Karn V1 by Sands.exe

Format: Commander

Commander: Karn, Gilded Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 17

Deck overview

This deck is a broad five-color artifact shell. Its early plan is to develop artifact lands and mana rocks, then use Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain, Sai, Master Thopterist, Mystic Forge, or Mendicant Core, Guidelight to turn repeated artifact casts into cards, tokens, or copied spells. Karn, Gilded Guardian is a powerful late-game refill when artifacts of several colors are already present, but its effective ten-mana cost makes it a poor early engine. The main pressure route uses Alibou, Ancient Witness to give other artifact creatures haste and convert wide attacks into direct damage. Auton Soldier, Breya, Etherium Shaper, Simulacrum Synthesizer, and Pyrewood Gearhulk increase the board's damage output. The deck has respectable removal and some artifact protection, but many lands enter tapped, the curve is high, and there is no compact win or hard lock. It plays as a value-focused artifact deck rather than a competitive combo list.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 A-Saheeli, Filigree Master
  • 1 Adaptive Omnitool
  • 1 Alibou, Ancient Witness
  • 1 Alloy Myr
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbound Shikari
  • 1 Armor Wars
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Auton Soldier
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Biotransference
  • 1 Breya, Etherium Shaper
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Cataclysmic Gearhulk
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 Chromatic Star
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Cult of Skaro
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Delete
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Drossforge Bridge
  • 1 Engineered Explosives
  • 1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 1 Forsaken Monument
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glimmervoid
  • 1 Golden Guardian // Gold-Forge Garrison
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Inspirit, Flagship Vessel
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Karn, Gilded Guardian
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Lux Artillery
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Mendicant Core, Guidelight
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Pyrewood Gearhulk
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Slagwoods Bridge
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solar Array
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Tanglepool Bridge
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Tezzeret the Seeker
  • 1 Their Name Is Death
  • 1 Thornglint Bridge
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Treasure Map // Treasure Cove
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Ultra Magnus, Tactician // Ultra Magnus, Armored Carrier
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Verdurous Gearhulk
  • 1 Whir of Invention