Golgari by Meow253

Format: Commander

Commander: Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck executes a focused Golgari graveyard strategy centered on Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord. Early turns fill the graveyard using targeted tutors and efficient self-mill engines such as Entomb, Buried Alive, and Stitcher's Supplier. Rather than relying on standard combat damage to defeat three opponents, the deck deploys massive creatures with outsized power—specifically Lord of Extinction, Yargle and Multani, and Ghoultree—and reanimates them cheaply. Once these giants enter play, Jarad sacrifices them to drain life from each opponent simultaneously. Secondary plans include Zombie tribal synergy, creature control via Grave Pact, and explosive topdeck sequences fueled by Bolas's Citadel. While the deck threatens table-wide lethality by turns 5 and 6, its heavy reliance on the graveyard and limited defensive interaction make it vulnerable to targeted exile effects and timely removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Archghoul of Thraben
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cemetery Reaper
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Death Baron
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diabolic Servitude
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Fleshbag Marauder
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Ghoultree
  • 1 God-Eternal Bontu
  • 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Grisly Salvage
  • 1 Hancock, Ghoulish Mayor
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Jarad's Orders
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lord of Extinction
  • 1 Lord of the Accursed
  • 1 Lord of the Undead
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Plague Belcher
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhizome Lurcher
  • 1 Risen Executioner
  • 1 Rot Hulk
  • 1 Rotlung Reanimator
  • 1 Rotting Regisaur
  • 1 Scourge of Nel Toth
  • 1 Shepherd of Rot
  • 1 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
  • 1 Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulless One
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tomb Tyrant
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undead Augur
  • 1 Undead Butler
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Underrealm Lich
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vindictive Lich
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yargle and Multani
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zombie Apocalypse
  • 1 Zombie Master
  • 1 Zombify