Short King Korvold by user8006606

Format: Commander

Commander: Korvold, Fae-Cursed King

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Jund aristocrats and big-mana strategy helmed by Korvold, Fae-Cursed King. It accelerates early through efficient ramp and Treasure producers such as Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, Tireless Provisioner, and Bloom Tender. Once Korvold resolves, every sacrificed Treasure token converts directly into mana, +1/+1 counters, and fresh card draw. The deck leverages this massive card velocity to assemble lethal burn engines powered by Mirkwood Bats, Marionette Apprentice, and Nadier's Nightblade, or to drop game-ending dragons like Old Gnawbone and Ancient Copper Dragon. A built-in infinite synergy between Chatterfang, Squirrel General and Pitiless Plunderer provides clean creature control and infinite death triggers. While the deck lacks hard stax and countermagic, its sheer resource generation, heavy redundancy, and potent recovery allow it to overwhelm traditional removal and eliminate the table in one decisive turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Disciple of the Vault
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Generous Plunderer
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hedron Detonator
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Knuckles the Echidna
  • 1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 18 Mountain
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Reckless Endeavor
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Xorn
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
  • 1 Ziatora, the Incinerator