Karlov - spellslinger (extort) by user2758384

Format: Commander

Commander: Karlov of the Ghost Council

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov lifegain midrange and Voltron strategy commanded by Karlov of the Ghost Council. The core game plan focuses on deploying low-cost, repeatable lifegain enablers such as Soul Warden, Authority of the Consuls, and Creeping Bloodsucker on the earliest turns. These triggers rapidly convert into +1/+1 counters on Karlov, quickly turning a two-mana commander into a massive combat threat while providing built-in creature control through his repeatable exile activation. In the mid-to-late game, the deck expands its pressure with life-drain payoffs like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Marauding Blight-Priest, and Enduring Tenacity, which convert every life increment into direct damage to opponents. The list features an extensive suite of versatile Orzhov removal and board wipes to manage opposing boards, along with a potential instant-win combo in Exquisite Blood and Vito.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Basilica Guards
  • 1 Basilica Screecher
  • 1 Bitterblossom
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmos Elixir
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda, Saint of Dusk
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Greed
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Indulging Patrician
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Kingpin's Pet
  • 1 Knight of Obligation
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Necrodominance
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Pontiff of Blight
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Snowfield Sinkhole
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syndic of Tithes
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thrull Parasite
  • 1 Tithe Drinker
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Treasury Thrull
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of the Blessed
  • 1 Well of Lost Dreams