Abzan - Karador oldschool cEDH by Kommentierung

Format: Commander

Commander: Karador, Ghost Chieftain

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 57

Deck overview

This deck is an Abzan Reanimator Stax Combo archetype helmed by Karador, Ghost Chieftain. The primary game plan slows down fast opponents using an extensive suite of low-mana hatebears including Eidolon of Rhetoric, Ethersworn Canonist, Stony Silence, and Gaddock Teeg. While opponents are constrained by mana, spell-count, and search restrictions, the deck leverages its dense ramp of 1-mana mana dorks to deploy efficient creature tutors and reanimation spells. The primary win condition revolves around sacrificing Protean Hulk or Boonweaver Giant to assemble an instant-speed infinite loop using Karmic Guide, Saffi Eriksdotter, and Blood Artist to drain all opponents simultaneously. The commander provides exceptional late-game grind and recovery by casting creatures directly from the graveyard, bypassing commander tax through creature count. Supported by Grand Abolisher for protection and alternate combos like Mikaeus, the Unhallowed with Triskelion, the deck is highly resilient and lethal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Rector
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Apprentice Necromancer
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Autumn's Veil
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boonweaver Giant
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Caustic Caterpillar
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Ethersworn Canonist
  • 1 Faerie Macabre
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fiend Hunter
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaddock Teeg
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karador, Ghost Chieftain
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kataki, War's Wage
  • 1 Leonin Relic-Warder
  • 1 Life // Death
  • 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Loyal Retainers
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Natural Order
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pattern of Rebirth
  • 1 Peacekeeper
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Protean Hulk
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reveillark
  • 1 Saffi Eriksdotter
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
  • 1 Stony Silence
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Triskelion
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Wrath of God