Karlach's Surging Strikes

Commander / EDH* UR (Izzet)

Qunahrinn

Artifact (19)

• 1x Accorder's Shield
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Cathar's Shield
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Gavel of the Righteous
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Hand of Vecna
• 1x Haunted Cloak
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Lithoform Engine
• 1x Mirror Box
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Robe of the Archmagi
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reshape
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Solve the Equation
• 1x Wheel of Misfortune
• 1x Windfall

Creature (15)

• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Dack's Duplicate
• 1x Emry, Lurker of the Loch
• 1x Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
• 1x Loyal Drake
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Tribute Mage
• 1x Trophy Mage

Instant (11)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Commander's Insight
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Magnetic Theft
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Seething Song
• 1x Stubborn Denial
• 1x Whir of Invention

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jeska, Thrice Reborn

Commanders (2)

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Escape Velocity
• 1x Eternal Warrior
• 1x Ghostly Touch
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Witness Protection

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Brass Squire

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Maybeboard

Land (26)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Dwarven Ruins
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Glimmervoid
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Sandstone Needle
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spire of Industry
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Training Center
• 1x Urza's Saga

Instant (6)

• 1x Fists of Flame
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Temur Battle Rage

Creature (2)

• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Godo, Bandit Warlord

Artifact (4)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Cursed Mirror
• 1x Empyrial Plate
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Twinflame

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It's over when nothing is left moving.

Early Game

Looking for some early draw power and Fast Ramp / Rituals, Karlach is important but she does nothing without appropriate support.

Strong advantage game starters; Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora. For a smoother early game; Faithless Looting, Preordain, Ponder, Windfall.

Big mana; Dockside Extortionist, High Tide, Pyretic Ritual, Seething Song, Basalt Monolith.

Wincon

Bottom line is we forgot what stop means, this deck is aimming to create as many Karlach's as possible and go to combat multiple times dethroning the enemy until the fight is over. Vigilance is a MUST to make this matter for commander damage or effects that will untap Karlach.

Helm of the Host + Karlach, Fury of Avernus with Strionic Resonator or Lithoform Engine starts to snowball VERY quickly. other options we have are things like Sakashima of a thousand Faces / Mirror box to remove the Legends rule.

Worst case Dockside Extortionist can catch any of the clone spells as we need for fast mana.

Fallback Plan

If everything really goes to shit there are some Underworld Breach Lines to set the turn ablaze, the problem is they only work before the first combat of the turn.

The back bone for this is Mana Geyser + Underworld Breach + Windfall . If no one has 6 or more cards in hand a Wheel of Misfortune can be used to prime the loop.

The outlets for this line is Fists of Flame to pump the original Karlach to either lethal Commander Damage or to the highest life total of an opponent then using Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar to split the damage to each opponent.

Jeska, Thrice Reborn can be used to lessen the amount of casts required in some cases in case decking out is of concern, as is Rite of Replication even without haste the copies give an insane amount of possible combats.

Originally Built with a ~$400USD Cardkingdom Low Evaluation on the 04/06/2022

Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Mana Geyser + Underworld Breach + Windfall Helm of the Host + Karlach, Fury of Avernus
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 0 Rares 19 - 1 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	66
Avg. CMC	2.55
Tokens	Copy Clone, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Frog Lizard 3/3 G
Folders	Work in Progress