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Karlach, Champion of Zariel
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $2611.66
Salt sum: 46.44
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Commander

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Agent of the Iron Throne

Commander creatures you own have "Whenever an artifact or creature you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life."

Enchantment
Agent of the Iron Throne (clb) 492
Karlach, Fury of Avernus

Whenever you attack, if it's the first combat phase of the turn, untap all attacking creatures. They gain first strike until end of turn. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Karlach, Fury of Avernus (sld) 1802

Commander

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A Land

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Badlands

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.)

Land
Badlands (30a) 570
Blightstep Pathway

Land
Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway (khm) 291Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway (khm) 291
Blood Crypt

({T}: Add {B} or {R}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Blood Crypt (rvr) 397
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (brc) 178
Dragonskull Summit

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Mountain. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Dragonskull Summit (sld) 458
Evolving Wilds

{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Evolving Wilds (dbl) 261
Luxury Suite

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {B} or {R}.

Land
Luxury Suite (zne) 18
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (ltr) 720
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (ltr) 718

A Land

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Creature

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Combat Celebrant

If this creature hasn't been exerted this turn, you may exert it as it attacks. When you do, untap all other creatures you control and after this phase, there is an additional combat phase. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)

Creature
Combat Celebrant (ltc) 212
Footlight Fiend

When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Footlight Fiend (rna) 216
Roaming Throne

Ward {2} As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. If a triggered ability of another creature you control of the chosen type triggers, it triggers an additional time.

Creature Artifact
Roaming Throne (lci) 344

Creature

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DMG Increasers

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Bloodletter of Aclazotz

Flying If an opponent would lose life during your turn, they lose twice that much life instead. (Damage causes loss of life.)

Creature
Bloodletter of Aclazotz (lci) 336
City on Fire

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals triple that damage instead.

Enchantment
City on Fire (sld) 1803
Coat of Arms

Each creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature on the battlefield that shares at least one creature type with it. (For example, if two Goblin Warriors and a Goblin Shaman are on the battlefield, each gets +2/+2.)

Artifact
Coat of Arms (plst) DDS-58
Dictate of the Twin Gods

Flash If a source would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals double that damage to that permanent or player instead.

Enchantment
Dictate of the Twin Gods (scd) 131
Fiendish Duo

First strike (This creature deals combat damage before creatures without first strike.) If a source would deal damage to an opponent, it deals double that damage to that player instead.

Creature
Fiendish Duo (mkc) 153
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might

Creature
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power (lci) 317Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power (lci) 317
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus

If a source you control would deal noncombat damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals double that damage to that player or permanent instead. {1}{R/P}{R/P}, Discard two cards: Put an indestructible counter on Solphim. ({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.)

Creature
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus (one) 312
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

If a red source you control would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 2 instead.

Creature
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell (sld) 678

DMG Increasers

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Ping Damage

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Brazen Cannonade

Whenever an attacking creature you control dies, this enchantment deals 2 damage to each opponent. Raid — At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, if you attacked this turn, exile the top card of your library. Until end of combat on your next turn, you may play that card.

Enchantment
Brazen Cannonade (j22) 31
Brimstone Vandal

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) If it's neither day nor night, it becomes day as this creature enters. Whenever day becomes night or night becomes day, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Brimstone Vandal (mid) 130
Cavalcade of Calamity

Whenever a creature you control with power 1 or less attacks, this enchantment deals 1 damage to the player or planeswalker that creature is attacking.

Enchantment
Cavalcade of Calamity (rna) 95
Garna, Bloodfist of Keld

Whenever another creature you control dies, draw a card if it was attacking. Otherwise, Garna deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Garna, Bloodfist of Keld (dmu) 299
Gibbering Fiend

When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to each opponent. Delirium — At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.

Creature
Gibbering Fiend (soi) 161
Goblin Bombardment

Sacrifice a creature: This enchantment deals 1 damage to any target.

Enchantment
Goblin Bombardment (wot) 43
Havoc Jester

Whenever you sacrifice a permanent, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Havoc Jester (m21) 149
Hellrider

Haste Whenever a creature you control attacks, this creature deals 1 damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.

Creature
Hellrider (mm3) 98
Impact Tremors

Whenever a creature you control enters, this enchantment deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Enchantment
Impact Tremors (sld) 313
Mayhem Devil

Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Mayhem Devil (rvr) 374
Mirkwood Bats

Flying Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Mirkwood Bats (ltr) 546
Pain Distributor

Menace Whenever a player casts their first spell each turn, they create a Treasure token. Whenever an artifact an opponent controls is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.

Creature
Pain Distributor (moc) 33
Purphoros, God of the Forge

Indestructible As long as your devotion to red is less than five, Purphoros isn't a creature. Whenever another creature you control enters, Purphoros deals 2 damage to each opponent. {2}{R}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Creature Enchantment
Purphoros, God of the Forge (sld) 77
Raid Bombardment

Whenever a creature you control with power 2 or less attacks, this enchantment deals 1 damage to the player or planeswalker that creature is attacking.

Enchantment
Raid Bombardment (wot) 47
Spiteful Prankster

During your turn, this creature has first strike. Whenever another creature dies, this creature deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.

Creature
Spiteful Prankster (j22) 606
Syr Konrad, the Grim

Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent. {1}{B}: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

Creature
Syr Konrad, the Grim (sld) 1297
Vexing Devil

When this creature enters, any opponent may have it deal 4 damage to them. If a player does, sacrifice this creature.

Creature
Vexing Devil (avr) 164
Witty Roastmaster

Alliance — Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Witty Roastmaster (snc) 131

Ping Damage

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Ramp/Advantage

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (p30m) 1P
Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (brr) 67z
Blood for the Blood God!

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature that died this turn. Discard your hand, then draw eight cards. Blood for the Blood God! deals 8 damage to each opponent. Exile Blood for the Blood God!

Instant
Blood for the Blood God! (40k) 108
Dark Ritual

Add {B}{B}{B}.

Instant
Dark Ritual (sta) 26
Idol of Oblivion

{T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you created a token this turn. {8}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Create a 10/10 colorless Eldrazi creature token.

Artifact
Idol of Oblivion (brc) 144
Nefarious Imp

Flying Whenever one or more permanents you control leave the battlefield, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Creature
Nefarious Imp (clb) 137
Sign in Blood

Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

Sorcery
Sign in Blood (sta) 32
Sin Prodder

Menace At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. Any opponent may have you put that card into your graveyard. If a player does, this creature deals damage to that player equal to that card's mana value. Otherwise, put that card into your hand.

Creature
Sin Prodder (jmp) 363
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (ltc) 408
Village Rites

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Draw two cards.

Instant
Village Rites (sta) 35

Ramp/Advantage

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Recursion

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Hurl Through Hell

Exile target creature. Until the end of your next turn, you may cast that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

Instant
Hurl Through Hell (afc) 318
Lorcan, Warlock Collector

Flying Whenever a creature card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, you may pay life equal to its mana value. If you do, put it onto the battlefield under your control. It's a Warlock in addition to its other types. If a Warlock you control would die, exile it instead.

Creature
Lorcan, Warlock Collector (afc) 296
Victimize

Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.

Sorcery
Victimize (spg) 23

Recursion

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Removal

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Bedevil

Destroy target artifact, creature, or planeswalker.

Instant
Bedevil (brc) 121
Deadly Dispute

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature. Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
Deadly Dispute (p30a) 29
Dictate of Erebos

Flash Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Enchantment
Dictate of Erebos (jou) 65
Pilfering Imp

Flying {1}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature: Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Pilfering Imp (grn) 81
Rankle, Master of Pranks

Flying, haste Whenever Rankle deals combat damage to a player, choose any number — • Each player discards a card. • Each player loses 1 life and draws a card. • Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Creature
Rankle, Master of Pranks (cmm) 519
Showstopper

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain "When this creature dies, it deals 2 damage to target creature an opponent controls."

Instant
Showstopper (dgm) 102
Torch Fiend

{R}, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target artifact.

Creature
Torch Fiend (m13) 151

Removal

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Token Gen

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Burn Down the House

Choose one — • Burn Down the House deals 5 damage to each creature and each planeswalker. • Create three 1/1 red Devil creature tokens with "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target." They gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Burn Down the House (dbl) 131
Death Tyrant

Menace Negative Energy Cone — Whenever an attacking creature you control or a blocking creature an opponent controls dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. {5}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
Death Tyrant (afc) 292
Delina, Wild Mage

Whenever Delina attacks, choose target creature you control, then roll a d20. 1—14 | Create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of that creature, except it's not legendary and it has "At end of combat, exile this token." 15—20 | Create one of those tokens. You may roll again.

Creature
Delina, Wild Mage (afr) 317
Devils' Playground

Create four 1/1 red Devil creature tokens. They have "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."

Sorcery
Devils' Playground (soi) 151
Feldon of the Third Path

{2}{R}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of target creature card in your graveyard, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types. It gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Feldon of the Third Path (moc) 277
Kindred Charge

Choose a creature type. For each creature you control of the chosen type, create a token that's a copy of that creature. Those tokens gain haste. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step.

