Shallow Graves EDH

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk) Dredge Reanimator

MirranTitan

Instant (6)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Victimize

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sylvan Library

Artifact (5)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Creature (36)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Angel of Despair
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Boonweaver Giant
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gaddock Teeg
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Hushwing Gryff
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Knight of the Reliquary
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Restoration Angel
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wall of Omens
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Land (37)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 3x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 2x Plains
• 1x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Commander (1)

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Intro

This is my Karador deck, I have been playing it for a few years now and it's really fun, and very resilient. It has a strong matchup against a variety of different deck types, and ideally a win comes from a difficult to approach board state and continual removal. But the deck has several backup plans

Playing the deckThis is a reanimator deck, but it has large mana requirements on a regular basis. A solid hand contains 3+ lands and several spells. Try to get three colors first, and then strive to get 2-3 of each color. Cards in the dredge category are optimal to help get the most value out of all the cards. Life from the Loam as well as Golgari Grave-Troll can get lots of fuel in the graveyard quickly. Reanimate powerful creates from the yard to establish position .

Why play Karador?Karador is a powerful card in Abzan colors, and if played right, Karador will cost at all times. When he is in play, you can treat your graveyard like an extension of your hand. His ability allows you to capitalize and reuse strong enter the battlefield triggers as well as replay threats that ended in the graveyard.

Strengths

The deck can survive constant destruction/disruption. There are a tons of outs to most situations in various forms of removal and recursion. There are also various situations where a large, hard-to-answer creature could come into play and change a game drastically.

The deck can make a sandbox with the graveyard and play in it.

Weaknesses

Graveyard removal. :(
Bojuka Bog and Tormod's Crypt cause problems for the strategy of this deck, and should be watched for with caution. If you suspect an opponent has one or more of these cards, use caution and try to keep cards out of your graveyard. The deck can still win with it's graveyard exiled, depending on what is left in the library.

This deck is vulnerable (as most decks are) to combo.

This deck will also take a beating from aggro decks as well as "champion" and "voltron" generals, it does not have a strong short game. (The longer the game, the better this deck will fare)

conclusion

I am always open to your questions and comments, If you feel like I am missing something feel free to mention it. +1 if you like the deck.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.35
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Plant 0/1 G
Folders	wants