[EDH] Karn - Transformers Uprising by Torgnoles

Format: Commander

Commander: Karn, Gilded Guardian

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This five-color artifact midrange deck is commanded by Karn, Gilded Guardian, using a diverse array of colored artifacts, Vehicles, and Transformers. The deck spends its opening turns establishing colored mana fixing through Borderposts, Landscapes, and mana rocks. On Turn 5, it deploys Karn to refill its hand based on the colors of artifacts in play, or establishes value engines like Shorikai, Genesis Engine and Simulacrum Synthesizer. The mid-to-late game pivots toward overwhelming combat pressure via massive artifact creatures, anthem effects from Ultron and Tempered Steel, and evasion granted by Krang, Utrom Warlord. While the deck boasts immense board presence and solid card advantage engines, it suffers from noticeable tempo friction due to enter-tapped lands and lacks stack interaction. It aims to overpower opponents around Turn 9 through resilient, layered artifact beatdown.

Decklist (99 cards)

  • 1 Alibou, Ancient Witness
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcee, Sharpshooter // Arcee, Acrobatic Coupe
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Blaster, Combat DJ // Blaster, Morale Booster
  • 1 Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor // Blitzwing, Adaptive Assailant
  • 1 Bountiful Landscape
  • 1 Bronze Guardian
  • 1 Channel the Suns
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Crystal Skull, Isu Spyglass
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Cyclonus, the Saboteur // Cyclonus, Cybertronian Fighter
  • 1 Deceptive Landscape
  • 1 Delete
  • 1 Desynchronization
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Enthusiastic Mechanaut
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Ethersworn Sphinx
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fieldmist Borderpost
  • 1 Filigree Angel
  • 1 Firewild Borderpost
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Foreboding Landscape
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Forging the Anchor
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hide on the Ceiling
  • 1 Infinite Guideline Station
  • 1 Iron Man, Master of Machines
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Karn, Gilded Guardian
  • 1 Krang, Utrom Warlord
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mistvein Borderpost
  • 1 Moonsilver Key
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Shardless Agent
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Sheltering Landscape
  • 1 Shorikai, Genesis Engine
  • 1 Simulacrum Synthesizer
  • 1 Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soundwave, Sonic Spy // Soundwave, Superior Captain
  • 1 Sphinx Summoner
  • 1 Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tempered Steel
  • 1 Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Tranquil Landscape
  • 1 Transguild Courier
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Twisted Landscape
  • 1 Ultra Magnus, Tactician // Ultra Magnus, Armored Carrier
  • 1 Ultron, Machine Overlord
  • 1 Uthros Research Craft
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Veinfire Borderpost
  • 1 Vision Quest
  • 1 Wake the Past
  • 1 Wildfield Borderpost