Krarkashima: Go Down Gamblin'

Commander / EDH UR (Izzet)

PookandPie

Instant (20)

• 1x Anticipate
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Brightstone Ritual
• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Desperate Ritual
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Narset's Reversal
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Snap
• 1x Thought Scour
• 1x Unsubstantiate
• 1x Whir of Invention

Artifact (16)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Krark's Thumb
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Prismatic Lens
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Springleaf Drum
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Twinning Staff

Land (31)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 10x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spirebluff Canal
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Training Center

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Finale of Promise
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Grapeshot
• 1x Heat Shimmer
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Quasiduplicate
• 1x Rite of Flame
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Solve the Equation
• 1x Strike it Rich
• 1x Twinflame

Commanders (2)

Creature (11)

• 1x Archmage Emeritus
• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Birgi, God of Storytelling  ^Flip
• 1x Dualcaster Mage
• 1x Harmonic Prodigy
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1x Tavern Scoundrel
• 1x Veyran, Voice of Duality

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Possibility Storm

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Teferi, Master of Time

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Coins are bound to break me, but he ain't busted yet.

Know When to Fold 'Em

Krark and Sakashima deck. Make many copies of the Sakashima-Krark clone, toss some coins, annoy everyone with your ten minute turns.

Make it up to them by Lightning Bolting yourself for 360 damage.

"Oh, but Pook-" you say, eyes full of worry, "Could you not just attack with all the Krarks you have?"

No, because he can't hold a weapon. He ain't got no thumbs.

"Well fine, then, could you not just... you know, Lightning Bolt your opponents?"

No, because he can't aim. He ain't got no thumbs.

"You're even running Grapeshot!"

Yeah. And it says any target, which includes me. This is what Krark was made to do: Go down gamblin. Honey, I'm just a natural gambler but I try to do my share.

Know When to Hold 'Em

There's two important things to know when piloting Krark and Sakashima: If you get at minimum 1 tails and 1 heads, you get a copy of the spell you cast and it goes back to your hand. This gives you a lot of flexibility, as casting Gitaxian Probe and Snap 10 times in one turn is not normally how the game is played. Getting more copies of Krark on board means more chances to copy your spell's effects and get the original card back in your hand to re-cast after. To do this, we can easily sort Krark's cards into groupings:

• Clone Effects: Phantasmal Image , Spark Double , Sakashima herself, as well as the instant/sorcery spells of Cackling Counterpart , Quasiduplicate , Twinflame , Heat Shimmer , and Rite of Replication .

• Mana Generation: Rite of Flame , Pyretic Ritual , Desperate Ritual , Brightstone Ritual , Strike it Rich , Tavern Scoundrel , Storm-Kiln Artist . Also, Frantic Search and Snap .

• Extra Krark Triggers: Harmonic Prodigy , Veyran, Voice of Duality , Krark's Thumb , Twinning Staff

• Draw: Gitaxian Probe , Ponder , Preordain , Brainstorm , Thought Scour , Anticipate , Impulse , Frantic Search , Archmage Emeritus

Generally speaking, having two of any of these works well. There will be some games where you draw Phantasmal Image and you get to spend 14 life casting Gitaxian Probe to draw into mana generators or additional clone effects because you keep getting 2 tails and 1 heads, or 2 heads and 1 tails.

The Winner Takes It All

Deal 'Em Again

This deck is primarily meant to be an amusing meme. I'm fully aware the deck is capable of winning, but it's a lot more funny to play up the gambling antics and let the chips fall where they may.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.20
Tokens	Copy Clone, Treasure