Szarel, Genesis Shepherd (B2) by BoomerMtG

Format: Commander

Commander: Szarel, Genesis Shepherd

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Jund lands midrange deck uses Szarel, Genesis Shepherd to convert land sacrifices into persistent creature buffs and recurring graveyard value. In the opening turns, the deck accelerates mana using efficient green ramp spells and fetchlands. On Turn 4, it deploys Szarel to unlock land plays directly from the graveyard. The midgame leverages heavy landfall and sacrifice payoffs like Titania, Protector of Argoth, The Gitrog Monster, and Omnath, Locus of Rage to flood the board with massive Elemental and Beast tokens while distributing +1/+1 counters. Combat damage with trample from Garruk's Uprising and direct burn from Impact Tremors or Goblin Bombardment close out the table across Turns 6 and 7. The deck maintains high resilience through redundant graveyard engines like Conduit of Worlds and Ancient Greenwarden, easily recovering from sweepers even if Szarel is removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Baloth Prime
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Evolution Witness
  • 1 Exploration Broodship
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Festering Thicket
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Hammer of Purphoros
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hearthhull, the Worldseed
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Lord Windgrace
  • 1 Maestros Theater
  • 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • 1 Mina and Denn, Wildborn
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Prossh, Skyraider of Kher
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Ride the Shoopuf
  • 1 Riveteers Overlook
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Roiling Regrowth
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sabotender
  • 1 Scouring Swarm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Sprouting Goblin
  • 1 Squandered Resources
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Timeless Witness
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Twisted Landscape
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 World Shaper
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
  • 1 Zuran Orb