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Kardum, Patron of Flames
Legendary Creature — Demon
Haste Whenever Kardum, Patron of Flames attacks, put a flame counter on it, then seek a card with mana value equal to the number of flame counters on it and exile that card face down. When Kardum dies, put all cards you own exiled with it into your hand. At the beginning of the end step of your next turn, discard those cards.
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“Flame-counting demon that tutors spells into exile as you attack, exploding into value.”
Aggro
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tempo advantage
Spellslinger, Sacrifice, Voltron
Strategy
Kardum, Patron of Flames is a aggressive demon that rewards you for attacking by tutoring cards into exile and eventually refunding them before they disappear. The core gameplan is simple: swing early and often with Kardum, accumulating flame counters and tutoring an escalating chain of spells. Each attack lets you seek a card matching the counter total, so turn 3 you get a 1-drop, turn 4 a 2-drop, and so on. The real magic happens when Kardum dies—suddenly your entire tutor pile hits your hand all at once, giving you a massive resource advantage.
To make this work, you'll want to fill your deck with efficient, high-impact spells across all mana values, especially cheap threats and interaction that matter in the early game. Cards that care about temporary exile or discard synergize beautifully, turning the end-of-turn discard into a feature rather than a bug. Haste enablers and sacrifice outlets let you weaponize Kardum's death reliably, funneling those exiled cards back before they vanish. The deck wins through a combination of early damage from Kardum itself and explosive tempo swings when your tutor pile converges into a lethal hand.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive tutors like Enlightened Tutor; Kardum tutors for free. Use bulk red interaction like Unholy Heat and Dress Down instead of premium removal.
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