Seagull by user9473598

Format: Commander

Commander: Yarok, the Desecrated

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a Sultai battlecruiser clone and theft strategy piloted by Yarok, the Desecrated. The deck leverages Yarok's trigger-doubling ability to extract compounding value from enter-the-battlefield abilities on stolen or copied permanents. Early turns are dedicated to mana acceleration using mana dorks like Elvish Mystic, Voyaging Satyr, and land auras like Dawn's Reflection. In the mid game, the deck deploys versatile shapeshifters such as Progenitor Mimic, Evil Twin, and Altered Ego, alongside control spells like Control Magic and Dragonlord Silumgar, to match and exceed opposing board development. The deck transitions into the late game by accumulating mana to cast decisive game-ending sorceries, including Rise of the Dark Realms, Clone Legion, or an overwhelming Villainous Wealth, creating a massive evasive combat board to eliminate all three opponents. Alternate win conditions like Biovisionary and Shaman of Forgotten Ways provide supplemental paths to victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alpha Authority
  • 1 Altered Ego
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Back from the Brink
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Biovisionary
  • 1 Boomerang
  • 1 Bottomless Vault
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Call to Mind
  • 1 Clone
  • 1 Clone Legion
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Control Magic
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Cryptoplasm
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dawn's Reflection
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dictate of Kruphix
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Djinn of Infinite Deceits
  • 1 Dragonlord Silumgar
  • 1 Druid of the Cowl
  • 1 Druid's Deliverance
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Evil Twin
  • 1 Extinguish All Hope
  • 1 Fog Bank
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hollow Trees
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Karametra's Acolyte
  • 1 Kruphix, God of Horizons
  • 1 Lingering Death
  • 1 Mind Control
  • 1 Mirror Match
  • 1 Mirror Mockery
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Pharika, God of Affliction
  • 1 Polymorphist's Jest
  • 1 Polymorphous Rush
  • 1 Power Sink
  • 1 Progenitor Mimic
  • 1 Protective Bubble
  • 1 Ranger's Guile
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rush of Vitality
  • 1 Sand Silos
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Shaman of Forgotten Ways
  • 1 Simic Charm
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sultai Charm
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 The Mimeoplasm
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Unmake the Graves
  • 1 Unsummon
  • 1 Urban Burgeoning
  • 1 Verdant Haven
  • 1 Villainous Wealth
  • 1 Voyaging Satyr
  • 1 Wall of Shadows
  • 1 Wash Out
  • 1 Whelming Wave
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Whisperer of the Wilds
  • 1 Withstand Death
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated