Lands of Confusion by MattBlood

Format: Commander

Commander: Szarel, Genesis Shepherd

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a Jund lands-matter sacrifice deck helmed by Szarel, Genesis Shepherd, built around the core loop of putting lands into the graveyard, sacrificing permanents for value, and re-buying lands from the yard. Szarel, Genesis Shepherd is the deck's signature enabler - his "play lands from your graveyard" ability turns every sacrifice outlet into card advantage - while his second ability converts each nontoken sacrifice into a spiky +1/+1 counter distribution. The deck layers several independent engines in the 99: The Gitrog Monster and Korvold, Fae-Cursed King for draw, Titania, Protector of Argoth, Omnath, Locus of Rage, and Rampaging Baloths for token production, and Splendid Reclamation / Aftermath Analyst for mass land recursion. The primary win path is overwhelming combat damage from a swelling token swarm (pumped by Glacier Godmaw and Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest) plus Omnath, Locus of Rage's death-trigger burn. There are no infinite combos; this is a grindy, incremental engine deck that wins through inevitability.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aftermath Analyst
• 1 Augur of Autumn
• 1 Baloth Prime
• 1 Barrels of Blasting Jelly
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Boar-q-pine
• 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1 Canyon Crawler
• 1 Canyon Slough
• 1 Centaur Vinecrasher
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 Cursed Wombat
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Echo of Dusk
• 1 Escape to the Wilds
• 1 Eumidian Hatchery
• 1 Eumidian Wastewaker
• 1 Exploration Broodship
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Festering Thicket
• 10 Forest
• 1 Glacier Godmaw
• 1 God-Eternal Bontu
• 1 Groundskeeper
• 1 Harrow
• 1 Hearthhull, the Worldseed
• 1 Heir of the Wilds
• 1 Horizon Explorer
• 1 Hot Dog Cart
• 1 Hugs, Grisly Guardian
• 1 Infernal Grasp
• 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
• 1 Llanowar Wastes
• 1 Loamcrafter Faun
• 1 Mayhem Devil
• 1 Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1 Miasma Demon
• 8 Mountain
• 1 Mountain Valley
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Night's Whisper
• 1 Ominous Asylum
• 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1 Pest Infestation
• 1 Pirate Peddlers
• 1 Rampaging Baloths
• 1 Red Hulk
• 1 Riveteers Overlook
• 1 Roiling Regrowth
• 1 Rydia's Return
• 1 Satyr Wayfinder
• 1 Scouring Swarm
• 1 Screaming Phantom
• 1 Seedship Broodtender
• 1 Sheltered Thicket
• 1 Skyshroud Claim
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul of Windgrace
• 1 Spider-Bot
• 1 Splendid Reclamation
• 1 Springbloom Druid
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 5 Swamp
• 1 Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
• 1 Tear Asunder
• 1 The Death of Gwen Stacy
• 1 The Gitrog Monster
• 1 Tireless Tracker
• 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1 Tree of Perdition
• 1 Uurg, Spawn of Turg
• 1 Viridescent Bog
• 1 Virus Beetle
• 1 Volatile Wanderglyph
• 1 Winter's Intervention
• 1 World Breaker
• 1 Worldsoul's Rage