Karazakir - Picking Fights for Fun and Profit

[Sharpened]

I wanted to make something out of my comfort range. Rakdos is definitely that, as is finding ways to be political.

Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant struck my fancy, so lets try that. I wanted to find ways to use him, and I wanted it to be fun. Which means no hyper efficiency. I wanted splashy and fun effects designed to push people into fighting each other with me on the sidelines benefitting.

Here's what I have put together so far:

You guys should fight about it

DecklistCMCManaPricesChartsDraw 7

Commander

1 Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant

Creature

1 Agitator Ant

1 Avatar of Slaughter

1 Dauthi Voidwalker

1 Death Tyrant

1 Dread

1 Erebos, God of the Dead

1 Frenzied Saddlebrute

1 Frontier Warmonger

1 Fumiko the Lowblood

1 Goblin Spymaster

1 Grenzo, Havoc Raiser

1 Harvester of Souls

1 Kardur, Doomscourge

1 Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs

1 Keen Duelist

1 Nettling Imp

1 Royal Assassin

1 Slaughter Specialist

1 Solemn Simulacrum

1 Stigma Lasher

1 Treasure Nabber

1 Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor

1 Vengeful Ancestor

1 Wall of Souls

1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent

Artifact

1 Arcane Signet

1 Bloodthirsty Blade

1 Coveted Jewel

1 Crown of Doom

1 Cursed Mirror

1 Ebony Fly

1 Expedition Map

1 Manascape Refractor

1 Mimic Vat

1 Mind Stone

1 Rakdos Signet

1 Sol Ring

1 Talisman of Indulgence

1 Wayfarer's Bauble

1 Whip of Erebos

Instant

1 Cauldron Dance

1 Chaos Warp

1 Hellish Rebuke

1 Hurl Through Hell

1 Savage Beating

1 Sudden Spoiling

Sorcery

1 Cruel Entertainment

1 Disrupt Decorum

1 Feed the Swarm

1 Vandalblast

Enchantment

1 Cunning Rhetoric

1 Grand Melee

1 Marchesa's Decree

1 No Mercy

1 Oubliette

1 Parasitic Impetus

1 Revenge of Ravens

1 Rite of the Raging Storm

1 Shiny Impetus

1 The Akroan War

Land

1 Blood Crypt

1 Bloodstained Mire

1 Bojuka Bog

1 Cabal Coffers

1 Command Tower

1 Dragonskull Summit

1 Labyrinth of Skophos

1 Lavaclaw Reaches

9 Mountain

1 Myriad Landscape

1 Rakdos Carnarium

1 Rogue's Passage

1 Smoldering Marsh

14 Swamp

1 Tainted Peak

1 Temple of Malice

1 Temple of the False God

1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Approximate Total Cost:

I suspect I'm removal light.

Some insight on how I built this -
I want the Commander to matter, so I want to pick fights, and force my opponents to attack each other. Meaningful Goad effects, cards that force combat, and cards that say, attack someone other than me.

I want big splashy effects that work on theme. Nothing is more on theme than Cruel Entertainment, even if it's not good. Impressive and cool is more important than good. Good is nice, and the deck should be good enough to pull off some impressive and cool things, but sheer power is not the more important thing.

With a 5 drop commander, I need to generate mana. Also, a 3-drop rock is fine to curve into the commander, so I get to play 2 of the new and most fun rocks that I didn't have a home for in Manascape Refractor and Cursed Mirror.

Any thoughts on what I'm missing? Things to pull the strategy together? Big splashy effects that will be more entertaining? Bizarre and amusing cards that might find a home here?

[yeti1069]

Caltrops, and similar effects could be worthwhile. The issue with all the goad stuff except Disrupt Decorum is that they work well on individual big/dangerous/utility creatures but don't handle swarms well. Some of the enchantments you have, like Marchesa's Decree can help there, but if you're going to force combat, you could try punishing those attackers. I'll tell ya, forced combat pisses people off.

As for big and splashy, there's always Mob Rule or the like.