Mana Burn (Copy) by WriteAndWrong

Format: Commander

Commander: Yurlok of Scorch Thrash

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a Group Slug and Big Mana strategy commanded by Yurlok of Scorch Thrash. It brings back the classic mana burn mechanic by weaponizing unspent mana against opponents. The early game accelerates mana through low-cost mana dorks and symmetrical mana generators such as Heartbeat of Spring and Mana Flare. Once the commander is deployed, the deck layers oppressive punishing enchantments like Manabarbs, Citadel of Pain, and War's Toll to trap opponents in a no-win resource dilemma. Tapping lands causes direct damage, while leaving excess mana in the pool results in severe life loss from Yurlok. To break parity, the deck utilizes mana sinks, mana-holding engines like Horizon Stone and Leyline Tyrant, and damage multipliers like Solphim, Mayhem Dominus and Bloodletter of Aclazotz. It ultimately finishes the table through compounded slug attrition or massive X-spells including Exsanguinate and Jaya's Immolating Inferno.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ankh of Mishra
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Banefire
  • 1 Belbe, Corrupted Observer
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Burning Earth
  • 1 Citadel of Pain
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dictate of Karametra
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Eladamri's Vineyard
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Farseek
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Heartbeat of Spring
  • 1 Helix Pinnacle
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Horizon Stone
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
  • 1 Lair of the Hydra
  • 1 Lavalanche
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Leyline Tyrant
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Magus of the Candelabra
  • 1 Magus of the Vineyard
  • 1 Mana Flare
  • 1 Mana Reflection
  • 1 Mana Web
  • 1 Manabarbs
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Mana
  • 1 Overabundance
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Ozai, the Phoenix King
  • 1 Power Surge
  • 1 Protection Racket
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rampaging Yao Guai
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Revitalizing Repast // Old-Growth Grove
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Scrawling Crawler
  • 1 Seeker of Skybreak
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Paruns
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Tectonic Instability
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victory Chimes
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 War's Toll
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yurlok of Scorch Thrash
  • 1 Zhur-Taa Ancient
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground