Karona, False Group Hug EDH

Commander / EDH Five Color Group Hug Group Slug

Lord_Murdock

Land (38)

• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Maze's End
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Tarnished Citadel
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Creature (21)

• 1x Akroan Horse
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Chromanticore
• 1x Duskmantle Seer
• 1x Gatecreeper Vine
• 1x Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
• 1x Humble Defector
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis
• 1x Magister of Worth
• 1x Nekusar, the Mindrazer
• 1x Pulsemage Advocate
• 1x Queen Marchesa
• 1x Ravos, Soultender *f-etch*
• 1x Regal Behemoth
• 1x Samite Elder
• 1x Seizan, Perverter of Truth
• 1x Shieldmage Advocate
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Skyline Despot
• 1x Sun Titan

Artifact (10)

• 1x Anvil of Bogardan
• 1x Assault Suit
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Conqueror's Flail
• 1x Font of Mythos
• 1x Glaive of the Guildpact
• 1x Horn of Greed
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Prismatic Geoscope
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (6)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Swan Song

Commander (1)

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Assemble the Legion
• 1x Collective Restraint
• 1x Crescendo of War
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Fevered Visions
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Overabundance
• 1x Price of Knowledge
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Protective Sphere
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Song of the Dryads
• 1x Spirit of Resistance
• 1x Spiteful Visions
• 1x Sterling Grove

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Circuitous Route
• 1x Council's Judgment
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Fractured Identity
• 1x Seasons Past
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Wargate

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Plays sort of like a group hug deck in the beginning. Cards like Font of Mythos and Rites of Flourishing help to speed things along until it's safe for Karona to hit the field and start doing things. At that point you can probably start one-shotting people, since Karona can get pretty big pretty quickly with the other cards that power her up in addition to her own ability.

The group hug theme can also be played as an alternate win-condition, with cards like Overabundance and Spiteful Visions forcing people to pay for everything you're giving them. However, if you have Protective Sphere, Shieldmage Advocate, or Spirit of Resistance in play at the same time, you can get all your benefits for free. It's always nice to help your opponents... As long as the scales are tipped a bit more in your favour in the process!

Finally, as a very distant third win-condition, there are the guildgates. Those are mostly just in there because I find them funny. I mean, technically it is possible to win with Maze's End. Not likely, but possible.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 64 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.71
Tokens	Assassin 1/1 B w/ Haste, Beast 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Dragon 5/5 R, Soldier 1/1 RW, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 C, The Monarch