Yarok by Slyyy

Format: Commander

Commander: Yarok, the Desecrated

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai Landfall and enter-the-battlefield midrange deck piloted by Yarok, the Desecrated. The strategy pairs dense one-to-two mana land acceleration with triggered ability doubling to generate overwhelming mana velocity and card advantage. On Turn 4, the deck deploys Yarok to unlock doubled triggers for all subsequent permanents entering the battlefield. On Turn 5, centerpiece threats like Avenger of Zendikar, Scapeshift, Lumra, Bellow of the Woods, or Ob Nixilis, the Fallen flood the board with massive token swarms or life-drain triggers. Opponents receive one response cycle before an alpha strike or large Finale of Devastation closes the game on Turn 6. The 99 also includes a backup infinite mana combo with Palinchron and Panharmonicon, alongside interaction from Fierce Guardianship, Boseiju, Who Endures, and doubled creature removal. Resilient land ramp ensures rapid recovery from sweepers and seamless operation even without the commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acidic Slime
  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Awaken the Woods
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Grief
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hornet Queen
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Into the North
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Man-o'-War
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noxious Gearhulk
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Palinchron
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Sire of Stagnation
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Starfield Vocalist
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Traveling Chocobo
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wall of Blossoms
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wistfulness
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated