KARDUR by AndK

Format: Commander

Commander: Kardur, Doomscourge

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos forced-combat control deck commanded by Kardur, Doomscourge. Its primary strategy revolves around deploying Kardur and establishing a continuous retrigger loop using blink vehicles like Golden Argosy, bounce lands like Sanctum of Eternity, and copy engines like Blade of Selves or Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink. By locking all opponents into mandatory combat each turn, the deck forces them to attack each other, tearing down opposing boards and life totals while draining life whenever attacking creatures die. The deck protects Kardur with efficient one-mana 'feign death' spells that turn opposing removal into fresh enter-the-battlefield triggers. Once the multiplayer pod is reduced to a final surviving opponent, the deck transitions into closing the 1v1 endgame through massive reanimation with Rise of the Dark Realms, token swarms from Tempt with Vengeance, or direct slug damage from Captive Audience and Brash Taunter.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agitator Ant
  • 1 Ajani Unrelenting
  • 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Blade
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Captive Audience
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curse of Disturbance
  • 1 Curse of Opulence
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Tempest
  • 1 Delina, Wild Mage
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Erratic Portal
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Face Yourself
  • 1 Fast Forward
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frenzied Saddlebrute
  • 1 Geode Rager
  • 1 Ghoulish Impetus
  • 1 Goblin Spymaster
  • 1 Golden Argosy
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mass Hysteria
  • 1 Maximum Carnage
  • 1 Mimic Vat
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirage Phalanx
  • 1 Molten Slagheap
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Sanctum of Eternity
  • 1 Skull Collector
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Stormfist Crusader
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Supernatural Stamina
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tempt with Vengeance
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor
  • 1 Vengeful Ancestor
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent