Szarel Landfall by RyanZees

Format: Commander

Commander: Szarel, Genesis Shepherd

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a Jund Lands Midrange powerhouse led by Szarel, Genesis Shepherd. The strategy focuses on accelerating mana through land-drop enhancers like Exploration and Azusa, Lost but Seeking, while utilizing fetchlands to feed the graveyard. Once Szarel is in play, recurring fetchlands triggers both mass landfall abilities and Szarel's counter-distribution ability. The deck transitions into a lethal threat on Turn 5 by casting explosive spells such as Scapeshift, Moraug, Fury of Akoum, or Last March of the Ents, creating massive armies of tokens from Scute Swarm or giant trampling threats like Mossborn Hydra. It finishes games on Turn 6 through overwhelming multi-combat attacks or lethal burn from Chandra's Ignition. Redundant graveyard-play enablers like Crucible of Worlds and Icetill Explorer ensure resilience, while Korvold, Fae-Cursed King provides massive card replenishment.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Baloth Prime
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Casualties of War
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dina's Guidance
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Exploration Broodship
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Frenzied Baloth
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Hammer of Purphoros
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hearthhull, the Worldseed
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • 1 Mightform Harmonizer
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri's Lithoforming
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Profane Tutor
  • 1 Retreat to Valakut
  • 1 Ride the Shoopuf
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Scythecat Cub
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Summer Bloom
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Territorial Scythecat
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Tifa Lockhart
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Traveling Chocobo
  • 1 Tyranid Invasion
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground