Karlov 3.0

Commander / EDH* Lifegain WB (Orzhov)

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Board Wipe (2)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Merciless Eviction

Card Draw // Tutor (12)

• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Greed
• 1x Twilight Prophet
• 1x Well of Lost Dreams
• 1x Bolas's Citadel

Graveyard Recursion (2)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Witch of the Moors

High Synergy (5)

• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Bloodthirsty Aerialist
• 1x Heliod, Sun-Crowned
• 1x Divinity of Pride

Karlov Protection (6)

• 1x Giver of Runes
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Shielded by Faith
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Lands Any Color / CMDR colors (3)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Reflecting Pool

Lands Basic (14)

• 8x Plains
• 6x Swamp

Lands Dual (8)

• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Temple of Silence

Lands Fetch (5)

• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Lands Utility (6)

• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Orzhova, the Church of Deals
• 1x Radiant Fountain
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Life Gain OR Life Loss (18)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls
• 1x Fountain of Renewal
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Soul Warden
• 1x Soul's Attendant
• 1x Auriok Champion
• 1x Blind Obedience
• 1x Nyx-Fleece Ram
• 1x Tablet of the Guilds
• 1x Drana's Emissary
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• 1x Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Wall of Reverence
• 1x Archangel of Thune
• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Sanguine Bond
• 1x Sunscorch Regent

Planeswalkers (2)

• 1x Ajani, Strength of the Pride
• 1x Sorin, Grim Nemesis

Ramp // Mana Rocks (8)

• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Pristine Talisman
• 1x Smothering Tithe

Removal (8)

• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Despark
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Utter End

Commander (1)

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Other (1)

• 1x Indulging Patrician

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karlov 3.0

Cut list:

Mangara, the Diplomat -> Dark Confidant

• Just better overall card draw

Diabolic Tutor -> Mangara, the Diplomat

• Diabolic is just way too costly and makes me lose tempo. I'd cut Mangara, the Diplomat for more expensive tutors on the acquire board

Thriving Moor -> Ajani, Strength of the Pride

• Had way too much land, cut for this thicc boi. He'd be better in a token deck BUT karlov is all about instances of lifegain. Plus getting the free Ajani's Pridemate is going to give me some much needed beaters

Thriving Heath -> Sorin, Grim Nemesis

• Had way too much land, this will be some nice card draw over time

Plains -> Divinity of Pride

• Too much land, this will give the deck some more oomph besides karlov

Everflowing Chalice -> Drana's Emissary

• Too much ramp, another tiny life gain effect/evasive creature works better

Ajani's Pridemate -> Bloodthirsty Aerialist

• I'd rather the evasion even though it costs more, this is a long term card so the cost is negligible over time

Vizkopa Guildmage -> Well of Lost Dreams

• This was tough, vizkopa has won me a few games but it's a 6-8 mana sink and I've played a lot of games where karlov wasn't evasive enough to matter. He usually just gets shot down in my playgroup anyway.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Ajani's Pridemate, City's Blessing, Elephant 3-3 G, Treasure, Vampire Knight 1/1 B