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Karlov of the Ghost Council

Karlov of the Ghost Council

Legendary Creature — Spirit Advisor · {W}{B} · Black/White commander

Whenever you gain life, put two +1/+1 counters on Karlov. {W}{B}, Remove six +1/+1 counters from Karlov: Exile target creature.
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What Karlov of the Ghost Council actually does

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

What a Karlov of the Ghost Council deck needs

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

The Karlov of the Ghost Council deck plan

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

Best cards for Karlov of the Ghost Council

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.

Gain life repeatedly — for a commander that converts life gained into drain, the gain IS the damage

  1. Basilisk Collar1 mana
  2. High Market0 mana
  3. Vault of the Archangel0 mana
  4. Zuran Orb0 mana
  5. Blood Artist2 mana
  6. Zulaport Cutthroat2 mana
  7. Authority of the Consuls1 mana
  8. Bloodchief Ascension1 mana

Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there

  1. Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion3 mana
  2. Yoshimaru, Beloved Companion3 mana
  3. Blightbelly Rat2 mana
  4. Grateful Apparition2 mana
  5. Metastatic Evangel2 mana
  6. Scheming Aspirant2 mana
  7. Ainok Bond-Kin2 mana
  8. Generous Pup2 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Path to Exile1 mana
  2. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  3. Defile1 mana
  4. Tragic Slip1 mana
  5. March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
  6. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  7. Fatal Push1 mana
  8. Bitter Triumph2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Imperial Seal1 mana
  5. Demonic Consultation1 mana
  6. Grim Tutor3 mana
  7. Tainted Pact2 mana
  8. Scheming Symmetry1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Damn2 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Toxic Deluge3 mana
  4. Damnation4 mana
  5. Wrath of God4 mana
  6. Day of Judgment4 mana
  7. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  8. Kaya's Wrath4 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Black Market Connections3 mana
  4. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
  5. Morbid Opportunist3 mana
  6. Phyrexian Arena3 mana
  7. Archivist of Oghma2 mana
  8. The One Ring4 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Bastion Protector3 mana
  3. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Hope8 mana
  5. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  6. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  7. Chaplain of Alms // Chapel Shieldgeist1 mana
  8. Eldrazi Monument5 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Orzhov Signet2 mana
  3. Palladium Myr3 mana
  4. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  5. Chrome Mox0 mana
  6. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  7. Mox Diamond0 mana
  8. Mana Vault1 mana

Combos with Karlov of the Ghost Council

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Karlov of the Ghost Council is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

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