Art by Scott M. Fischer
Saved commander deck
Karn, Gilded Guardian
Deploy a colorful spectrum of artifacts to maximize Karn's card-draw enter-the-battlefield trigger, then repeatedly blink Karn and overwhelm opponents with artifact value and heavy hitters.
Prompt: Karn, Gilded Guardian commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Karn, Gilded Guardian
{2/W}{2/U}{2/B}{2/R}{2/G}Legendary Artifact Creature — Golem
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Chromatic Lantern
{3}Artifact
Provides full color fixing for a five-color mana base
Bloom Tender
{1}{G}Creature — Elf Druid
Taps for massive mana alongside five-color permanents
Faeburrow Elder
{1}{G}{W}Creature — Treefolk Druid
Grows huge and taps for up to five mana with colorful permanents
Etherium Sculptor
{1}{U}Artifact Creature — Vedalken Artificer
Blue artifact creature that discounts artifacts
Card Draw
10 cards
Esper Sentinel
{W}Artifact Creature — Human Soldier
White artifact creature that taxes noncreature spells into card advantage
Baleful Strix
{U}{B}Artifact Creature — Bird
Blue and black artifact creature that draws on entry and deters attacks
Thought Monitor
{6}{U}Artifact Creature — Construct
Blue affinity artifact creature that draws two cards
Shardless Agent
{1}{G}{U}Artifact Creature — Human Rogue
Green and blue artifact creature that cascades into extra value
Losheel, Clockwork Scholar
{2}{W}Legendary Creature — Elephant Artificer
Protects attacking artifact creatures and draws cards on artifact ETB
Rhystic Study
{2}{U}Enchantment
Taxing enchantment that ensures constant card flow
Mystic Remora
{U}Enchantment
Early-game card advantage against opponents' noncreature spells
Bident of Thassa
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Enchantment Artifact
Blue legendary enchantment artifact that converts combat damage into cards
Removal
10 cards
Noxious Gearhulk
{4}{B}{B}Artifact Creature — Construct
Black artifact creature that destroys a creature and gains life
Haywire Mite
{1}Artifact Creature — Insect
Green artifact creature that exiles noncreature artifacts and enchantments
Threats/Wincons
24 cards
Sphinx of the Guildpact
{7}Artifact Creature — Sphinx
Artifact creature that is all five colors to maximize Karn's trigger
Transguild Courier
{4}Artifact Creature — Golem
All-color artifact creature ensuring Karn draws five cards
Breya, Etherium Shaper
{W}{U}{B}{R}Legendary Artifact Creature — Human
Four-color artifact creature providing versatile utility and token production
Combustible Gearhulk
{4}{R}{R}Artifact Creature — Construct
Red artifact creature that deals high burn damage or draws three cards
Cataclysmic Gearhulk
{3}{W}{W}Artifact Creature — Construct
White artifact creature that trims the board down
Torrential Gearhulk
{4}{U}{U}Artifact Creature — Construct
Blue artifact creature that recasts powerful instants from the graveyard
Verdurous Gearhulk
{3}{G}{G}Artifact Creature — Construct
Green artifact creature distributing +1/+1 counters across the squad
Marionette Master
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Human Artificer
Drains opponents life whenever artifacts are sacrificed or die
Kappa Cannoneer
{5}{U}Artifact Creature — Turtle Warrior
Grows massive and becomes unblockable via artifact deployment
Cyberdrive Awakener
{5}{U}Artifact Creature — Construct
Turns noncreature artifacts into flying 4/4 beaters
Urza, Lord High Artificer
{2}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Generates a Construct, turns artifacts into mana, and casts free spells
Sai, Master Thopterist
{2}{U}Legendary Creature — Human Artificer
Spits out flying Thopter tokens on each artifact cast
Bolas's Citadel
{3}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Artifact
Black artifact that lets you storm through the top of the library
Wurmcoil Engine
{6}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Resilient lifelink and deathtouch threat that splits into tokens
Blightsteel Colossus
{12}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem
Game-ending trampling infect threat
Sphinx of the Steel Wind
{5}{W}{U}{B}Artifact Creature — Sphinx
Three-color artifact creature packed with defensive and offensive keywords
Sharuum the Hegemon
{3}{W}{U}{B}Legendary Artifact Creature — Sphinx
Reanimates key artifacts directly to the battlefield
Dragonspark Reactor
{1}{R}Artifact
Red artifact that charges up from artifact entries to burn opponents down
Esika's Chariot
{3}{G}Legendary Artifact — Vehicle
Green artifact vehicle that generates and clones creature tokens
Sen Triplets
{2}{W}{U}{B}Legendary Artifact Creature — Human Wizard
Locks out an opponent on your turn and casts spells from their hand
Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
{4}{U}{B}Legendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret
Gives affinity to creatures and planeswalkers while draining opponents
Mirrodin Besieged
{2}{U}Enchantment
Creates an army of Phyrexian tokens or acts as an alternate win condition
Time Sieve
{U}{B}Artifact
Blue and black artifact enabling extra turns by sacrificing expendable tokens
Phyrexian Fleshgorger
{7}Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Black artifact threat with ward life-loss and menace lifelink
Utility
8 cards
Ephemerate
{W}Instant
Blinks Karn twice to draw bursts of cards for a single white mana
Teleportation Circle
{3}{W}Enchantment
Repeatedly blinks Karn or colored artifact creatures at end of turn
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
{3}{U}Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Indestructible engine that blinks Karn every end step
Soulherder
{1}{W}{U}Creature — Spirit
White and blue creature that blinks Karn and grows from exiling permanents
Goblin Welder
{R}Creature — Goblin Artificer
Swaps cheap artifacts on the board with bombs in the graveyard
Goblin Engineer
{1}{R}Creature — Goblin Artificer
Tutors colored and utility artifacts to the graveyard and recurs them
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
{2}{U}Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Fills the graveyard and casts artifacts repeatedly
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
Grants haste and shroud to protect Karn and key attackers
