Lightning
• 1x Vow of Malice
• 1x Vow of Wildness

Artifact (11)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Door to Nothingness
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Norn's Annex
• 1x Planar Portal

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Creature (14)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Budoka Gardener  ^Flip
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Patron of the Moon
• 1x Realm Seekers
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Scout
• 1x Skyward Eye Prophets
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Walking Atlas
• 1x Windborn Muse

Land (37)

• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Bant Panorama
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Esper Panorama
• 2x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Homeward Path
• 2x Island
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Maze's End
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Naya Panorama
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Petrified Field
• 2x Plains
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Transguild Promenade

Commander (1)

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Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

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My second take on a Maze's End commander deck. My first draft was End of the Maze (EDH), which I found too dependent on comboing into a win. I had the idea to use Karona, False God as a commander, giving an aggressive alternative path you can take.

Karona, False God is not useful unless you have ways to stop your opponents from attacking you. Assault Suit, Vow of Duty, Vow of Flight, Vow of Lightning, Vow of Malice, Vow of Wildness all grant Karona extra abilities and prevent your opponents from attacking you with her. Ghostly Prison, Norn's Annex, Propaganda, Koskun Falls, Collective Restraint, Sphere of Safety, and Windborn Muse all tax your opponents when they attack you, helping negate Karona's ability.

To assemble your guild gates, we have Budoka Gardener, Patron of the Moon, Sakura-Tribe Scout, Walking Atlas, and Exploration, which allow multiple uses of Maze's End each turn (assuming you have Amulet of Vigor in play). Diabolic Revelation, Increasing Ambition, Reap and Sow, Tempt with Discovery, Wargate, Realm Seekers, Rune-Scarred Demon, Planar Portal, and Expedition Map search for Maze's End to get started, and search for whatever you need after that.

The rest of the deck is largely removal and graveyard recovery. Soul of New Phyrexia, Sacred Ground, and Spiritual Asylum do their best to keep your land out of your graveyard. If it ends up there, Crucible of Worlds is the most reliable option, but Grim Discovery, Remember the Fallen, Restore, Sun Titan, Eternal Witness, and Petrified Field can hopefully give you options to retrieve a missing land before it gets exiled.

One of the big changes I made in this version was removing the mass removal that includes artifacts and enchantments, which this decks relies on to run smoothly. Day of Judgment, Wrath of God, Supreme Verdict, and Evacuation take care of creatures without clearing your Amulet, Lantern, or Prison.

I will be finding alternative cards for Illusionist's Gambit and Mystic Barrier in case I end up playing a 1-on-1 game.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 28 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.71
Tokens	Elemental X/X G, Emblem Kiora, the Crashing Wave, Kraken 9/9 U
Folders	EDH Constructed