Uncle Karl's Puzzle Basement

Commander / EDH*

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Creature (34)

• 1x Abzan Battle Priest
• 1x Ajani's Pridemate
• 1x Angel of Despair
• 1x Angelic Skirmisher
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Auriok Champion
• 1x Blood Baron of Vizkopa
• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Crested Sunmare
• 1x Deathbringer Liege
• 1x Defiant Bloodlord
• 1x Divinity of Pride
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Gifted Aetherborn
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Lone Rider  ^Flip
• 1x Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 1x Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• 1x Pontiff of Blight
• 1x Ravos, Soultender
• 1x Rhox Faithmender
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Souls of the Faultless
• 1x Sunscorch Regent
• 1x Suture Priest
• 1x Tymna the Weaver
• 1x Vampire Nighthawk
• 1x Victory's Herald
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage
• 1x Vona, Butcher of Magan

Land (37)

• 1x Blighted Steppe
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 1x Forbidding Watchtower
• 1x Kabira Crossroads
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 11x Plains
• 1x Salt Flats
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 14x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Riot Control
• 1x Serene Offering
• 1x Unmake
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vraska's Contempt

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Vindicate

Commander (1)

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Campaign of Vengeance
• 1x Celestial Mantle
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Greed
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x True Conviction

Artifact (7)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Bontu's Monument
• 1x Orzhov Cluestone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

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Creature (20)

• 1x Angelic Field Marshal
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Felidar Sovereign
• 1x Healer's Hawk
• 1x Heliod, God of the Sun
• 1x Indulgent Tormentor
• 1x Nyx-Fleece Ram
• 1x Serra Avatar
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Soul of Theros
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Sunseed Nurturer
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Wall of Reverence

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Angelic Accord
• 1x Angelic Chorus
• 1x Boon Reflection
• 1x Cradle of Vitality
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Mortuary
• 1x Noble Purpose
• 1x One Thousand Lashes
• 1x Path of Bravery
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Underworld Connections

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Damnable Pact
• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Exsanguinate

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis
• 1x Sorin Markov

Land (8)

• 1x Blighted Fen
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Tarnished Citadel

Artifact (5)

• 1x Mercadian Atlas
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (1)

• 1x Angel's Grace

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Lifelink EDH deck. Its a lot of fun to play so far. Because Karlov is so cheap, this deck can tend to make you a target early in the game because of how big he can get only a couple turns after being played.

There are 30 cards that will let you gain life one way or another whether it be creatures with lifelink, cards with Extort, or other cards that gain you life when something triggers it. Each time you gain life Karlov will get 2 +1/+1 counters. Cards like Polluted Bonds,Authority of the Consuls, and Kambal, Consul of Allocation will gain you life whenever your opponents play certain spells. Cards like Blind Obedience and Pontiff of Blight will let you extort to gain life. Then there are cards like Aetherflux Reservoir that will let you gain life anytime you play a spell and Suture Priest which gains you life for playing creatures and punishes your opponents for doing the same. The idea to is to steal or gain as much life as possible in order to boost karlov and use him as a pretty big blocker or attacker while waiting to be able to put more aggressive creatures on the board. You can also use his ability to exile creatures you would otherwise not be able to deal with.

If you are able to get either Sanguine Bond,Vizkopa Guildmage,or Defiant Bloodlord on the board with Exquisite Blood, you can create an infinite combo to to win the game. If you do manage to get out that combo, just one tap of Pristine Talisman or playing a spell and extorting could potentially win you the game.Pristine Talisman is a great card to get out early because it will help to produce a little extra mana while also gaining you life and triggering Karlov for each tap.

Celestial Mantle and Sanguine Bond is also a pretty nasty combo. celestial mantle will double your life whenever the creature it's on deals damage and then sanguine bond will deal what you just gained to an opponent easily netting you 20+ damage probably higher because my life total almost always stays between 40 and 55 with this deck throughout most of every game.

You will want to play Karlov of the Ghost Council by turn two because he will get very big very fast with all the lifegain this deck has to offer.

If you're lucky enough to get authority of consuls and Kambal, Consul of Allocation in your opening hand you can play Authority of the Consuls turn one, Karlov of the Ghost Council turn two, and Kambal, Consul of Allocation turn three; this will give you a running head start because you will then be gaining life and boosting karlov for every spell your opponents play. You can stack +1/+1 counters onto Karlov very quickly during all of your opponents turns with that combo. Then use him to remove creatures or attack for lots of commander damage. Even without this combo out I've gotten Karlov to over 20 +1/+1 counters in a game no problem and then you could either use Rogue's Passage or Whispersilk Cloak to make him unblockable and deal more than 20 commander damage to an opponent.

Aetherflux Reservoir can also win you the game very easily if you get it out with Exquisite Blood. Those 2 cards plus a life total of at least 51 and you smack every opponent for 50 damage without paying a single mana.

There are also lots of flying creatures as well as other cards like Crested Sunmare, Odric, Lunarch Marshal, Angelic Skirmisher, Victory's Herald, and Vault of the Archangel that can make just attacking a viable option to win as well.

Over all it's a fun deck to play so far. It can be a little bit weak to control and decks with lots of creatures because you will rarely have more than 3 or 4 creatures on your board. Also if anyone else is running Erebos, God of the Dead that could stop this deck dead in its tracks but fortunately there's enough removal in this deck that you should be able to kill erebos should that happen.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.84
Tokens	Horse 5/5 W