Space lands by caveman

Format: Commander

Commander: Szarel, Genesis Shepherd

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

Szarel, Genesis Shepherd leads a synergistic Jund lands deck that turns the graveyard into an expansive second hand. The deck focuses on ramping aggressively in the early turns, establishing extra land drops through cards like Azusa, Lost but Seeking and Dryad of the Ilysian Grove, and using sacrifice outlets such as Zuran Orb and Sylvan Safekeeper to trigger commander buffs and landfall abilities. Once engines like Titania, Protector of Argoth, The Gitrog Monster, and Field of the Dead are active, mass land retrieval spells like Scapeshift and Splendid Reclamation flood the battlefield with tokens and huge creatures. The strategy finishes games through massive combat attacks enhanced by Moraug, Fury of Akoum or direct damage from Terror of the Peaks and Mayhem Devil. The deck exhibits exceptional resilience against standard removal due to its high land density and redundant recursion tools, though it remains vulnerable to graveyard exile and exile-based board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aftermath Analyst
• 1 Arachnogenesis
• 1 Assassin's Trophy
• 1 Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender
• 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1 Burgeoning
• 1 Canyon Slough
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 City on Fire
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crop Rotation
• 1 Crucible of Worlds
• 1 Crystal Vein
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Dakmor Salvage
• 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1 Exploration Broodship
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Festering Thicket
• 1 Field of the Dead
• 1 Fiery Emancipation
• 6 Forest
• 1 Germination Practicum
• 1 Golgari Charm
• 1 Graven Cairns
• 1 Harrow
• 1 Hearthhull, the Worldseed
• 1 Horizon Explorer
• 1 Horn of Greed
• 1 Icetill Explorer
• 1 Iridescent Vinelasher
• 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
• 1 Life from the Loam
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Loamcrafter Faun
• 1 Mayhem Devil
• 1 Maze of Ith
• 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1 Mirri's Guile
• 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
• 3 Mountain
• 1 Nature's Claim
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Need for Speed
• 1 Nurturing Peatland
• 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
• 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1 Overgrown Tomb
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Rampaging Baloths
• 1 Ramunap Excavator
• 1 Rockfall Vale
• 1 Roiling Regrowth
• 1 Scapeshift
• 1 Scute Swarm
• 1 Sheltered Thicket
• 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Snow-Covered Forest
• 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1 Splendid Reclamation
• 1 Springbloom Druid
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Strip Mine
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 1 Susur Secundi, Void Altar
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1 Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
• 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
• 1 Terror of the Peaks
• 1 The Gitrog Monster
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1 Twilight Mire
• 1 Undergrowth Stadium
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Woodland Cemetery
• 1 Zuran Orb