Sarulf by user8725395

Format: Commander

Commander: Sarulf, Realm Eater

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 80

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive Golgari midrange and stax-combo shell built around Sarulf, Realm Eater. While Sarulf sits in the command zone as a scalable, one-sided sweeper that punishes opponents' low-cost mana rocks, dorks, and tokens, the primary game plan aims for a fast, compact win. Utilizing top-tier acceleration (Dark Ritual, Mana Vault, Chrome Mox) and unconditional tutors (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Imperial Seal), the deck rapidly assembles the two-card combo of Witherbloom Apprentice and Chain of Smog on Turn 3. When facing faster pods, the deck pivots into an oppressive control posture using Collector Ouphe, Opposition Agent, Dauthi Voidwalker, and Grafdigger's Cage to lock out opposing lines. Resilient draw engines such as The One Ring, Necropotence, and Sylvan Library provide continuous card flow, while secondary lines with Bolas's Citadel and reanimated threats ensure alternative routes to victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Accursed Marauder
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Autumn's Veil
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Carpet of Flowers
  • 1 Chain of Smog
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Grist, the Hunger Tide
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Life // Death
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Praetor's Grasp
  • 1 Protean Hulk
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sarulf, Realm Eater
  • 1 Scavenging Ooze
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Witherbloom Apprentice
  • 1 Withering Boon
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Hollow
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will