Art by Todd Lockwood

Karador, Ghost Chieftain

Legendary Creature — Centaur Spirit

WBG

This spell costs 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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Karador, Ghost Chieftain deck guide

Karador, Ghost Chieftain is an Abzan (white, black and green) creature commander. It leads 6,757 decks on EDHREC, where it ranks #430 among all commanders.

Most Karador decks are built around reanimator, graveyard and dredge, with combo and self-mill builds close behind.

A typical Karador list runs 36 lands (15 basic), 41 creatures, 5 instants, 8 sorceries, 4 artifacts and 5 enchantments.

The cards played most with Karador: Sol Ring (61% of decks), Arcane Signet (42% of decks), Birds of Paradise (40% of decks), Aftermath Analyst (40% of decks), Saffi Eriksdotter (38% of decks) and Skull Prophet (38% of decks).

Well-known combos with Karador:

Karmic Guide + Reveillark + Viscera Seer
Saffi Eriksdotter + Viscera Seer + Karmic Guide
Saffi Eriksdotter + Reveillark + Viscera Seer

Play data from EDHREC, updated daily.

Average Card Type Breakdown

Creature

41%

Instant

Sorcery

Artifact

Enchantment

Land

36%

Average Mana Curve

18%

36%

22%

11%

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Most Played With Karador, Ghost Chieftain (142)

Sol Ring

61% of decks · $1.34

Arcane Signet

42% of decks · $0.49

Birds of Paradise

40% of decks · $8.98

Aftermath Analyst

40% of decks · $0.99

Saffi Eriksdotter

38% of decks · $1.32

Skull Prophet

38% of decks · $0.85

Accursed Marauder

36% of decks · $0.31

Victimize

36% of decks · $1.25

Fauna Shaman

35% of decks · $5.09

Eerie Ultimatum

35% of decks · $3.49

Wood Elves

35% of decks · $0.24

Reanimate

35% of decks · $10.10

Wight of the Reliquary

34% of decks · $0.41

Avacyn's Pilgrim

34% of decks · $0.68

Gravebreaker Lamia

34% of decks · $0.46

Ravenous Chupacabra

34% of decks · $1.01

Altar of Dementia

33% of decks · $17.15

Syr Konrad, the Grim

33% of decks · $1.67

Living Death

32% of decks · $6.29

Grisly Salvage

32% of decks · $0.35

Reclamation Sage

31% of decks · $0.33

Life from the Loam

31% of decks · $5.21

Animate Dead

31% of decks · $7.45

Llanowar Elves

31% of decks · $0.31

Twilight Diviner

31% of decks · $2.65

Honest Rutstein

30% of decks · $0.36

Old Stickfingers

30% of decks · $0.36

Haywire Mite

29% of decks · $0.51

Path to Exile

29% of decks · $0.69

Golgari Grave-Troll

29% of decks · $2.48

Fiend Artisan

29% of decks · $5.34

Entomb

29% of decks · $18.32

Hermit Druid

29% of decks · $9.51

Blood Artist

28% of decks · $3.83

Zulaport Cutthroat

28% of decks · $1.35

Assassin's Trophy

27% of decks · $1.17

Stinkweed Imp

26% of decks · $1.50

Ripples of Undeath

26% of decks · $8.68

Carrion Feeder

26% of decks · $4.75

Skullclamp

25% of decks · $5.18

Ramunap Excavator

25% of decks · $4.84

Icetill Explorer

25% of decks · $22.74

Solemn Simulacrum

25% of decks · $0.31

Grave Researcher

24% of decks

Meren of Clan Nel Toth

24% of decks · $2.52

World Shaper

23% of decks · $6.60

Elves of Deep Shadow

23% of decks · $5.23

Sheoldred, Whispering One

22% of decks · $20.76

Umbral Collar Zealot

22% of decks · $0.35

Birthing Pod

21% of decks · $12.12

Dread Return

21% of decks · $0.60

Priest of Fell Rites

21% of decks · $0.38

Six

21% of decks · $5.58

Nyx Weaver

21% of decks · $0.33

Grist, the Hunger Tide

21% of decks · $0.52

Greater Good

20% of decks · $1.56

Deathrite Shaman

20% of decks · $9.08

Anguished Unmaking

20% of decks · $1.75

Cultivate

20% of decks · $0.41

Ashnod's Altar

20% of decks · $16.64

Protean Hulk

19% of decks · $8.11

Elvish Mystic

19% of decks · $5.30

Underrealm Lich

18% of decks · $10.16

Luminous Broodmoth

18% of decks · $1.76

Damn

18% of decks · $1.93

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

18% of decks · $20.89

Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

17% of decks · $3.71

Grim Haruspex

17% of decks · $2.83

Farseek

17% of decks · $0.46

Colossal Grave-Reaver

17% of decks · $11.42

Splinterfright

16% of decks · $0.30

Cauldron of Essence

15% of decks · $2.94

Toxic Deluge

15% of decks · $5.02

Witch Enchanter

15% of decks

Nethroi, Apex of Death

14% of decks · $2.32

Demonic Tutor

14% of decks · $69.17

Beast Within

14% of decks · $0.65

Grist, Voracious Larva

14% of decks

Unburial Rites

14% of decks · $0.34

Kodama's Reach

13% of decks · $1.77

Nature's Lore

12% of decks · $2.23

Phyrexian Altar

12% of decks · $53.98

Aura Shards

12% of decks · $27.24

Necromancy

12% of decks · $19.41

Rampant Growth

12% of decks · $1.28

Deadbridge Chant

12% of decks · $0.60

Eldritch Evolution

11% of decks · $4.18

Eladamri's Call

11% of decks · $10.76

Perpetual Timepiece

11% of decks · $0.34

Village Rites

10% of decks · $0.93

Survival of the Fittest

10% of decks

Hedge Shredder

10% of decks · $2.80

Grapple with the Past

10% of decks · $0.30

Vampiric Tutor

9% of decks · $54.03

Sylvan Library

9% of decks · $28.89

Three Visits

9% of decks · $5.55

Bala Ged Recovery

9% of decks

Rise of the Dark Realms

9% of decks · $6.73

Diabolic Intent

9% of decks · $17.44

Mulch

9% of decks · $0.30

Pattern of Rebirth

9% of decks · $5.41

Insidious Roots

9% of decks · $1.67

Rise of the Witch-king

8% of decks · $0.51

Hunting Grounds

8% of decks · $2.54

Mesmeric Orb

8% of decks · $17.97

Heroic Intervention

8% of decks · $17.60

Sevinne's Reclamation

8% of decks · $0.40

Wrath of God

8% of decks · $3.98

Austere Command

8% of decks · $0.35

Guardian Project

8% of decks · $15.41

Phyrexian Arena

7% of decks · $4.16

Birthing Ritual

7% of decks · $3.96

Worldly Tutor

7% of decks · $30.65

Culling Ritual

7% of decks · $0.53

Abrupt Decay

7% of decks · $2.62

Death's Oasis

7% of decks · $0.28

Golgari Signet

7% of decks · $0.34

Out of the Tombs

7% of decks · $11.70

Putrefy

7% of decks · $0.32

Generous Gift

7% of decks · $0.94

Jarad's Orders

7% of decks · $0.93

Lightning Greaves

6% of decks · $4.10

Unmarked Grave

6% of decks · $3.76

Malevolent Rumble

6% of decks · $0.47

Cemetery Tampering

6% of decks · $0.38

Moldervine Reclamation

6% of decks · $0.34

Dina's Guidance

6% of decks · $1.18

Damnation

6% of decks · $21.01

Orzhov Signet

6% of decks · $0.37

Grave Pact

6% of decks · $30.52

Malakir Rebirth

6% of decks

Teferi's Protection

6% of decks · $45.85

Journey to Eternity

6% of decks

Conduit of Worlds

6% of decks · $1.12

Agadeem's Awakening

5% of decks

Green Sun's Zenith

5% of decks · $31.38

Enlightened Tutor

5% of decks · $38.48

Persist

5% of decks · $0.71

Chord of Calling

5% of decks · $8.00

Mortify

5% of decks · $0.19

Commander's Sphere

5% of decks · $0.31

Dark Ritual

5% of decks · $7.28

New Cards

Primal Witchstalker

18% of decks · $0.28

Avacyn, Angel of Horror

11% of decks · $15.93

Flickering Hound

9% of decks · $7.78

Simulacrum Shaper

8% of decks · $1.77

Dark Matter Manipulator

8% of decks · $1.03

Creatures (50)

Birds of Paradise

40% of decks · $8.98

Aftermath Analyst

40% of decks · $0.99

Saffi Eriksdotter

38% of decks · $1.32

Skull Prophet

38% of decks · $0.85

Accursed Marauder

36% of decks · $0.31

Fauna Shaman

35% of decks · $5.09

Wood Elves

35% of decks · $0.24

Wight of the Reliquary

34% of decks · $0.41

Avacyn's Pilgrim

34% of decks · $0.68

Gravebreaker Lamia

34% of decks · $0.46

Ravenous Chupacabra

34% of decks · $1.01

Syr Konrad, the Grim

33% of decks · $1.67

Reclamation Sage

31% of decks · $0.33

Llanowar Elves

31% of decks · $0.31

Twilight Diviner

31% of decks · $2.65

Honest Rutstein

30% of decks · $0.36

Old Stickfingers

30% of decks · $0.36

Haywire Mite

29% of decks · $0.51

Golgari Grave-Troll

29% of decks · $2.48

Fiend Artisan

29% of decks · $5.34

Hermit Druid

29% of decks · $9.51

Blood Artist

28% of decks · $3.83

Zulaport Cutthroat

28% of decks · $1.35

Stinkweed Imp

26% of decks · $1.50

Carrion Feeder

26% of decks · $4.75

Ramunap Excavator

25% of decks · $4.84

Icetill Explorer

25% of decks · $22.74

Solemn Simulacrum

25% of decks · $0.31

Grave Researcher

24% of decks

Meren of Clan Nel Toth

24% of decks · $2.52

World Shaper

23% of decks · $6.60

Elves of Deep Shadow

23% of decks · $5.23

Sheoldred, Whispering One

22% of decks · $20.76

Umbral Collar Zealot

22% of decks · $0.35

Priest of Fell Rites

21% of decks · $0.38

Six

21% of decks · $5.58

Nyx Weaver

21% of decks · $0.33

Deathrite Shaman

20% of decks · $9.08

Protean Hulk

19% of decks · $8.11

Elvish Mystic

19% of decks · $5.30

Underrealm Lich

18% of decks · $10.16

Luminous Broodmoth

18% of decks · $1.76

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

18% of decks · $20.89

Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim

17% of decks · $3.71

Grim Haruspex

17% of decks · $2.83

Colossal Grave-Reaver

17% of decks · $11.42

Splinterfright

16% of decks · $0.30

Witch Enchanter

15% of decks

Nethroi, Apex of Death

14% of decks · $2.32

Grist, Voracious Larva

14% of decks

Instants (22)

Grisly Salvage

32% of decks · $0.35

Path to Exile

29% of decks · $0.69

Entomb

29% of decks · $18.32

Assassin's Trophy

27% of decks · $1.17

Anguished Unmaking

20% of decks · $1.75

Beast Within

14% of decks · $0.65

Eladamri's Call

11% of decks · $10.76

Village Rites

10% of decks · $0.93

Grapple with the Past

10% of decks · $0.30

Vampiric Tutor

9% of decks · $54.03

Heroic Intervention

8% of decks · $17.60

Worldly Tutor

7% of decks · $30.65

Abrupt Decay

7% of decks · $2.62

Putrefy

7% of decks · $0.32

Generous Gift

7% of decks · $0.94

Dina's Guidance

6% of decks · $1.18

Malakir Rebirth

6% of decks

Teferi's Protection

6% of decks · $45.85

Enlightened Tutor

5% of decks · $38.48

Chord of Calling

5% of decks · $8.00

Mortify

5% of decks · $0.19

Dark Ritual

5% of decks · $7.28

Sorceries (33)

Victimize

36% of decks · $1.25

Eerie Ultimatum

35% of decks · $3.49

Reanimate

35% of decks · $10.10

Living Death

32% of decks · $6.29

Life from the Loam

31% of decks · $5.21

Dread Return

21% of decks · $0.60

Cultivate

20% of decks · $0.41

Damn

18% of decks · $1.93

Farseek

17% of decks · $0.46

Toxic Deluge

15% of decks · $5.02

Demonic Tutor

14% of decks · $69.17

Unburial Rites

14% of decks · $0.34

Kodama's Reach

13% of decks · $1.77

Nature's Lore

12% of decks · $2.23

Rampant Growth

12% of decks · $1.28

Eldritch Evolution

11% of decks · $4.18

Three Visits

9% of decks · $5.55

Bala Ged Recovery

9% of decks

Rise of the Dark Realms

9% of decks · $6.73

Diabolic Intent

9% of decks · $17.44

Mulch

9% of decks · $0.30

Rise of the Witch-king

8% of decks · $0.51

Sevinne's Reclamation

8% of decks · $0.40

Wrath of God

8% of decks · $3.98

Austere Command

8% of decks · $0.35

Culling Ritual

7% of decks · $0.53

Jarad's Orders

7% of decks · $0.93

Unmarked Grave

6% of decks · $3.76

Malevolent Rumble

6% of decks · $0.47

Damnation

6% of decks · $21.01

Agadeem's Awakening

5% of decks

Green Sun's Zenith

5% of decks · $31.38

Persist

5% of decks · $0.71

Utility Artifacts (11)

Altar of Dementia

33% of decks · $17.15

Skullclamp

25% of decks · $5.18

Birthing Pod

21% of decks · $12.12

Ashnod's Altar

20% of decks · $16.64

Cauldron of Essence

15% of decks · $2.94

Phyrexian Altar

12% of decks · $53.98

Perpetual Timepiece

11% of decks · $0.34

Hedge Shredder

10% of decks · $2.80

Mesmeric Orb

8% of decks · $17.97

Lightning Greaves

6% of decks · $4.10

Conduit of Worlds

6% of decks · $1.12

Mana Artifacts (5)

Sol Ring

61% of decks · $1.34

Arcane Signet

42% of decks · $0.49

Golgari Signet

7% of decks · $0.34

Orzhov Signet

6% of decks · $0.37

Commander's Sphere

5% of decks · $0.31

Enchantments (20)

Animate Dead

31% of decks · $7.45

Ripples of Undeath

26% of decks · $8.68

Greater Good

20% of decks · $1.56

Aura Shards

12% of decks · $27.24

Necromancy

12% of decks · $19.41

Deadbridge Chant

12% of decks · $0.60

Survival of the Fittest

10% of decks

Sylvan Library

9% of decks · $28.89

Pattern of Rebirth

9% of decks · $5.41

Insidious Roots

9% of decks · $1.67

Hunting Grounds

8% of decks · $2.54

Guardian Project

8% of decks · $15.41

Phyrexian Arena

7% of decks · $4.16

Birthing Ritual

7% of decks · $3.96

Death's Oasis

7% of decks · $0.28

Out of the Tombs

7% of decks · $11.70

Cemetery Tampering

6% of decks · $0.38

Moldervine Reclamation

6% of decks · $0.34

Grave Pact

6% of decks · $30.52

Journey to Eternity

6% of decks

Planeswalkers (1)

Grist, the Hunger Tide

21% of decks · $0.52

Utility Lands (20)

Bojuka Bog

34% of decks

Phyrexian Tower

26% of decks

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

22% of decks

High Market

21% of decks

Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

19% of decks

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

19% of decks

Boseiju, Who Endures

19% of decks

Dakmor Salvage

18% of decks

Shifting Woodland

13% of decks

Dryad Arbor

10% of decks

Barren Moor

8% of decks

Grim Backwoods

8% of decks

Tranquil Thicket

8% of decks

Secluded Steppe

7% of decks

Vault of the Archangel

7% of decks

Field of the Dead

7% of decks

Reliquary Tower

7% of decks

Strip Mine

7% of decks

Cabal Coffers

5% of decks

Temple of the False God

5% of decks

Lands (50)

Forest

96% of decks

Swamp

95% of decks

Plains

94% of decks

Command Tower

87% of decks

Overgrown Tomb

54% of decks

Godless Shrine

52% of decks

Temple Garden

52% of decks

Woodland Cemetery

48% of decks

Exotic Orchard

45% of decks

Indatha Triome

44% of decks

Sandsteppe Citadel

44% of decks

Isolated Chapel

43% of decks

Windswept Heath

41% of decks

Sunpetal Grove

40% of decks

Verdant Catacombs

39% of decks

Marsh Flats

38% of decks

Llanowar Wastes

36% of decks

Caves of Koilos

35% of decks

Undergrowth Stadium

32% of decks

Underground Mortuary

31% of decks

Canopy Vista

31% of decks

Lush Portico

31% of decks

Shadowy Backstreet

29% of decks

Bountiful Promenade

27% of decks

Vault of Champions

27% of decks

Evolving Wilds

25% of decks

Brushland

23% of decks

Deceptive Landscape

22% of decks

Terramorphic Expanse

19% of decks

Deathcap Glade

18% of decks

Overgrown Farmland

18% of decks

Murmuring Bosk

18% of decks

Golgari Rot Farm

17% of decks

Twilight Mire

16% of decks

Temple of Malady

16% of decks

Shattered Sanctum

15% of decks

Witch Enchanter

15% of decks

Path of Ancestry

15% of decks

Bayou

15% of decks

Temple of Silence

15% of decks

Savannah

14% of decks

Scrubland

14% of decks

Orzhov Basilica

14% of decks

Disciple of Freyalise

14% of decks

Selesnya Sanctuary

14% of decks

Fabled Passage

13% of decks

Boggart Trawler

13% of decks

Temple of Plenty

12% of decks

Krosan Verge

12% of decks

Tainted Wood

11% of decks

Play-rate data via EDHREC. Card images and prices via Scryfall.

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