Karador, Ghost Chieftain EDH Grave toolbox

Commander / EDH* BGW (Abzan, Junk)

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Land (35)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x High Market
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Plains
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Break Glass in Case of Emergency (4)

• 1x Kami of False Hope
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Endurance
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty

Graveyard Recursion (13)

• 1x Priest of Fell Rites
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Ratadrabik of Urborg
• 1x Incarnation Technique
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Reya Dawnbringer

Removal (12)

• 1x Despark
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Cavalier of Night
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Apex Altisaur

Self Mill (6)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Underrealm Lich

Ancillary Cards (4)

• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Teysa Karlov
• 1x Drivnod, Carnage Dominus

Commander (1)

Mana Ramp & Fixing (12)

• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Skull Prophet
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
• 1x World Shaper
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient

Card Draw & Tutors (11)

• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Body Launderer
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded

Win conditions (2)

• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus

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Other (18)

• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Saw in Half
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Drana and Linvala
• 1x Filth
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• 1x Preston, the Vanisher
• 1x Prowling Geistcatcher
• 1x Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
• 1x Kathril, Aspect Warper
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip
• 1x Lotleth Giant
• 1x Nullstone Gargoyle
• 1x Primal Surge

Mana Ramp/Fixers (8)

• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Knight of the Reliquary
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Deathbloom Ritualist
• 1x The Gitrog Monster
• 1x Molderhulk

Protection (5)

• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Clever Concealment
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Sigarda, Host of Herons
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope

Removal (15)

• 1x Black Sun's Twilight
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Damn
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Knight of Autumn
• 1x Skyclave Apparition
• 1x Culling Ritual
• 1x Skyfisher Spider
• 1x Angel of Sanctions
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Thief of Blood
• 1x Visara the Dreadful
• 1x Angel of Serenity
• 1x Butcher of Malakir

Lands (8)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Self Mill (8)

• 1x Blanchwood Prowler
• 1x Circle of the Land Druid
• 1x Old Stickfingers
• 1x Old Rutstein
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Extractor Demon

Card Draw & Tutors (11)

• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Clackbridge Troll
• 1x Krav, the Unredeemed
• 1x Stinging Study
• 1x Burning-Rune Demon
• 1x Doom Weaver
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Torsten, Founder of Benalia

Recursion (11)

• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Loyal Retainers
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Luminous Broodmoth
• 1x Whisper, Blood Liturgist
• 1x Nethroi, Apex of Death
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Breathkeeper Seraph
• 1x Ancient Brass Dragon

Sac Outlets (6)

• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan
• 1x Dimir House Guard
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Phyrexian Plaguelord

Artefact Hate (4)

• 1x Cankerbloom
• 1x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Null Rod
• 1x Druid of Purification

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Karador graveyard toolbox. The mantra when building this deck was two fold, firstly if I wanted to add an instant, sorcery or enchantment, try to find the creature that does the same thing. This means almost everything in the deck is a creature (55 of them!) meaning with Karador and my plethora of recursion pieces the deck has a real toolbox feel and resilience, being able to build boards quickly with my graveyard as a peusdo-hand.

Secondly I wanted no artefacts. This is partly because I'm not a fan of infinite combos and things like Ashnod's, Altar of Dementia etc are so easy to go infinite with in a deck like this. I also feel like Artefacts are very prevalent, staples in most decks, and liked the challenge of using little to none of them. Since I'm in green I have ramp and don't need mana rocks and it lets me play several board wide anti-artefact cards like Ouphe or Bane that i'm insulated from.

The biggest weakness by far is graveyard exile. That's what cards like Endurance are in the deck to help with along with Shalai, giving me the player hexproof protects me from things like Bojuka Bog or Tormods crypt exiling my entire graveyard.

A couple combos to mention in the deck are Altisaur and Selfless spirit. Making the Dino indestructible and then fight things one by one is a one-sided board wipe. Dryad of the Ilysian grove is quite important as it's my only method of turning on Emeria, because if you notice there are not 7 plains in the deck. My main win condition at the moment it using Zopandrel to double the size of my board, however with Ratadrabik I can often get multiple copies of Zopandrel out often quadrupling my creatures power. Ratadrabik is actually pretty crazy in combination with a lot of cards. Saffi, Drivnod, Zopandrel, Karador himself.

It's perpetually a WIP, I try out different cards here and there and try to update the deck whenever I get back into magic and check out the new sets I've missed. Right now I'd put it around a 7 for power level, maybe an 8.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	8 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 57 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.03
Tokens	Experience Token, Zombie 2/2 B