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Karador, Ghost Chieftain - Decklist

Creatures 54$25.50

  1. Accursed Marauder1Accursed Marauder$0.29
  2. Acidic Slime1Acidic Slime$0.13
  3. Aftermath Analyst1Aftermath Analyst$0.88
  4. Ashen Rider1Ashen Rider$0.49
  5. Avacyn's Pilgrim1Avacyn's Pilgrim$0.27
  6. Bane of Progress1Bane of Progress$0.34
  7. Body Launderer1Body Launderer$1.07
  8. Bringer of the Last Gift1Bringer of the Last Gift$0.69
  9. Butcher of Malakir1Butcher of Malakir$0.32
  10. Carrion Feeder1Carrion Feeder$1.66
  11. Cataclysmic Gearhulk1Cataclysmic Gearhulk$0.29

Creatures continued

  1. Circle of the Land Druid1Circle of the Land Druid$0.22
  2. Disciple of Bolas1Disciple of Bolas$0.37
  3. Eternal Witness1Eternal Witness$1.47
  4. Farhaven Elf1Farhaven Elf$0.17
  5. Fleshbag Marauder1Fleshbag Marauder$0.18
  6. Foundation Breaker1Foundation Breaker$0.29
  7. Golgari Grave-Troll1Golgari Grave-Troll$0.89
  8. Golgari Thug1Golgari Thug$0.35
  9. Gravebreaker Lamia1Gravebreaker Lamia$0.50
  10. Haywire Mite1Haywire Mite$0.51
  11. Hollow Marauder1Hollow Marauder$0.13

Creatures continued

  1. Honest Rutstein1Honest Rutstein$0.36
  2. Izoni, Thousand-Eyed1Izoni, Thousand-Eyed$0.32
  3. Kami of False Hope1Kami of False Hope$0.55
  4. Karmic Guide1Karmic Guide$0.33
  5. Luminous Broodmoth1Luminous Broodmoth$0.46
  6. Magister of Worth1Magister of Worth$0.34
  7. Massacre Girl1Massacre Girl$0.48
  8. Midnight Reaper1Midnight Reaper$0.15
  9. Nyx Weaver1Nyx Weaver$0.23
  10. Old Stickfingers1Old Stickfingers$0.34
  11. Plaguecrafter1Plaguecrafter$0.34

Creatures continued

  1. Priest of Fell Rites1Priest of Fell Rites$0.26
  2. Qasali Pridemage1Qasali Pridemage$0.23
  3. Ravenous Chupacabra1Ravenous Chupacabra$0.49
  4. Reclamation Sage1Reclamation Sage$0.17
  5. Reveillark1Reveillark$0.53
  6. Saffi Eriksdotter1Saffi Eriksdotter$1.27
  7. Sakura-Tribe Elder1Sakura-Tribe Elder$0.31
  8. Satyr Wayfinder1Satyr Wayfinder$0.11
  9. Shriekmaw1Shriekmaw$0.27
  10. Skull Prophet1Skull Prophet$0.70
  11. Solemn Simulacrum1Solemn Simulacrum$0.26

Creatures continued

  1. Splinterfright1Splinterfright$0.26
  2. Spore Frog1Spore Frog$0.35
  3. Stinkweed Imp1Stinkweed Imp$1.14
  4. Stitcher's Supplier1Stitcher's Supplier$0.26
  5. Sun Titan1Sun Titan$0.22
  6. Syr Konrad, the Grim1Syr Konrad, the Grim$1.00
  7. Vile Entomber1Vile Entomber$0.24
  8. Viscera Seer1Viscera Seer$0.49
  9. Wood Elves1Wood Elves$0.26
  10. Zulaport Cutthroat1Zulaport Cutthroat$1.27

Planeswalkers 1$0.41

  1. Grist, the Hunger Tide1Grist, the Hunger Tide$0.41

Instants 1$0.14

  1. Grisly Salvage1Grisly Salvage$0.14

Sorceries 3$1.33

  1. Dread Return1Dread Return$0.50
  2. Unburial Rites1Unburial Rites$0.25
  3. Victimize1Victimize$0.58

Artifacts 1$0.29

  1. Perpetual Timepiece1Perpetual Timepiece$0.29

Enchantments 1$1.57

  1. Greater Good1Greater Good$1.57

Lands 38 / 38$14.43

  1. Bojuka Bog1Bojuka Bog$1.18
  2. Brushland1Brushland$0.37
  3. Canopy Vista1Canopy Vista$0.22
  4. Caves of Koilos1Caves of Koilos$0.30
  5. Command Tower1Command Tower$0.21
  6. Dakmor Salvage1Dakmor Salvage$0.34
  7. Deceptive Landscape1Deceptive Landscape$0.20
  8. Evolving Wilds1Evolving Wilds$0.09
  9. Exotic Orchard1Exotic Orchard$0.20
  10. Fabled Passage1Fabled Passage$0.77
  11. Forest×22Forest$0.18
  12. Golgari Rot Farm1Golgari Rot Farm$0.27

Lands continued

  1. High Market1High Market$0.40
  2. Isolated Chapel1Isolated Chapel$0.20
  3. Krosan Verge1Krosan Verge$0.20
  4. Llanowar Wastes1Llanowar Wastes$0.59
  5. Murmuring Bosk1Murmuring Bosk$0.35
  6. Orzhov Basilica1Orzhov Basilica$0.21
  7. Overgrown Farmland1Overgrown Farmland$0.93
  8. Path of Ancestry1Path of Ancestry$0.17
  9. Plains×22Plains$0.10
  10. Sandsteppe Citadel1Sandsteppe Citadel$0.24
  11. Selesnya Sanctuary1Selesnya Sanctuary$0.19
  12. Shattered Sanctum1Shattered Sanctum$1.58

Lands continued

  1. Snow-Covered Forest×22Snow-Covered Forest$1.98
  2. Snow-Covered Plains1Snow-Covered Plains$0.38
  3. Snow-Covered Swamp1Snow-Covered Swamp$0.59
  4. Sunpetal Grove1Sunpetal Grove$0.28
  5. Swamp1Swamp$0.10
  6. Temple of Malady1Temple of Malady$0.17
  7. Temple of Plenty1Temple of Plenty$0.15
  8. Temple of Silence1Temple of Silence$0.23
  9. Terramorphic Expanse1Terramorphic Expanse$0.10
  10. Twilight Mire1Twilight Mire$0.34
  11. Woodland Cemetery1Woodland Cemetery$0.62

About this Karador, Ghost Chieftain deck

A complete 100-card Commander deck: Karador, Ghost Chieftain, 61 spells, and 38 lands, 9 of them basics. Its estimated price is $44.01 in TCGplayer singles, and no card but the commander may cost more than $2.

The list is drawn from what Karador, Ghost Chieftain decks actually play. Of the cards that fit the budget, the most played are Eternal Witness, Sakura-Tribe Elder and Karmic Guide. The picks most particular to this commander are Spore Frog, Sun Titan and Satyr Wayfinder, which turn up here far more often than in other Abzan decks.

Its average mana value is 3.58. It runs no Game Changers and holds every piece of 12 known combos.

The most expensive cards are Carrion Feeder ($1.66), Greater Good ($1.57) and Eternal Witness ($1.47); 45 of the 61 spells cost $0.50 or less. With at most $1 per card the same template costs $34.42, and with no limit $445.29; the chart below compares every limit.

Deck statistics and card selection
Average mana value3.58
Game Changers0
Combos12
Deck match76%

Mana curve

  1. Mana value 0: 0 cards
  2. Mana value 1: 7 cards
  3. Mana value 2: 14 cards
  4. Mana value 3: 13 cards
  5. Mana value 4: 9 cards
  6. Mana value 5: 10 cards
  7. Mana value 6: 4 cards
  8. Mana value 7+: 5 cards

The curve and the average cover Karador, Ghost Chieftain and every nonland card in the draft. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that these 100 cards hold every piece of.

Deck match measures similarity to commonly played nonland cards for this commander, weighted by how often they are played. It does not measure power or predict wins.

Command Zone template

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Draft compared with the Command Zone deck-building template
RoleTargetYour draftDifference
Ramp1010+0
Card advantage1212+0
Targeted disruption1213+1
Mass disruption66+0
Lands3838+0
Plan3021-9

These targets add up to 108 because a card can fill more than one role. 1 of your cards count in multiple rows. Modal spell/land cards count as whole lands here; the card-type sections use the front face. Your commander is excluded from these counts.

Roles use imported classifications or curated sample labels. 0 cards lack role data, so counts may be incomplete. Plan counts the cards that fill none of the rows above: the ones this commander’s decks play most distinctively, taken best first once the role targets are met.

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Targets from The Command Zone’s deck-building template. Card mapping and draft selection are by Budget Bauble. This is guidance, not a guarantee of deck strength.

Cards are selected from decks with this commander. Basic lands are split across the available colors; check the mana you need before playing. A complete list is not a guarantee of deck strength.

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Full deck price by per-card cap

Each bar is the complete Command Zone template deck for Karador, Ghost Chieftain at that per-card cap, with the commander and basic lands included and no overall budget. Gold is your current cap, blue reaches 100 cards within the cap, and gray either runs out of eligible cards or has a commander that costs more than the cap. Select a bar to build that deck; your budget changes to its price. The percentage under each cap is that deck’s match with what Karador, Ghost Chieftain decks usually play.

Format

With printings adds the set and collector number of the printing each price is based on. Both text formats list the commander first and work on most deck sites.

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