Sorcery
Kindred Charge (c17) 27
Mahadi, Emporium Master

At the beginning of your end step, create a Treasure token for each creature that died this turn. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Mahadi, Emporium Master (clb) 429
Make Mischief

Make Mischief deals 1 damage to any target. Create a 1/1 red Devil creature token. It has "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."

Sorcery
Make Mischief (emn) 135
Professional Face-Breaker

Menace Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. Sacrifice a Treasure: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Creature
Professional Face-Breaker (snc) 426
Raphael, Fiendish Savior

Flying Other Demons, Devils, Imps, and Tieflings you control get +1/+1 and have lifelink. At the beginning of each end step, if a creature card was put into your graveyard from anywhere this turn, create a 1/1 red Devil creature token with "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."

Creature
Raphael, Fiendish Savior (clb) 438
Tibalt, Rakish Instigator

Your opponents can't gain life. −2: Create a 1/1 red Devil creature token with "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."

Planeswalker
Tibalt, Rakish Instigator (sld) 515
Zariel, Archduke of Avernus

+1: Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain haste until end of turn. 0: Create a 1/1 red Devil creature token with "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target." −6: You get an emblem with "At the end of the first combat phase on your turn, untap target creature you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase."

Planeswalker
Zariel, Archduke of Avernus (afr) 285
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider

Whenever an opponent draws their first card each turn, if it's not their turn, you create a 1/1 red Devil creature token with "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target." Whenever one or more Devils you control attack one or more players, you and those players each draw a card, then discard a card at random.

Creature
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider (ncc) 278

Token Gen

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Maybeboard

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Body Dropper

Whenever you sacrifice another creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. {B}{R}, Sacrifice another creature: This creature gains menace until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Creature
Body Dropper (snc) 168
Chaosphere

Creatures with flying can block only creatures with flying. Creatures without flying have reach. (They can block creatures with flying.)

Enchantment
Chaosphere (mir) 164
Dance with Devils

Create two 1/1 red Devil creature tokens. They have "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."

Instant
Dance with Devils (j22) 519
Dolmen Gate

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to attacking creatures you control.

Artifact
Dolmen Gate (sld) 1806
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus

If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time. {B/P}{B/P}, Exile three creature cards from your graveyard: Put an indestructible counter on Drivnod. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.)

Creature
Drivnod, Carnage Dominus (one) 305
Fling

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Fling deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.

Instant
Fling (sld) 1795
Phyrexian Tower

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Add {B}{B}.

Land
Phyrexian Tower (mh3) 355
Pugnacious Pugilist

Whenever this creature attacks, create a tapped and attacking 1/1 red Devil creature token with "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target." Blitz {3}{R} (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)

Creature
Pugnacious Pugilist (snc) 117
Street Urchin

Commander creatures you own have "{1}, Sacrifice another creature or an artifact: This creature deals 1 damage to any target."

Enchantment
Street Urchin (clb) 197

Maybeboard

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Hoard Robber

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Hoard Robber (afr) 110
Passageway Seer

Lifelink When this creature enters, you take the initiative. At the beginning of your end step, if you have the initiative, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Passageway Seer (clb) 141
Rakdos, the Showstopper

Flying, trample When Rakdos enters, flip a coin for each creature that isn't a Demon, Devil, or Imp. Destroy each creature whose coin comes up tails.

Creature
Rakdos, the Showstopper (rna) 199
Red Sun's Twilight

Destroy up to X target artifacts. If X is 5 or more, for each artifact destroyed this way, create a token that's a copy of it. Those tokens gain haste. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step.

Sorcery
Red Sun's Twilight (one) 386

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Tokens & Extras

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Devil

When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature Token
Devil (tdsc) 7

Tokens & Extras

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Description

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"\"I may be an effective soldier, but I never wanted to serve Zariel.\""},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"\"And yet you served...\""},{"insert":"\n\nThis deck is built around the idea '"},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"what would Karlach's time in the bloodwar have looked like?'"},{"insert":"\nThis is my attempt to answer it. There are no Demons in this deck, except for "},{"attributes":{"italic":true},"insert":"Bloodletter of Aclazotz"},{"insert":", a defector from the Abyssal side to Zariel's army. Built around causing as much damage as possible—and not caring if a few devils get killed along the way—Karlach uses her combat ability to make her opponents choose between taking damage every turn from a bunch of small creatures, or block now and take a big chunk from death triggers.\n\nThe deck isn't extremely powerful, and it lacks a great way to summon devil tokens, but it is very fun when it works well. Enjoy!\n"}]}
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