Karador Reanimator by BlackMageEW

Format: Commander

Commander: Karador, Ghost Chieftain

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 59

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Abzan Reanimator and Aristocrats toolbox commanded by Karador, Ghost Chieftain. The game plan revolves around filling the graveyard using self-mill engines and efficient creature tutors like Entomb, Buried Alive, and Survival of the Fittest. Karador breaks mana parity by casting key utility creatures from the graveyard each turn, creating repeatable value loops with cards like Eternal Witness, Plaguecrafter, and Accursed Marauder. The primary victory condition is an infinite loop featuring Karmic Guide and Reveillark paired with a free sacrifice outlet such as Altar of Dementia, Viscera Seer, or Ashnod's Altar, draining the table via Blood Artist or milling opponents out entirely. Backed by heavy asymmetric disruption from Aura Shards, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, and Ashen Rider, the deck easily pivots between overwhelming midrange board control and instant-speed combo finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashen Rider
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Disciple of Bolas
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gravebreaker Lamia
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Hermit Druid
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karador, Ghost Chieftain
  • 1 Karmic Guide
  • 1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nethroi, Apex of Death
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plaguecrafter
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Qasali Pridemage
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Reveillark
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Saffi Eriksdotter
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unburial Rites
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth