Karn Kommander by user6881227

Format: Commander

Commander: Karn, Silver Golem

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

Karn, Silver Golem commands a colorless artifact combo-control deck designed to turn heavy mana acceleration into game-ending infinite loops and oppressive board locks. The primary game plan deploys high-yield mana rocks such as Basalt Monolith, Thran Dynamo, and Worn Powerstone during the early turns to outpace the table's resource curve. Once adequate mana is established, the deck transitions into its primary win attempt on Turn 5, utilizing infinite mana combos like Basalt Monolith paired with Rings of Brighthearth or Karn, Silver Golem combined with Voltaic Construct and a 3-mana rock. This infinite mana is funneled directly into Walking Ballista for an immediate, same-turn table kill. Alternatively, the deck can establish an asymmetric lockout by combining Mycosynth Lattice with Karn to destroy opposing lands for a single mana each. While vulnerable to blanket artifact wipes, the list maintains strong redundancy, diverse tutoring lines, and resilient recursion to close games decisively.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Memorial
  • 1 All Is Dust
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Blinkmoth Urn
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Darksteel Forge
  • 1 Detection Tower
  • 1 Dreamstone Hedron
  • 1 Duplicant
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Grindstone
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Karn, Scion of Urza
  • 1 Karn, Silver Golem
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Kuldotha Forgemaster
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lodestone Golem
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Metalwork Colossus
  • 1 Metalworker
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mind's Eye
  • 1 Mirage Mirror
  • 1 Mirrorworks
  • 1 Mishra's Factory
  • 1 Mycosynth Golem
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Mystifying Maze
  • 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
  • 1 Oracle's Vault
  • 1 Painter's Servant
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Phyrexia's Core
  • 1 Planar Bridge
  • 1 Planar Portal
  • 1 Platinum Angel
  • 1 Prototype Portal
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sanctum of Ugin
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scour from Existence
  • 1 Scrap Trawler
  • 1 Sculpting Steel
  • 1 Sea Gate Wreckage
  • 1 Semblance Anvil
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soul of New Phyrexia
  • 1 Spine of Ish Sah
  • 1 Staff of Nin
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Tamiyo's Journal
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Trading Post
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Urza's Factory
  • 1 Urza's Mine
  • 1 Urza's Power Plant
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza's Tower
  • 1 Vedalken Orrery
  • 1 Voltaic Construct
  • 1 Voltaic Key
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 9 Wastes
  • 1 Worn Powerstone
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine
  • 1 Zhalfirin Void