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Karlach, Fury of Avernus

Legendary Creature — Tiefling Barbarian · {4}{R} · Red commander

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.)

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What Karlach, Fury of Avernus actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · attackWhenever 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.
• Keyword · choose a backgroundchoose a background

What a Karlach, Fury of Avernus deck needs

Plays as combat trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• extra combat phases and attackers that profit from them
• a wide board that attacks every turn (the trigger fires on the attack)

The Karlach, Fury of Avernus deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 16× A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
• 20× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 6× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a whole board at once
• 8× Refill your hand
• 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Karlach, Fury of Avernus

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

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