Karlach Carjack cEDHish (copy) by arturojim30

Format: Commander

Commander: Karlach, Fury of Avernus and Sword Coast Sailor

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Izzet deck leverages Karlach, Fury of Avernus paired with Sword Coast Sailor to execute an aggressive, tempo-positive combat game plan backed by compact infinite combos. Karlach grants an extra combat phase and first strike each turn, while Sword Coast Sailor grants unblockability against whichever player has the highest life total, enabling Karlach to deliver 10 unblockable commander damage per turn starting on Turn 4. The deck accelerates this clock using extra-combat permanents like Moraug, Fury of Akoum, Port Razer, and Combat Celebrant, alongside damage amplifiers such as City on Fire. A robust package of low-mana counterspells (Flusterstorm, Swan Song, Mindbreak Trap) and targeted bounce (Snap, Into the Flood Maw) protects the engine and disrupts opposing wins. When combat stalls, the deck can pivot smoothly into instant-speed infinite token attacks using Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker or Splinter Twin with Deceiver Exarch, or infinite damage via Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Glint-Horn Buccaneer.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corridor Monitor
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damping Sphere
  • 1 Deceiver Exarch
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dolmen Gate
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fear of Missing Out
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Glamermite
  • 1 Glint-Horn Buccaneer
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Grinning Ignus
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Relentless Assault
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter Twin
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stranglehold
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sword Coast Sailor
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Volatile Stormdrake
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zealous Conscripts
  • 1 _____ Goblin