Karlov of the Ghost Council by user5030341

Format: Commander

Commander: Karlov of the Ghost Council

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Orzhov lifegain deck, helmed by Karlov of the Ghost Council, is a combo-control build that converts life gain into both incremental advantage and game-ending loops. Karlov grows with every life-gain trigger and doubles as repeatable spot removal, exiling threats once he accumulates six counters. The true engine lives in the 99: Bloodthirsty Conqueror pairs with any of three drain pieces - Marauding Blight-Priest, Starscape Cleric, or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose - for an infinite life-drain loop, while Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Walking Ballista offers a compact infinite-damage kill. Aetherflux Reservoir and Bolas's Citadel provide a storm-style alternative. Extort creatures, Soul Warden-class triggers, and Necropotence keep life totals and card advantage high, with Silence and Grand Abolisher protecting the combo turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1 Ajani's Mantra
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archivist of Oghma
• 1 Auriok Champion
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
• 1 Bolas's Citadel
• 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
• 1 Cabal Coffers
• 1 Cavern of Souls
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Chrome Mox
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
• 1 Crypt Ghast
• 1 Damn
• 1 Dark Confidant
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Drana's Emissary
• 1 Eiganjo Castle
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Fountain of Renewal
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Giver of Runes
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Grim Tutor
• 1 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1 Imp's Mischief
• 1 Indulging Patrician
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
• 1 Land Tax
• 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Maze of Ith
• 1 Necropotence
• 1 Opposition Agent
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Petrified Hamlet
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 8 Plains
• 1 Pristine Talisman
• 1 Roaming Throne
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top
• 1 Serra Ascendant
• 1 Shadowspear
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 1 Silence
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
• 1 Soul Warden
• 1 Soul's Attendant
• 1 Starscape Cleric
• 10 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 Tithe Drinker
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Trouble in Pairs
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Urza's Saga
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1 Walking Ballista
• 1 Well of Lost Dreams