History of the Deck
Pre Commander products, this deck was a Teneb, the Harvester Reanimation deck that sought to tutor, Dredge and/or Mill creatures into one's graveyard and reanimate with Teneb or reanimation spells. Creatures like Angel of Despair and Rune-Scarred Demon were the norm.
2011, Ghave, Guru of Spores refreshed Junk by providing varying levels of deck competitiveness and flavor through interchangeable and efficient combo lines. The deck combos varied between Token Army (Wide), +1/+1 counters (Wide/Tall), Value Town, Enchantress, Aristocrat, Life Gain-Loss and/or any combination of either or all.
2014, Karador, Ghost Chieftain spearheaded a Junk (WBG) Toolbox. It sought to slowly but consistently fill the yard with benign creatures like Sakura-Tribe Elder and end games with haymakers like Living Death and Pathbreaker Ibex. It played through multiple and different types of creature and graveyard disruption strategies at casual levels.
By the end of 2014, I piloted Karador Boonweaver, but it grew equally monotonous as respected during the stint. I dedicated Toolbox Karador as my casual deck and ran it as such until Fall 2019.
June 2020, I refined my optimised Tappedout Karador Dredge deck list into this fringe CEDH Karador "Renegadesdotter" list. I do not claim this as a or the cEDH Karador primer. This is my decklist for my cEDH metas. I build and play-test for three different playgroups. After two months of testing, I added a Razakats package to further winning prowess, options and overall resilience.
Note
You will like to play this deck if you like an extremely low CMC cEDH deck and proactive lines. The deck features the strongest nonrestrictive removal and graveyard shenanigans.
This is another "Relax and play" cEDH deck; I invite all to visit my Zur the Enchanter's Prison deck list for a more competitive, holistic and refined deck.
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/zur-the-enchanters-prison-cedh
Also, the deck is not titled Razakats because it is the primary win condition or value package.
Win Conditions
Renegade Rallier + Saffi Eriksdotter
Animate Dead + Leonin Relic-Warder
or another reanimation aura.
The above combinations with Blasting Station and/or Altar of Dementia is a deterministic win. A sacrifice outlet with Altar of the Brood or Zulaport Cutthroat can end the game.
Razaketh, the Foulblooded with any of the above combinations and life tutors for any card. Not enough life? Children of Korlis replenishes one's life for extended lines.
Temporarily Excluded
Bitter Ordeal is excluded at the moment because it is a similar win condition as Altar of the Brood, but the latter is lower CMC and can be played early for value while the former must remain in hand until a loop is performed.
Dread Return has been exhachanged because it does not provide a win early game, and it can be dead in hand; yet, it is a great card once one hits mid, late game.
Lurrus of the Dream-Den was replaced because the deck reintroduced Eternal Witness and its lesser cousin Den Protector for tests. Lurrus is a slower and more value oriented card than a combo card. After some games, it is effectively a easier to cast Karador without the option of being in the Command Zone. It would shine in a Junk Hate-Bear list.
Notable Exclusions
Sol Ring and Mana Crypt do not play well with few generic mana symbols in CMCs and mana-sinks. Meeting colored mana requirements with Utopia Sprawl and Wild Growth provides more options and has synergy with Earthcraft.
Street Wraith does too little. It reduces Karador's cost and replaces itself, but a fast general is not a winning strategy.
After tests, Karmic Guide, Reveillark, Phyrexian Delver and Sun Titan feel like relics. Junk is not the fastest or consistent Hulk deck. If Hulk or friends are answered, it is a wasted turn; additionally, it is bad to start with or draw each one. Slotting Veil of Summer, Silence and Conqueror's Flail to further protect turns was marginal. Lastly, revealing either with Dark Confidant hurts and telegraphs those 5-7 CMC plays.
Hate-Bears hinder this proactive deck, not worth protecting unless in a control shell, better in number, best in a toolbox and terrible for sacrifices.
Note
Additionally, Junk, Karador and this strategy are not priorities at a table, so a pilot can steal games or win once players have little to no interaction or mana.
Lastly, one rather have opponents use their interaction where one cannot; in other words, let opponents use their strengths against one another and use one's when necessary.
Keep brewing.
