Death Denied (Karador EDH)

Commander / EDH* BGW (Abzan, Junk) Combo Reanimator

Narim

Creature (31)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Angel of Despair
• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Doomed Necromancer
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Elvish Aberration
• 1x Elvish Visionary
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Krosan Tusker
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scion of Darkness
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Land (35)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 5x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 5x Plains
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Vault of the Archangel
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Wooded Bastion
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Survival of the Fittest

Artifact (1)

• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (9)

• 1x Abzan Charm
• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Reincarnation
• 1x Rescue from the Underworld
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (19)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Day of Judgment
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Resurrection
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Treasured Find
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Vigor Mortis
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Spiritmonger

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Necromancer's Covenant

Instant (3)

• 1x Fracturing Gust
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Selesnya Charm

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Death Grasp
• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Identity Crisis
• 1x Obzedat's Aid

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Pelakka Wurm
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Leyline of Sanctity
• 1x Marshal's Anthem
• 1x Mirari's Wake

Instant (2)

• 1x Miraculous Recovery
• 1x Unmake

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Grim Flowering
• 1x Life's Legacy
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Sever the Bloodline

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Reanimation is one of the strongest strategies in magic, if used properly. This is my EDH version of reanimator deck with Karador, Ghost Chieftain as a general.

Creatures with ETB (enter the battlefield) or LTB (leave the battlefied) triggers are powerful in almost every EDH deck, especially for reanimators which can abuse those abilities. Acidic Slime , Angel of Despair, Ashen Rider, Duplicant, Sun Titan or Grave Titan are all powerful threats which benefit from reanimating them several times.

I also decided to use few creatures with cycling for two reasons: to improve my draw power and to fill my graveyard with bodies and reanimating them later. Krosan Tusker serves both as a draw engine, land ramp and in later game, big body to reanimate. Scion of Darkness seems to be perfect target to reanimate and is easy to get into graveyard soon enough.

Tutors are another important part of almost every black EDH. While playing reanimators, tutors which put cards into graveyard are favoured options. Entomb, Buried Alive, Jarad's Orders and Corpse Connoisseur are all great means to get my threats into the graveyard. Fauna Shaman and Survival of the Fittest are also excelent tutoring engines in this kind of deck.

BWG decks have pretty vast options when it comes to removals in general. This deck can kill or remove almost every threat. Mass removals like Wrath of God or Akroma's Vengeance are included as well, since reanimators have advantage to recover from such effects easily.

This deck lacks serious draw power, and that's the thing I would like to improve. Harmonize is staple in most of my green EDHs. I decided to test Altar's Reap both as a draw spell and as a way to save my creatures from exiling and tucking effect, which hurts my deck badly. I also consider playing Grim Flowering since it can fuel my hand rapidly, but it's cost is pretty steep.

The very core of this is reanimating - which means putting creatures from my graveyard to battlefield. I don't rely just on my general, I added many ways to reanimate. Unearth seems weak at first, but it's reasonable reanimation for my utility creatures, Rescue from the Underworld can save my creature from tucking and exiling, abuse ETB effects of my creatures and it reanimates threats. Reincarnation unlocks large space for combos, and in worst case, it just save my creature and abuse it's ETB effects.

Feel free to comment this deck, and +score if you like :)

Date added	10 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 8 Rares 25 - 1 Uncommons 14 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.06
Tokens	Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Knight 2/2 W w/ Vigilance, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	watch
Based on	Hail to the Queen Narim EDH