Deadly Disguise (Murders at Karlov Manor) by MilkSjeik

Format: Commander

Creator: MilkSjeik

Commander: Kaust, Eyes of the Glade

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a Naya combat-stompy deck centered around face-down creature mechanics—morph, megamorph, disguise, and manifest. Led by Kaust, Eyes of the Glade, the primary plan exploits Kaust's tap ability to bypass expensive unmorph costs on colossal beaters such as Akroma, Angel of Fury, Krosan Colossus, and Krosan Cloudscraper. By deploying 2/2 mystery creatures on early turns, Kaust flips them during combat for zero mana while drawing cards whenever they deal combat damage. Mid-game turns consolidate board dominance through team-wide power multipliers like Duskana, the Rage Mother and Master of Pearls, transforming modest face-down boards into lethal attacking waves. While the deck boasts high battlefield resilience through disguise ward and death triggers like Deathmist Raptor and Whisperwood Elemental, its reliance on combat connections and lack of instant-speed stack protection leave it vulnerable to well-timed board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ainok Survivalist
  • 1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashcloud Phoenix
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Boltbender
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Branch of Vitu-Ghazi
  • 1 Broodhatch Nantuko
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deathmist Raptor
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Den Protector
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Duskana, the Rage Mother
  • 1 Exalted Angel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experiment Twelve
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Hidden Dragonslayer
  • 1 Hooded Hydra
  • 1 Imperial Hellkite
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kaust, Eyes of the Glade
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Krosan Cloudscraper
  • 1 Krosan Colossus
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
  • 1 Master of Pearls
  • 1 Mastery of the Unseen
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nantuko Vigilante
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Neheb, the Eternal
  • 1 Nervous Gardener
  • 1 Obscuring Aether
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Panoptic Projektor
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Printlifter Ooze
  • 1 Ransom Note
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Root Elemental
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Salt Road Ambushers
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Scattered Groves
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Scroll of Fate
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Showstopping Surprise
  • 1 Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
  • 1 Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Temur War Shaman
  • 1 Tesak, Judith's Hellhound
  • 1 Thelonite Hermit
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Trail of Mystery
  • 1 True Identity
  • 1 Ugin's Mastery
  • 1 Unexplained Absence
  • 1 Veiled Ascension
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Whisperwood Elemental
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Yedora, Grave Gardener
  • 1 Zoetic Cavern