JARAD by gooseguard

Format: Commander

Commander: Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Golgari combo-reanimator deck that weaponizes creature power to eliminate all three opponents simultaneously. The primary strategy uses Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord as a lethal sacrifice outlet in the command zone. The deck rapidly fills the graveyard using Dredge creatures like Golgari Grave-Troll and efficient graveyard tutors such as Buried Alive and Entomb. It then reanimates colossal threats like Lord of Extinction, Yargle and Multani, or Wall of Blood. By activating Jarad's ability, you sacrifice these massive creatures to deal direct life loss equal to their power to every opponent at once, bypassing combat and pillowfort defenses. Backup lines utilize Altar of Dementia to mill opponents out or use power doublers like Berserk and Unnatural Growth for trampling combat damage. The list boasts high card quality, redundant reanimation packages, and explosive burst draw engines like Greater Good.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Apprentice Necromancer
  • 1 Berserk
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Damnation
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Dina, Essence Brewer
  • 1 Disciple of Bolas
  • 1 Doomed Necromancer
  • 1 Drag to the Roots
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Epic Fight
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghoultree
  • 1 God-Eternal Rhonas
  • 1 Golgari Charm
  • 1 Golgari Grave-Troll
  • 1 Golgari Thug
  • 1 Goryo's Vengeance
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Grim Haruspex
  • 1 Impervious Greatwurm
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lord of Extinction
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mesmeric Orb
  • 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Necrotic Ooze
  • 1 Oubliette
  • 1 Persist
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Putrid Imp
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Satyr Wayfinder
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Stinkweed Imp
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 1 Stitcher's Supplier
  • 1 Supernatural Stamina
  • 16 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tifa's Limit Break
  • 1 Tom, Bert, and William
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Wall of Blood
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yargle and Multani
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus