Nowhere King the Grand Aristocrat by user8587366

Format: Commander

Commander: Karador, Ghost Chieftain

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 63

Deck overview

This Karador, Ghost Chieftain deck is an optimized Abzan aristocrats and reanimation strategy engineered to control opposing creature boards through attrition before finishing the game with an infinite recursion combo. The game plan focuses on filling the graveyard with creature cards to accelerate mana development and reduce Karador's commander tax. Midgame play utilizes asymmetric removal and attrition engines like Grave Pact, Plaguecrafter, and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician to suppress opposing boards while generating substantial card advantage. Once in control, the deck deploys tutorable protection like Grand Abolisher and Ranger-Captain of Eos to safely execute its primary win condition: an infinite sacrifice and reanimation loop between Karmic Guide, Reveillark, a sacrifice outlet, and a drain payoff like Blood Artist. Supported by dense creature tutors and versatile reanimation spells, the deck recovers rapidly from board wipes and maintains complete independence from its commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Karador, Ghost Chieftain
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reveillark
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat