[EDH] Karador, Ghost Chieftain

[Davran]

I've been brewing this deck for a long time now, and finally got around to acquiring the rest of the cards that I needed to put it together for real. To make a long story short, I've been wanting to build a deck to accompany my "casual" Mistform Ultimus list that was much more "competitive". Some of the stuff in this deck is still a little sub-par, but I'll definitely be trying to improve this as time goes on. Any suggestions are definitely welcome.

Commander:
Karador, Ghost Chieftain

Creatures:
Dryad Arbor
Birds of Paradise
Viscera Seer
Blood Artist
Qasali Pridemage
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Scavenging Ooze
Viridian Emissary
Big Game Hunter
Eternal Witness
Farhaven Elf
Fleshbag Marauder
Necrotic Sliver
Nyx Weaver
Reclamation Sage
Dimir House Guard
Disciple of Bolas
Oracle of Mul Daya
Solemn Simulacrum
Acidic Slime
Golgari Grave-Troll
Karmic Guide
Reveillark
Shadowborn Demon
Champion of Stray Souls
Kokusho, the Evening Star
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Sun Titan
Triskelion
Avenger of Zendikar
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Rune-Scarred Demon
Woodfall Primus

Instants:
Vampiric Tutor
Abrupt Decay
Grisly Salvage
Beast Within
Chord of Calling
Krosan Grip

Sorcery:
Green Sun's Zenith
Demonic Tutor
Farseek
Regrowth
Buried Alive
Cultivate
Kodama's Reach
Maelstrom Pulse
Victimize
Tooth and Nail

Artifacts:
Sensei's Divining Top
Skullclamp
Sol Ring
Ashnod's Altar
Oblivion Stone
Birthing Pod

Enchantments:
Animate Dead
Sylvan Library
Pernicious Deed
Phyrexian Arena
Grave Pact
Greater Good
Dictate of Erebos

Lands:
City of Brass
Command Tower
Evolving Wilds
Fetid Heath
4 Forest
Gavony Township
Godless Shrine
Grasslands
Homeward Path
Isolated Chapel
Llanowar Wastes
Marsh Flats
Murmuring Bosk
Overgrown Tomb
2 Plains
Strip Mine
Sunpetal Grove
4 Swamp
Temple Garden
Temple of Plenty
Temple of Silence
Temple of the False God
Terramorphic Expanse
Twilight Mire
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Vault of the Archangel
Verdant Catacombs
Volrath's Stronghold
Woodland Cemetery
Yavimaya Hollow


Playing the deck is relatively obvious. Cast and sacrifice creatures for fun and profit, then cast Karador and take over the game. The deck is designed around Brithing Pod. Most creatures net you some sort of trigger that can be abused again and again with Karador and the other recursion options in the deck.

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and Triskelion go "infinite" to end the table if you're at that point. If you're unfamiliar with the combo, the idea is to remove counters from Triskelion to do 2 damage to an opponent and 1 damage to the Triskelion itself. When it dies, it will have undying and return to play with an extra counter. From there, you can do 3 damage to an opponent and 1 to the Triskelion until everyone else is dead.

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed also interacts favorably with Woodfall Primus and Kokusho, the Evening Star to end the game provided you also have a sacrifice outlet in play.

Wishlist:
Windswept Heath
Survival of the Fittest
Temple of Malady
Krosan Verge
Diabolic Intent
Vindicate
Living Death

Maybeboard:
Ashen Rider
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Nim Deathmantle
Lord of Extinction
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Fauna Shaman
Dread Return