Mama K

Format: Commander

Commander: Karlach, Fury of Avernus and Hardy Outlander

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Gruul combat deck is piloted by Karlach, Fury of Avernus paired with Hardy Outlander. The strategy focuses on accelerating into early board presence, casting Karlach, and immediately leveraging her granted extra combat phase and first-strike untap trigger. Hardy Outlander doubles down on this aggression by granting massive power buffs to supporting attackers whenever Karlach attacks the player with the highest life total. Backed by draw engines tied to creature power and combat damage (such as Garruk's Uprising, The Great Henge, and Toski), the deck maintains card velocity as it swings. It also features an incidental infinite combat combo via Bear Umbra and Aggravated Assault. While vulnerable to heavy interaction and lacking tutors, the deck excels at overwhelming tables through explosive combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Ashroot Animist
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Delina, Wild Mage
  • 1 Dolmen Gate
  • 1 Domri, Anarch of Bolas
  • 1 Dragonborn Champion
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 General Marhault Elsdragon
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Grand Warlord Radha
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Halana and Alena, Partners
  • 1 Hardy Outlander
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hunter's Insight
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Khenra Charioteer
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Will
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Overprotect
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Relentless Assault
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth