Art: Todd Lockwood · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

Karador, Ghost Chieftain

WBG

Legendary Creature — Centaur Spirit · from $0.34

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard. Once during each of your turns, you may cast a creature spell from your graveyard.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

55 of 100 at $5 or less · 39 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swords to Plowshares	Instant	1	$0.98
7	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
8	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
9	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
10	Path to Exile	Instant	1	$0.71
11	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
12	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
13	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
14	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
15	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
16	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
17	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
18	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
19	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
20	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
21	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
22	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
23	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
24	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
25	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
26	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
27	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
28	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
29	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
30	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
31	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
32	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
33	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
34	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
35	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
36	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
37	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
38	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
39	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
40	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
41	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
42	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
43	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
44	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
45	Godless Shrine	Land	0	$8.47
46	Generous Gift	Instant	3	$0.93
47	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
48	Smothering Tithe	Enchantment	4	$56.09
49	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
50	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
51	Overgrown Tomb	Land	0	$8.00
52	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
53	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
54	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
55	Esper Sentinel	Creature	1	$58.03
56	Temple Garden	Land	0	$6.57
57	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
58	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
59	Isolated Chapel	Land	0	$0.21
60	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
61	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
62	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
63	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
64	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
65	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
66	Deadly Rollick	Instant	4	$26.52
67	Canopy Vista	Land	0	$0.22
68	Teferi's Protection	Instant	3	$34.90
69	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
70	Woodland Cemetery	Land	0	$0.62
71	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
72	Vampiric Tutor	Instant	1	$48.13
73	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
74	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
75	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
76	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
77	Assassin's Trophy	Instant	2	$1.01
78	Enlightened Tutor	Instant	1	$21.99
79	Caves of Koilos	Land	0	$0.30
80	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
81	Black Market Connections	Enchantment	3	$10.78
82	Victimize	Sorcery	3	$0.57
83	Deadly Dispute	Instant	2	$0.29
84	Sunpetal Grove	Land	0	$0.28
85	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
86	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
87	Talisman of Hierarchy	Artifact	2	$0.45
88	Llanowar Wastes	Land	0	$0.59
89	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
90	Blood Artist	Creature	2	$2.78
91	Delighted Halfling	Creature	1	$25.91
92	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
93	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
94	Anguished Unmaking	Instant	3	$1.58
95	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
96	Ghostly Prison	Enchantment	3	$5.72
97	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
98	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
99	Vault of Champions	Land	0	$16.60
100	Worldly Tutor	Instant	1	$26.58

Curve of these staples

Combos with Karador, Ghost Chieftain

2 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Karador, Ghost Chieftain + Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Saffi Eriksdotter
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite artifact tokens · Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite Treasure tokens
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Coretapper + Karador, Ghost Chieftain + Magistrate's Scepter
Infinite turns · Lock
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Top finishes

One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

11th of 32 — TGL June Bracket 5 CEDH Commander Tournament on Topdeck.ggJun 6, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Joseph McWhorter

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Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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