Sneaky Barbarian by HenryIX

Format: Commander

Commander: Sword Coast Sailor and Karlach, Fury of Avernus

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Karlach, Fury of Avernus paired with Sword Coast Sailor forms an evasive extra-combat voltron shell. Each attack with Karlach becomes two unblockable combats, and a package of double-strike equipment, pump spells, and untap effects turns two combats into a full turn of lethal commander damage. Secondary paths include Twenty-Toed Toad hand-size win and treasure-fueled beatdown. Kediss and Guild Artisan spread damage and generate mana, but the deck leans on Karlach as its primary engine. Setup requires a haste outlet and a double-strike or power-doubling effect, after which one or two extra-combat spells can kill multiple opponents in a single turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Ant-Man, Elusive Avenger
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound
  • 1 Azure Beastbinder
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Critical Hit
  • 1 Cryptic Coat
  • 1 Delina, Wild Mage
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Dreamshackle Geist
  • 1 Elturel Survivors
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fear of Missing Out
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frontier Warmonger
  • 1 Frostcliff Siege
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Ghostly Pilferer
  • 1 Gimli of the Glittering Caves
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Guild Artisan
  • 1 Infantry Shield
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska, Thrice Reborn
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Komainu Battle Armor
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lizard Blades
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 13 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Ogre Battledriver
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 1 Phantasmal Image
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Raphael, the Nightwatcher
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Sphinx Ambassador
  • 1 Sting, Bilbo's Sword
  • 1 Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
  • 1 Suplex
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword Coast Sailor
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 The Lonely Mountain
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Twenty-Toed Toad
  • 1 Twinferno
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Unleash Fury
  • 1 Yuan-Ti Malison
  • 1 Zariel, Archduke of Avernus