Karn by user2590554

Format: Commander

Commander: Karn, Gilded Guardian

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity artifact combo deck commanded by Karn, Gilded Guardian. The game plan exploits Karn's 10 mana value and enter-the-battlefield ability, which draws a card for each color among other artifacts you control. Supported by dense green ramp, rainbow lands, and colored artifacts like The Mind Stone, Cursed Mirror, and Leyline of the Guildpact, the deck reliably casts Karn on Turn 4 to trigger immediate card draw. Once Karn enters, a dense package of clone creatures and flicker spells—including Spark Double, Sakashima of a Thousand Faces, and Molten Duplication—repeatedly trigger Karn's draw ability for five cards per iteration. High mana value conversion spells like Burnt Offering and Sacrifice turn Karn into 10 mana, fueling massive Turn 5 storm turns. The deck finishes on the same turn by draining the table with Psychosis Crawler, trampling over defenses with Craterclaw Colossus, or drawing the entire library with Laboratory Maniac and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Auton Soldier
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Burnt Offering
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Channel the Suns
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterclaw Colossus
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Deceptive Frostkite
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flesh Duplicate
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Kappa Cannoneer
  • 1 Karn, Gilded Guardian
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mirror Image
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phantasmal Image
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Quasiduplicate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sacrifice
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sakashima the Impostor
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stinging Study
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
  • 1 The Jolly Balloon Man
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Traverse Eternity
  • 1 Twenty-Toed Toad
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 World War Hulk
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast