Karador, Reanimator King

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk) Control Reanimator

johnjust

Land (38)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 3x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x High Market
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Murmuring Bosk
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Field
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Tortured Existence

Creature (28)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Archon of Justice
• 1x Ashen Rider
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Blazing Archon
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Harmonic Sliver
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Hornet Queen
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Necrotic Sliver
• 1x Reveillark
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Siege Rhino
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Teneb, the Harvester
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x The Gitrog Monster

Instant (6)

• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Wake the Dead

Commander (1)

Sorcery (13)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Obzedat's Aid
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rout
• 1x Unburial Rites

Artifact (9)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Gate to the Afterlife
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Gift
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Orbs of Warding
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

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Creature (8)

• 1x Chainer, Dementia Master
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Reya Dawnbringer
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Hunting Grounds
• 1x Survival of the Fittest

Artifact (1)

• 1x Panharmonicon

Instant (1)

• 1x Entomb

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Built from the remnants of my previous Meren deck is Karador, Ghost Chieftain. As much as it hurt to do, Meren just didn't do enough to be able to pilot a deck - she would usually control the board early game but lacked a consistent endgame strategy.

Karador does pretty much everything Meren did (albeit at a higher casting cost, which can be reduced with a heavy graveyard, including General tax), except he also allows for a splash of white (allowing for more removal/reanimation/recursion). Meren does, however, fit very well as a member of the 99, so she's included for extra reanimation/recursion.

Reanimation

Reanimation is the only plan here - get the graveyard stocked and start pulling things back to the battlefield.

Buried Alive and Jarad's Orders tutor for creatures to go directly into the graveyard. Birthing Pod and Evolutionary Leap gets creatures while filling up the graveyard at the same time.

Dread Return, Exhume, Obzedat's Aid, Reanimate, Unburial Rites and Wake the Dead for reanimation spells.

Karmic Guide, Meren of Clan Nel Toth, Reveillark, Reya Dawnbringer, Sepulchral Primordial, Sheoldred, Whispering One and Teneb, the Harvester have reanimation effects/triggers.

Elixir of Immortality and Orbs of Warding for graveyard protection.

Reanimation Targets

Obviously, anything makes for a decent reanimation target, but these are the big ones.

Archon of Justice and Ashen Rider - big fliers that exile permanents when they die.

Avenger of Zendikar - an instant army generator.

Blazing Archon - a classic reanimation target, stops creatures from attacking you.

Grave Titan - spews out Zombie tokens like no one else can.

Hornet Queen - creates a mini army of flying/deathtouch insects.

Massacre Wurm - mini-board wipe and token hoser that also drains life from opponents.

Sun Titan - recurs small permanents.

Terastodon - destroys 3 noncreature permanents as it enters.

Utility Creatures

Acidic Slime for noncreature permanent destruction. Harmonic Sliver and Necrotic Sliver also destroy things.

Eternal Witness for recursion.

Fleshbag Marauder and Merciless Executioner for edict effects.

Sakura-Tribe Elder for ramp and Sidisi, Undead Vizier for a tutor.

Siege Rhino for a trample threat that also drains life (from EACH opponent).

Spore Frog for a fog effect on a stick.

Dredge

Dredging and self-mill help fill the graveyard quicker.

Life from the Loam allows for replacing draws with dredge 3, fills up the graveyard and gets extra value out of sac/cycle lands.

Satyr Wayfinder mills 4 and gets a land. Hermit Druid mills until you hit a basic land (nothing degenerate, plenty of basics here).

The Gitrog Monster plays nicely with Loam, and also allows for extra land drops.

Deadbridge Chant enters with a self-mill of 10 cards and reanimates something at random each turn.

Control/Removal

Krosan Grip, Path to Exile, Return to Dust, Swords to Plowshares and Utter End for targeted removal.

Austere Command, Duneblast, Living Death, Merciless Eviction and Rout for various board wipes.

Miscellaneous

Cultivate and Skyshroud Claim for ramp spells.

Mirari's Wake for a mana doubler.

Phyrexian Arena for card draw.

Tortured Existence for exchanging creatures between hand/graveyard - comes in handy for pitching a reanimation target and getting something small for casting.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.10
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elephant 3-3 G, Experience Token, Insect 1/1 G w/ Flying, Deathtouch, Plant 0/1 G, Zombie 2/2 B
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