MTG Salvation

This is a competitive Karador deck, focused on filling my graveyard up with creatures and spitting them back up on the table.

Originally this deck contained several infinite combos. Turns out, they're only fun the first time you do them. However, there is still a lot of synergy.

• Skullclamp works well with any of the one toughness cards who have outlived their purpose.
• Karmic Guide, Acidic Slime, Angel of Despair and Reveillark for graveyard recursion shenanigans.
• Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and Woodfall Primus or Puppeteer Clique for re-usable tricks (persist+undying).
• Birthing Pod with a chain of creatures to climb.

What follows if a break down by purpose


Suggestions are really appreciated.

Dust Bowl?

As far as puking goes, as long as you've got a sac outlet in play (so you don't have to exile), it doesn't get much better than Corpse Dance for repeatedly abusing etb/ltb abilities.
Phyrexian Tower and High Market can help with that. Grim Backwoods to a lesser degreee.

Thanks Blackjack68, I appreciate the suggestions! I'm in the process of getting a High Market, that one is a very good call. I'll keep my eyes open for the others as trades.

Made some edits to add Phyrexian Arena, Moritfy and Petrify and Defense of the Heart.

Contemplating adding either Krosan Grip or Beast Within and Angel of Despair. Thoughts on these?

For these, I think I will take out Zuran Orb and Fastbond. They're just too mean and technically illegal!

Thoughts on adding a Gaddock Teeg? I think I have too many expensive spells...

I think over single use instants you should consider creature based removal and instant speed ways of getting etb effects like Nim deathmantle, Chord of calling, and pattern of rebirth. Ashnod's altar is one of the best and most combo-ey sac outlets ever. Mana source sac outlets also can be used while split second is on the stack making some crazy good shenanigans possible.

If you can have a banned card, why not protean hulk or recurring nightmare? Cards that are much more self sufficiently awesome even if you aren't breaking them completely.

edit: Gaddock is strong if you like that sort of card, Dark ritual is a big no no in EDH

@Osuna

Thank you very much for your comment! I have an Ashnod's Altar (not in the deck atm), is it worth it to run both that and Phyrexian Altar?

Having thought about it, I'm not a big fan of stasis effects, so I'm not sure I'll run Gaddock. I do really like Pattern of Rebirth, so I'll start searching for one!

I edited the deck to take out the Fastbond combo. After play testing the deck some, I came to the conclusion I foresaw and that you and others have echoed: it requires a number of other cards to break out, its not much fun (and illegal) and if I have the resources to go searching, I'd rather play with creatures! No more banned cards in this deck!

Removed Saffi Eriksdotter in favor for Oblation. Saffi was not necessary for a combo, and having instant removal (that can be used on my own guy in a pinch) is much better in my opinion.

Added Stoneforge Mystic with Elbrus, the Binding Blade as a fun interaction. Also Eladamri's Call replacing Worldly Tutor

Some might frown upon this since it is pretty much a combo, and sometimes it'll totally whiff and make you sad, buuut

Since you already have Greater Good and just added Stoneforge mystic...

Consider Deathrender Puts a lot of stuff in the graveyard and digs really deep for answers, or combo pieces.

Also is pretty cool in general. I've been quite satisfied with it and have already used it to enough effect that people have exiled it. That's a good sign that an artifact is working where I play.

@Osuna, you had me at combo. I've added Deathrender and have a Pattern of Rebirth on the way. I like them both alot.

Removed Vampiric Tutor, Twilight Mire and Woodland Cemetery for use in another deck.

Removed most of the one-off reanimation spells as Karador doesn't really need them. Added some more digging, namely Chord of Calling and Green Sun's Zenith.

Also added Disciple of Bolas for draw, Sol Ring and Mirari's Wake for ramp, Saffi Eriksdotter for recursion, Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord because, he's awesome!

Starting to move away from the infinite combo, because it's lost its fun. Infinite combos by themselves aren't the end of the world, but with a deck that tutors as much as this one, the game always plays out the exact same way, which is boring.

Taking out infinite sac outlets and Triskelion for utility cards like Sylvan Library, Sensei's Diving Top and Puppeteer Clique.

Added Kokusho, the Evening Star, Yosei, the Morning Star and Dryad Arbor in order to move Dark Depths, Vampire Hexmage and Bloodghast to another deck

Added some land utility and land kill as well as more removal in Knight of the Reliquary and Qasali Pridemage