A kingly sacrifice by SaschaMTG

Format: Commander

Commander: Korvold, Fae-Cursed King

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Jund Lands and Aristocrats engine commanded by Korvold, Fae-Cursed King. It leverages efficient land ramp, fetchlands, and sacrifice outlets to turn game actions into immediate card advantage and board presence. Once Korvold hits the battlefield on Turn 4, every sacrificed permanent fuels explosive card velocity and inflates the commander's power. Independent engines like Titania, Protector of Argoth, Omnath, Locus of Rage, and Moraug, Fury of Akoum provide broad token swarms and additional combat steps, while Mayhem Devil punishes opposing boards and converts massive sacrifice chains into direct damage. The deck operates with excellent recovery thanks to land recursion from Ramunap Excavator, Conduit of Worlds, and Splendid Reclamation, quickly rebuilding after board wipes and grinding opponents down through inevitable value.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Brawn
  • 1 Cabaretti Courtyard
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Case of the Stashed Skeleton
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Claim the Kingdom
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Defend the Rider
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exploration Broodship
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Festering Thicket
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Guardian Augmenter
  • 1 Hammer of Purphoros
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hearthhull, the Worldseed
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Maestros Theater
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Measure of Wickedness
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri's Lithoforming
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Void
  • 1 On the Trail
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Planar Engineering
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Rancor
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Riveteers Overlook
  • 1 Roiling Regrowth
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sothera, the Supervoid
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Spore Frog
  • 1 Springbloom Druid
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Twisted Landscape
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldsoul's Rage
  • 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
  • 1 Zuran Orb