The earth raises up. by TrezFlare

Format: Commander

Commander: Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Simic land-animation deck helmed by Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir, turning lands into creatures and leveraging extra land drops to generate overwhelming value. The primary game plan is to ramp heavily, play multiple lands each turn, and animate lands into evasive threats that draw cards on combat damage. The deck runs a dense landfall package (Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait, Tatyova, Benthic Druid) alongside recursion engines like Ramunap Excavator and Ancient Greenwarden to replay lands from the graveyard. Win conditions include overwhelming combat damage from an army of animated lands, a hasty Marit Lage token from Dark Depths (tutored by Tolaria West), or an infect alpha strike via Triumph of the Hordes. The deck does not rely on infinite combos, instead building inevitability through repeated landfall triggers and a resilient creature-land army.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Argoth, Sanctum of Nature
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blinkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Case of the Locked Hothouse
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consuming Tide
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Dark Depths
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Faceless Haven
  • 1 Faerie Conclave
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Frostwalk Bastion
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Halimar Tidecaller
  • 1 Hall of Storm Giants
  • 1 Harvest Season
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hurkyl's Final Meditation
  • 1 Inga and Esika
  • 1 Inkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Into the North
  • 1 Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse
  • 1 Jolrael, Voice of Zhalfir
  • 1 Kamahl's Will
  • 1 Kamahl, Heart of Krosa
  • 1 Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect
  • 1 Lair of the Hydra
  • 1 Llanowar Loamspeaker
  • 1 Lumbering Falls
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mishra's Factory
  • 1 Mishra's Foundry
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mutavault
  • 1 Natural Affinity
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nissa, Vital Force
  • 1 Nissa, Who Shakes the World
  • 1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
  • 1 On the Trail
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restless Vinestalk
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rude Awakening
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 5 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 5 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Sylvan Advocate
  • 1 Sylvan Awakening
  • 1 Tanglepool Bridge
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tatyova, Steward of Tides
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titania, Voice of Gaea
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Treetop Village
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Waker of the Wilds
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Wrenn and Realmbreaker
  • 1 Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
  • 1 Yedora, Grave Gardener