Garna, the Aristocrat by TsulKalu

Format: Commander

Commander: Garna, Bloodfist of Keld

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Helmed by Garna, Bloodfist of Keld, this is a low-curve Rakdos aristocrats deck that blends death-pinging with sacrifice synergies. The plan is to develop a board of cheap creatures and tokens, then turn every entry and death into damage: Impact Tremors, Blood Artist, Mayhem Devil, and Syr Konrad, the Grim bleed the table while Garna converts attacking deaths into cards and other deaths into reach. The sharpest line is a persist-combo package built around the hidden all-star of the 99, Gev, Scaled Scorch: he cancels persist's -1/-1 counters, letting Murderous Redcap loop with Ashnod's Altar or Phyrexian Altar, with Cauldron of Souls offering a flexible second loop. Fallback routes include an Equipment suit on Garna (Buster Sword, Fireshrieker) for commander damage and a Kardur, Doomscourge plus Grave Pact attrition plan. With a 2.77 average mana value but only 30 lands, it wants to play a fast, grindy game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Akroma's Memorial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Aggression
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blacksmith's Talent
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodcrusher of Khorne
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cauldron of Souls
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fate Unraveler
  • 1 Fervor
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Firion, Wild Rose Warrior
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
  • 1 Garna, the Bloodflame
  • 1 Gev, Scaled Scorch
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Hammer of Purphoros
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Kessig Flamebreather
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Midnight Reaper
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Street Riot
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat