A/UA Karn gilded guardian by Mikey42069

Format: Commander

Commander: Karn, Gilded Guardian

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a specialized five-color Superfriends combo list that harnesses the Empower Jace mechanic to rapidly build loyalty counters on planeswalker tokens. Commanded by Karn, Gilded Guardian, the deck establishes color fixing and value before deploying a sequence of high-yield empower enchantments such as Way of the Cryomancer, Way of the Paradox, and Way of the Mind Sculptor. These enchantments rapidly inflate the loyalty of a blue Jace planeswalker token. Once loyalty across Jaces reaches 25 or more, resolving Jace, Reality Sculptor allows an immediate activation of its 0 loyalty ability, exiling all but the bottom card of every opponent's library. Opponents receive a single turn to answer the board before losing to an empty draw step. If the primary planeswalker line is interrupted, the deck seamlessly transitions into a token overrun strategy led by Ajani Unrelenting and Ghalta the Unstoppable.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ajani Resolute
  • 1 Ajani Unrelenting
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bloombrute
  • 1 Budding Insurgent
  • 1 Cast Away Doubt
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Compel Brutality
  • 1 Countersculpt
  • 1 Craftwork Crusher
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Emergency Phytomedic // Seed Suture
  • 1 Fatehold Annex
  • 1 Fblthp, Knows the Way
  • 1 Ferocity of the Hunt
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Generous Revival
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Greenhouse Propagator
  • 1 Guiding Hydra
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hexhaven Battalion
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hungering Puppetbeast
  • 1 Innovative Commons
  • 1 Inspired Tethermage
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jace, Reality Sculptor
  • 1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound
  • 1 Karn, Gilded Guardian
  • 1 Konstrari Annex
  • 1 Koth of the Homestead
  • 1 Koth, the Geomancer
  • 1 Loyal Tutor
  • 1 Mabel, Valley Hero
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Most Wanted
  • 1 Memory Trap
  • 1 Mindseeker Oculus
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Murmuring Volume
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Protege's Awakening
  • 1 Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide
  • 1 Recursive Recruitment
  • 1 Repurposed Enforcer
  • 1 Rescue Girl, First Responder
  • 1 Rewrite Regrets
  • 1 Saheeli, Consul of Oversight
  • 1 Screeching Soulbreaker
  • 1 Silence the Echo
  • 1 Solarium Sentry
  • 1 Solve for Disappointment
  • 1 Stingerquill Annex
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Tam's Resistance
  • 1 Tenured Tethermage
  • 1 Teyo, Lightshield Expert
  • 1 Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance
  • 1 Titanbones, Towering Heart
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Twinned Vision
  • 1 Twisted Fates
  • 1 Vigorbloom Vanguard // Seed Suture
  • 1 Way of the Cryomancer
  • 1 Way of the Healer
  • 1 Way of the Mind Sculptor
  • 1 Way of the Necromancer
  • 1 Way of the Paradox
  • 1 Way of the Pyromancer
  • 1 Whiplash Wordsmith // Vicious Verse
  • 1 Woodwork Prodigy // Soul Tether
  • 1 Wrath of the Bloodmane