WUBRG Karn by Rac102391

Format: Commander

Commander: Karn, Gilded Guardian

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 55

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power 5-color artifact synergy and combo list commanded by Karn, Gilded Guardian. The game plan leverages artifact lands, low-cost mana rocks, and cost reducers like Etherium Sculptor and Foundry Inspector to rapidly flood the battlefield with artifacts. It converts this board presence into massive card advantage through Karn's multi-color artifact draw trigger, Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain, and Mystic Forge. Once an engine is established, the deck transitions into explosive finishing lines. It can assemble a storm loop using Sensei's Divining Top, Mystic Forge, and a cost reducer to draw the library and burn opponents with Hedron Detonator, or execute sudden combat overruns via Craterclaw Colossus, Cyberdrive Awakener, or Krang, Utrom Warlord. Asymmetric board wipes like Organic Extinction and defensive shields like Bronze Guardian and Darksteel Forge safeguard its board state while outpacing opponents in resource velocity.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Alibou, Ancient Witness
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archway of Innovation
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Brightglass Gearhulk
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterclaw Colossus
  • 1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Darkmoss Bridge
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Forge
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Drossforge Bridge
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Ethersworn Canonist
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fateful Discovery
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Glimmervoid
  • 1 Goldmire Bridge
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hedron Detonator
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Inspirit, Flagship Vessel
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Karn, Gilded Guardian
  • 1 Karn, Legacy Reforged
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Krang, Utrom Warlord
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mendicant Core, Guidelight
  • 1 Mistvault Bridge
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mycosynth Golem
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 One with the Machine
  • 1 Organic Extinction
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Ravenous Robots
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Sai, Master Thopterist
  • 1 Sami, Wildcat Captain
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Silverbluff Bridge
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Slagwoods Bridge
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tanglepool Bridge
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 Their Name Is Death
  • 1 Thornglint Bridge
  • 1 Thought Monitor
  • 1 Thoughtcast
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Uthros, Titanic Godcore
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Voyage Home
  • 1 Voyager Quickwelder
  • 1 Vraska, Soul of Stone
  • 1 Wake the Past
  • 1 Whir of Invention
  • 1 Windswept Heath