Yarus/Blood for the Blood God by re_dreygon

Format: Commander

Commander: Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul face-down creature aggro engine commanded by Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods. The strategy revolves around deploying face-down creatures with disguise, morph, and manifest dread at a discounted mana cost, leveraging Yarus to grant them haste, draw cards upon dealing combat damage, and flip them face up for free whenever they die. This turns combat into a dilemma for opponents: blocking face-down 2/2s triggers Yarus, immediately returning and flipping massive threats like Krosan Cloudscraper, Akroma, Angel of Fury, or Pyrotechnic Performer onto the battlefield, while leaving them unblocked fuels card draw and board development. Supported by efficient green ramp, cost reducers like Dream Chisel and Obscuring Aether, and burst finishers such as Craterhoof Behemoth and Beastmaster Ascension, the deck establishes commanding board presence by Turn 4 to 5 and closes the game through overwhelming combat damage across two response cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Ainok Survivalist
• 1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
• 1 Ashcloud Phoenix
• 1 Beast Whisperer
• 1 Beastmaster Ascension
• 1 Berserk
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Boltbender
• 1 Breath of Fury
• 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
• 1 Castle Embereth
• 1 Castle Garenbrig
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commercial District
• 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1 Deathmist Raptor
• 1 Decimate
• 1 Dream Chisel
• 1 Eldritch Evolution
• 1 Evolutionary Leap
• 1 Experiment Twelve
• 1 Exploration Broodship
• 1 Finale of Devastation
• 9 Forest
• 1 Fortune Thief
• 1 Fyndhorn Elves
• 1 Game Trail
• 1 Gardenize
• 1 Glaring Fleshraker
• 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
• 1 Goblin Bombardment
• 1 Greater Gargadon
• 1 Gruul Signet
• 1 Guardian Project
• 1 Hauntwoods Shrieker
• 1 Hide in Plain Sight
• 1 Hooded Hydra
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Kessig Wolf Run
• 1 Kozilek, the Broken Reality
• 1 Krosan Cloudscraper
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Mossfire Valley
• 6 Mountain
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Obscuring Aether
• 1 Overprotect
• 1 Panoptic Projektor
• 1 Pyrotechnic Performer
• 1 Rhythm of the Wild
• 1 Rockface Village
• 1 Rockfall Vale
• 1 Root Elemental
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
• 1 Rugged Highlands
• 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
• 1 Scroll of Fate
• 1 Seedborn Muse
• 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1 Shadow in the Warp
• 1 Sheltered Thicket
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spire Garden
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Talisman of Impulse
• 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1 Temple of Abandon
• 1 Temur War Shaman
• 1 Thermopod
• 1 Thornspire Verge
• 1 Threats Around Every Corner
• 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
• 1 Trail of Mystery
• 1 Training Compound
• 1 Tyvar's Stand
• 1 Ugin's Mastery
• 1 Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1 Under the Skin
• 1 Veil of Summer
• 1 Whisperwood Elemental
• 1 Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods
• 1 Yedora, Grave Gardener