Yarok, the Desecrated by DQMagic317

Format: Commander

Commander: Yarok, the Desecrated

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This Sultai deck harnesses Yarok, the Desecrated to double every enter-the-battlefield and Landfall trigger, generating immense resource velocity and massive board presence. Early turns focus on accelerating mana through low-cost ramp spells and creatures such as Lotus Cobra, Farseek, and Coiling Oracle. Once Yarok enters on Turn 4, the deck compounds card advantage with doubled draw triggers from Mulldrifter, Tatyova, Benthic Druid, and Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait. The primary win condition revolves around establishing an overwhelming board state on Turn 6 with Avenger of Zendikar, Scute Swarm, or Rampaging Baloths, followed by an overrun via Craterhoof Behemoth or pumped Plant tokens on Turn 7. Alternatively, the deck can assemble an infinite mana and flicker loop with Deadeye Navigator and Peregrine Drake. While susceptible to well-timed board wipes and heavy interaction on tap-out turns, its redundant engines and robust ramp provide strong recovery capabilities.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Agent of Treachery
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Attercop
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadeye Navigator
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farhaven Elf
  • 1 Farseek
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Gorma, the Gullet
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Putrefy
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ravenous Chupacabra
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Retreat to Hagra
  • 1 Retreat to Kazandu
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Springbloom Druid
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tangled Islet
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Temple of Malady
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Woodfall Primus
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated
  • 1 Zendikar's Roil