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Art: Karador, Ghost Chieftain
by Todd Lockwood
Welcome to another installment of Brewed Edh:
Today’s deck is Abzan Reanimator utilizing Karador, Ghost Chieftain. Reanimator is one of magic’s oldest strategy that focuses on value creatures that you can constantly reanimate and benefiting from ETB’s and things never staying dead. Reanimator is a fun and interesting playstyle!
The Deck
Karador Reanimator
Why Karador, Ghost Chieftain?
There are a lot of options for Reanimator decks, strong options include Meren of Clan Nel Toth
and Nethroi, Apex of Death
. I think Karador gains the edge over these decks by not only being easier to cast based on your graveyard but being able to guaranteed cast a card from your graveyard every turn is powerful. We have many small creatures to get out early, as well as many creatures with ETB’s so constantly reanimating them can not only fill our graveyard but set up for a big with cards like Living Death
and Craterhoof Behemoth
. We can control the board with cards like Massacre Girl
by being able to cast her multiple times in a turn.
Deck Overview
The main goal of this deck is to fill our graveyard as much as possible, we have many small creatures with powerful ETB’s like Satyr Wayfinder
which can fill our graveyard and reanimate very well with Living Death and our various other reanimation spells. A large Living Death combined with a Craterhoof Behemoth is a great way to end games. We can also win with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
and Walking Ballista
for a quick combo win. Karador is also very easy to cast since we can fill our graveyard early and often. We have a lot of card advantage being able to sacrifice and reanimate cards like Corpse Augur
to gain huge advantage. We also have a large dredge package so cards like Golgari Grave-Troll
can be very large very early. Cards like Life from the Loam
allow us to recur lands regular. Karador is a fun midrange commander deck with a lot of potential from the graveyard and from combos
Strengths of the Deck:
- Things that die don’t stay dead
- Combo potential
- 3 color allows us to play a wide range of cards
- We can start filling the graveyard and attacking early
Weaknesses of the Deck:
- Tough matchups against graveyard hate
- Bad against combo decks
- Bad against Spellslinger Decks
- Late game can be tough if we get outpaced
Deck Stats:
Sample Hands:
Main win conditions:
Besides Mikaeus + Walking Ballista one of our other main win conditions is a large board with craterhoof behemoth. With the low cost of cards we have in our deck it is easy to fill up our board very quickly.
Walking Ballista[/scryfall]
Conclusion:
Karador is an interesting version of a reanimator deck, even though we play a lot of cards that most reanimator decks play, being 3 color lets us play a wider range of spells. We have a well positioned deck with good amount of creatures and a lot of ways to get them back. Our combo potential can be done early so we good against aggressive strategies as well. This deck is not the strongest version of reanimator but is still a fun and enjoyable experience!
Thanks for reading to the end!
Would love to hear your feedback on the deck!
