The zoo by Barbatos_Slim

Format: Commander

Commander: Karador, Ghost Chieftain

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Karador, Ghost Chieftain reanimator deck built to turbo-fill its own graveyard and then overwhelm the table with a tide of colossal creatures. The primary game plan is to deploy self-mill effects early (Stitcher's Supplier, Satyr Wayfinder, Hermit Druid) to quickly stock the graveyard, then cast Karador for a heavily discounted cost. Once online, Karador functions as a once-per-turn recursion engine, while the rest of the 99 provides additional reanimation lines (Doomed Necromancer, Priest of Fell Rites) and powerful finishers like Lord of Extinction, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord, and Syr Konrad, the Grim. The deck also packs a potent Protean Hulk line that can fetch a lethal board. Winning is a matter of incremental value, culminating in a massive Syr Konrad trigger or a single swing from a 30/30 Lord of Extinction.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Angel of Suffering
  • 1 Argoth, Sanctum of Nature
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Brawn
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cathar Commando
  • 1 Circle of the Land Druid
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Doom Whisperer
  • 1 Doomed Necromancer
  • 1 Dread
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fiend Artisan
  • 1 Filth
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Glorious Protector
  • 1 Glory
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
  • 1 Golgari Raiders
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gravebreaker Lamia
  • 1 Green Slime
  • 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide
  • 1 Hallowed Spiritkeeper
  • 1 Hell's Caretaker
  • 1 Hermit Druid
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Insidious Fungus
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Kami of False Hope
  • 1 Karador, Ghost Chieftain
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Lord of Extinction
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
  • 1 Mogis's Marauder
  • 1 Mortivore
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Murmuring Bosk
  • 1 Night Incarnate
  • 1 Nighthowler
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Protean Hulk
  • 1 Purity
  • 1 Rampant Frogantua
  • 1 Revenant
  • 1 Riftstone Portal
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Satyr Wayfinder
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
  • 1 Shigeki, Jukai Visionary
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Siegfried, Famed Swordsman
  • 1 Skyclave Apparition
  • 1 Solitude
  • 1 Spore Frog
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Susur Secundi, Void Altar
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Titania, Voice of Gaea
  • 1 Town Greeter
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Valor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth