Karador Hulk cEDH

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

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Creature (34)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Archon of Emeria
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Body Snatcher
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Destiny Spinner
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Endurance
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Renegade Rallier
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Tymna the Weaver *f-etch*
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Artifact (6)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Culling Ritual
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Reanimate

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Rushed Rebirth
• 1x Silence
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Wake the Dead
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Deafening Silence
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Root Maze
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Utopia Sprawl

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Creature (51)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1x Anafenza, the Foremost
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Archon of Valor's Reach
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Disciple of the Vault
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fiend Hunter
• 1x Foundation Breaker
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Gaddock Teeg
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Leonin Relic-Warder
• 1x Lesser Masticore
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Lurrus of the Dream-Den
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Mistmoon Griffin
• 1x Oakhame Adversary
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Peacekeeper
• 1x Phyrexian Walker
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Sanctum Prelate
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Tidehollow Sculler
• 1x Toski, Bearer of Secrets
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Vizier of Remedies
• 1x Vryn Wingmare
• 1x Witherbloom Apprentice
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1x Young Necromancer

Instant (21)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Angel's Grace
• 1x Autumn's Veil
• 1x Brought Back
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Collected Company
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Culling the Weak
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Dire Tactics
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mandate of Peace
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Pull from Eternity
• 1x Rally the Ancestors
• 1x Reap
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Unexpectedly Absent

Land (10)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Vault of Champions
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Artifact (4)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Angelic Renewal
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Choke
• 1x Compost
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Hunting Grounds
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Living Plane
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Rule of Law
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Stony Silence
• 1x Wild Growth

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Cabal Therapy
• 1x Chain of Smog
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Life / Death
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Persist
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Seeds of Innocence
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Unmarked Grave
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

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I have been playing Karador as my commander since it was first released. I have upgraded it with every set release and I it has done extremely well in my more casual groups. I have been getting more into cEDH recently and I want to see how far I can improve this deck. The idea is to ramp/stall out the game long enough to get Protean Hulk and combo with Karmic Guide and Reveillark through triggered abilities allowing me to either drain everyone to 0 life. It is very consistent as I only need a single Hulk trigger and I can even use cards like Grand Abolisher or Silence effects to make it impossible for my opponent to interact.

Update: 3/7/2020 | I swapped out Karador for Anafenza, I really didn't want to do so but with so many opposing Hulk players I had little choice. Anafenza also has the added benefit of being able to attack putting pressure on decks running Ad Nauseam and being a great hate bear to opposing graveyard based combos. It also is a creature I can get on the battlefield quickly to help with having a Pattern enabler or one of the creatures I can sac to enable the Hermit druid line.

Update: 4/20/2020 | Flash has been banned. With the threat of Hulk not as prevalent it makes some hate cards less ideal, namely Anafenza. With this I might go back to having Karador as the commander and building more around the old list. I am going to keep Anafenza as the commander for now as I don't know how the meta will change in the coming months. I will likely be adding in Runic Armasaur to keep up with all the activated abilities that are sure to follow. I see a lot of the new cards from Ikoria have a lot of activated ability support. Although it doesn't trigger off Cycling or other effects activated from zones other then the battlefield.

Combos:

1. Protean Hulk = Karmic Guide + Viscera Seer/Carrion Feeder. Karmic Guide returns Protean Hulk. Sac Hulk Search for Body Snatcher + Grand Abolisher so now your opponents can no longer respond in case they were waiting for a different opportunity. Sac Body Snatcher in response to ETB to return Protean Hulk. Sac Hulk search for Saffi Eriksdotter/Fiend Hunter + Blood Artist/Zulaport Cutthroat. Sac Saffi targeting Karmic Guide, Sac Karmic Guide returning to the battlefield with Saffi trigger. Return Protean Hulk. Sac Hulk to find Reveillark + any other creature at this point it doesn't matter. Sac Karmic Guide, Sac Reveillark returning Karmic Guide and Saffi to play. Use Karmic Guide to return Reveillark. Sac Saffi targeting Reveillark, Sac Karmic Guide. Sac Reveillark to return itself with Saffi trigger. Return Karmic Guide and Saffi with Reveillark trigger. Return Protean Hulk with Karmic Guide. Sac Protean Hulk, Repeat process until you have all the creatures you need to win the game if you haven't already. If doing the combo with Fiend Hunter instead of Saffi you target Karmic Guide with Fiend Hunter's ETB allow it to be exiled then sacrifice Fiend Hunter Returning Karmic Guide, Returning Protean Hulk. Sac Hulk to Find Reveillark and Sylvan Safekeeper. Sac Reveillark to return Karmic Guide and Fiend Hunter, Target Karmic Guide. Sac Reveillark, Sac Fiend Hunter, Karmic Guide ETB Return Reveillark. Sac Karmic Guide, Repeat loop from Sac Reveillark to drain table.

2. Hermit Druid = Mill entire library with enough creatures in play to flashback Dread Return Targeting Reveillark. Flashback Cabal Therapy Sacrificing Reveillark to get back Viscera Seer/Carrion Feeder + Karmic Guide. Karmic Guide to return Reveillark. Sac Reveillark to return Fiend Hunter/Saffi Eriksdotter + Grand Abolisher. Sac Saffi Targeting Karmic Guide, Sac Karmic Guide. On return trigger return Reveillark. Sac Reveillark returning Karmic Guide + Saffi, Karmic Guide return Reveillark. Sac Saffi targeting Reveillark, Sac Karmic Guide, Sac Reveillark and return from Saffi trigger. Return Karmic Guide and Saffi with Reveillark Trigger, Return any other creature from graveyard with Karmic Guide. Repeat to return all creatures needed from graveyard to battlefield to win game.

2.b Fiend Hunter Line. Instead of using Saffi to sac targeting the creatures, Use Fiend Hunter to exile the creatures then Sacrificing Fiend Hunter to trigger the ETB or in Reveillark's case the Leave the Battlefield effects. The advantage of using Fiend Hunter over Saffi is you can combo with only triggered abilities on the stack.

1. Minor Combos that work with any sac outlet include Saffi Eriksdotter + Renegade Rallier, Saffi Eriksdotter/Fiend Hunter + Karmic Guide, or Saffi Eriksdotter + Reveillark + Any creature with Power 2 or less.

2. Academy Rector + Sac outlet. Sac Rector search for Pattern of Rebirth Enchant another Creature you control. Sac enchanted creature Proceed to first combo this time getting Body Snatcher + Grand Abolisher first because you already have a sac outlet in play.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 63 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.09