[[Primer]] Karlov's Will

Commander / EDH* Ripwater

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Deck update —March 4, 2019

Hey,

Quite a big list with updates since January. I was not super happy with the performance of some cards in the deck and evaluated quite a lot of cards with a good friend of mine. The list that has been cut is quite long and I'll try to give some explanation with each of the cards:

-1 Orzhov Guildgate Just overal bad, didnt feel I need the double mana and getting in to play tapped is shit.

-1 Reveillark Always a bit underwhelming, yes he can get 2 creatures back, but at the cost of 6 mana there are other cards that do better. Also no way of abusing him.

-1 Wall of Reverence 1 Big life gain hit a turn is just too slow. My focus got on multiple lifegain triggers and this guy just didnt do that.

-1 Ravos, Soultender Nice creature, but easily removed and at mana cost 5 there are other cards that do better. Since he needs to lay an entire round. The anthem effect doesn't really matter to my deck.

-1 Nyx-Fleece Ram Same as the Wall. Just one lifegain hit a turn, there are cards that do more work than this guy.

-1 Felidar Sovereign Never ever ever won the game on this creature. Was mostly in the deck for its lifelink. But way to expensive for just a creature with lifelink.

-1 Sword of the Animist I goddamn love this card, but with cards like Land Tax this often prove to be a dead card late game. Therefore it's being cut.

-1 Tainted Strike Still in doubt about this one, potentionally finishing the game with 10 damage on instant speed is quite good. But infect is being a bit frowned upon in our playgroup.

-1 Fountain of Renewal See Nyx Fleece Ram and Wall of Reverence

-1 Aetherflux Reservoir 1 vs 1 yes. Multiplayer not so much. Yes it can kick a player out of the game, but everytime I did I was the next one out of the game, because I put myself in a vulnerable position. Since I play a lot of small lifegain triggers and no bit lifegain hits, its too risky to play this one.

-1 Greed Already had a lot of card draw, this one just feels useless.

-1 Ill-Gotten Inheritance Try out, proved to be bad, really really bad. Nice artwork tho.

-1 Plains Cut for Volrath's Stronghold

+1 Ajani, Caller of the Pride Already won me the game, giving Karlov evasion and double strik is just retarded. Karlov is very very easily at 12+ damage.

+1 Settle the Wreckage One sided boardwhipe with exile, with a lot of people over extending and at 3 mana one of the best boardwhipes White has to offer.

+1 Tablet of the Guilds Played a few games with this one and at the cost of 2 mana and triggering on both black and white a really nice card. Gives multiple lifegain triggers each turn, instead of the 1 trigger in your upkeep.

+1 Ranger of Eos Card fetches about 4-5 creatures from my deck so quite usefull.

+1 Umezawa's Jitte Never payed attention to Jitte since i thought i costed 2 counters for one lifegain trigger. But 1 lifegain trigger per counter is a complete gamechanger, absolute no brainer inclusion.

+1 Flickering Ward Protects Karlov and gives evasion to hit with commander damage. AND for one mana its back in your hand.

+1 Enlightened Tutor Enough to tutor for, so why not!

+1 Contemplation Same as Tablet of the Guilds, I was looking for more triggers per turn instead of once in my upkeep. This card does that perfectly.

+1 Vona, Butcher of Magan Permanent removal and lifelink. It needs to lay one the field for one turn, most of the time it gets removed, but thats at least removal not being spond on Karlov. Right now its on the flex spot of the deck.

+1 Crypt Ghast Since my manabase started shifting more towards black and I wanted to play more on extort for the small triggers this guy made its way back in.

+1 Sorin Markov Ahw man, don't be that guy. I know i know, but with Karlov being more evasive it's potential lethal damage when Sorin sees the battlefield. Also I can say I like has + ability as well, where most of the people just play him to put someone on 10.

+1 Volrath's Stronghold I took apart Marchesa, so my Volrath's Stronghold was looking for a new place. Literally every deck that runs black, can run this card.

+1 Cabal Coffers It's just too good not to use it in combination with Urborg.