We all know Kari Zev is awesome. Awesome art, awesome flavor, awesome monkey, but she isn't the easiest commander. Originally I tried something thematic and went the threaten route, but in a 4 player game it just isn't a viable strategy to focus on. I decided to stick to more of the swashbuckling theme and went with a voltron-style Kari Zev. I played several games with her and she is more fun than I had expected, but I feel the deck's power level could use a boost.
We all know Kari Zev is awesome. Awesome art, awesome flavor, awesome monkey, but she isn't the easiest commander. Originally I tried something thematic and went the threaten route, but in a 4 player game it just isn't a viable strategy to focus on. I decided to stick to more of the swashbuckling theme and went with a voltron-style Kari Zev. I played several games with her and she is more fun than I had expected, but I feel the deck's power level could use a boost.
2 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
Creatures 18
1 Goblin Welder
2 Bazaar Trader
2 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser
2 Humble Defector
3 Burnished Hart
3 Dualcaster Mage
3 Feldon of the Third Path
3 Hanweir Garrison
3 Pilgrim's Eye
4 Ogre Battledriver
4 Purphoros, God of the Forge
4 Silent Arbiter
6 Conquering Manticore
6 Godo, Bandit Warlord
6 Inferno Titan
6 Steel Hellkite
6 Wurmcoil Engine
7 Molten Primordial
Artifacts 21
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Skullclamp
1 Sol Ring
2 Culling Dais
2 Hero's Blade
2 Nim Deathmantle
2 Ruby Medallion
2 Swiftfoot Boots
3 Darksteel Plate
3 Loxodon Warhammer
3 Oblivion Stone
3 Sword of Feast and Famine
3 Tenza, Godo's Maul
3 Whispersilk Cloak
4 Hedron Archive
4 Helm of Possession
4 Thran Dynamo
4 Trading Post
5 Batterskull
5 Predator, Flagship
6 Staff of Nin
1 Faithless Looting
1 Earthquake
1 Vandalblast
2 Cathartic Reunion
3 Traitorous Blood
3 Wheel of Fortune
5 Mass Mutiny
8 Insurrection
9 Blasphemous Act
Instants 5
2 Magmaquake
2 Reverberate
4 Grab the Reins
5 Act of Aggression
5 Word of Seizing
Enchantments 6
2 Break Through the Line
2 Goblin Bombardment
4 Outpost Siege
5 Berserkers' Onslaught
6 Gratuitous Violence
6 Warstorm Surge
Planeswalkers 2
4 Daretti, Scrap Savant
4 Koth of the Hammer
Lands 38
1 Arcane Lighthouse
1 Flamekin Village
1 Great Furnace
1 Hanweir Battlements
1 Kher Keep
1 Mouth of Ronom
1 Myriad Landscape
1 Rogue's Passage
1 Scrying Sheets
26 Snow-Covered Mountain
1 Spinerock Knoll
1 Temple of the False God
1 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Notable exclusions because they're in other decks, but can always be pulled if they're necessary:
Solemn Simulacrum
Caged Sun
Extraplanar Lens
Gauntlet of Power
Gilded Lotus
Chaos Warp
Cards considering:
Strata Scythe
Trash for Treasure
I'm not sure if the interaction with Bazaar Trader and the threaten effects is too cute.
Any thoughts and/or opinions would be appreciated.