Szarel by Fullyes

Format: Commander

Commander: Szarel, Genesis Shepherd

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a Jund Lands and Sacrifice engine led by Szarel, Genesis Shepherd. The strategy focuses on putting lands into the graveyard through fetchlands, sacrifice outlets like Zuran Orb, and spells like Harrow, then replaying them using Szarel's static ability. Sacrificing nontoken permanents grows your creatures rapidly by triggering Szarel's power-scaling counter distribution. The deck accelerates in the opening turns with land ramp, establishes Szarel on Turn 4, and builds toward a decisive turn on Turn 6. Massive land reanimation effects such as Splendid Reclamation and Aftermath Analyst trigger army-in-a-can payoffs like Field of the Dead, Scute Swarm, Titania, Protector of Argoth, and Omnath, Locus of Rage. Combat finishers like Moraug, Fury of Akoum and direct burn from Mayhem Devil or Ob Nixilis, the Fallen ensure you eliminate the entire table in short order.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Baloth Prime
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Biosynthic Burst
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Cabaretti Courtyard
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Eumidian Hatchery
  • 1 Evendo Brushrazer
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exploration Broodship
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Glacier Godmaw
  • 1 Goblin Razerunners
  • 1 God-Eternal Bontu
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hearthhull, the Worldseed
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hollowmurk Siege
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 1 Horn of Greed
  • 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
  • 1 Kavaron, Memorial World
  • 1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Maestros Theater
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
  • 1 Mightform Harmonizer
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mountain Valley
  • 1 Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nahiri's Lithoforming
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Planetary Annihilation
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Riveteers Overlook
  • 1 Rocky Tar Pit
  • 1 Roiling Regrowth
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Skittering Precursor
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sothera, the Supervoid
  • 1 Soul of Windgrace
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Springbloom Druid
  • 1 Sprouting Goblin
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Gitrog Monster
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 World Shaper
  • 1 Worldsoul's Rage
  • 1 Zuran Orb