Karen, Bringer of Manager

Commander / EDH Artifact Combo Competitive

StrawberryIce

Artifact (45)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Clock of Omens
• 1x Cloud Key
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Forsaken Monument
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1x Liquimetal Coating
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Manifold Key
• 1x Memory Jar
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Mirrorworks
• 1x Moonsilver Key
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Mycosynth Lattice
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x Null Brooch
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Semblance Anvil
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sisay's Ring
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Treasure Map  ^Flip
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Unwinding Clock
• 1x Ur-Golem's Eye
• 1x Voltaic Key

Land (33)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blast Zone
• 1x Blasted Landscape
• 1x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Traitors
• 1x Cloudpost
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Glimmerpost
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Mishra's Workshop
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 1x Scorched Ruins
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x The Mycosynth Gardens
• 1x Throne of the High City
• 1x Treasure Vault
• 1x Urza's Mine
• 1x Urza's Power Plant
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Urza's Tower
• 1x Urza's Workshop
• 1x War Room
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Wastes

Commander (1)

Creature (14)

• 1x Dross Scorpion
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1x Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
• 1x Metalworker
• 1x Millikin
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Scrapyard Recombiner
• 1x Voltaic Construct
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Workshop Assistant

Planeswalker (6)

• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Karn, Living Legacy
• 1x Karn, Scion of Urza
• 1x Karn, the Great Creator
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Sorcery (1)

• 1x All is Dust

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Moving away from the first iteration, this Karn has had years of play testing and fine tuning to get you the colorless results you truly want.

There are plenty of lines you can go for every game you play. Karn's versatility allows you to use his ability as a combo piece as well as a control piece in certain situations. Turning any of the artifacts that tap for 3 mana using Karn, Silver Golem pay (1)ability allows a OP combo with Basalt Monolith + Voltaic Construct , resulting in infinite mana. Defensively see those lighting greaves or swifftys attached to an enemy minion? Simply pay 1 mana and yoink, remove the boots from the creature. With the additions of countless other engines with KCI/trawler/mysticforge, you should easily be able to value out to victory. Walking Ballista allows us a GG on the spot with infinite mana generated. While Mystic Forge is on the field, any mana reduction to your artifacts can go a long way. Using Inventors' Fair tutoring up and artifact is always nice. The more you play this deck the more you find new interactions all the time, and appreciate the amount you can do in this game without touching any colors. My dream is to completely foil out this deck, but you can definitely get the cheaper versions of some of these at a lower price.

Update:3/10/2023 With BRO releasing a lot of tasty brown border artifacts for updating! Besides some foiling done this past year there are a few notable cards added to the list that deserve recognition.

1. Karn, Living Legacy (New Year new Karen!) 2.Ashnod's Alter (Added as a second copy of KCI for combo) 3.Moonsilver Key (Finally access to another tutor! The wording "Artifact card with mana ability" is actually more broad than you think) 4.Defence Grid (More defense as playgroup evolved) 5. Liquidmetal Coating/Torgue (More Karen shenanigans, similar to mycosynthlatice) 6.Cavern of Souls (Golem or Construct, both are fine depending on situation, Karen + Voltaic Construct Golems, all other creature constructs "C'mon wizards, why isn't Voltaic Construct a construct" 7.Urza's Workshop ("Ok, sorry for complaining wizards, ty for another Tron Land") 8.The Mycosynth Gardens (Just added haven't played with it yet, but bonkers at face value) 9.Urza's Saga (Just incredible, another tutor we take those) 10.Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter (That's a mouthful. In the past i've tried out shimmer myr and it didn't seem like enough, replaced by the land Emergence Zone. So far the slight upgrade seems to be playing well, perhaps in the future having 2 is redundant, but cuts are tough at this point)
2. And last but not least, I finally managed to foil Karen with the OG brown border foil. Huge.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Basalt Monolith + Voltaic Construct
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.30
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Emblem Karn, Living Legacy, Goat 0/1 W, Powerstone, Spirit 2/2 C, Monarch Emblem, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure
Folders	My paper EDH decks.