Cycle 25 by Psyga315

Format: Commander

Commander: Yarok, the Desecrated

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Yarok, the Desecrated leads a Sultai value deck built on doubling enter-the-battlefield and landfall triggers. The primary plan is to ramp into Yarok, then chain Risen Reef, Tatyova, and Cavalier of Thorns into huge card and mana advantage, closing with an Avenger of Zendikar army that grows twice as fast under Yarok. A secondary Shrine package adds incremental drain and card flow, while planeswalkers and Cavaliers supply removal, recursion, and alternate threats. There is no infinite combo; the deck wins through overwhelming board presence, usually a Plant horde sometimes pumped by Jolrael, or through repeated Shrine activations. Its main weakness is speed: it needs several turns of setup and offers only thin stack interaction. There is no hidden commander; Yarok is the engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Gust
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Barrin, Tolarian Archmage
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cavalier of Gales
  • 1 Cavalier of Night
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drawn from Dreams
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Gargos, Vicious Watcher
  • 1 Garruk's Harbinger
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse
  • 1 Kaervek, the Spiteful
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Liliana's Standard Bearer
  • 1 Liliana, Waker of the Dead
  • 1 Lorescale Coatl
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 Moss Diamond
  • 1 Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind
  • 1 Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noxious Grasp
  • 1 Obsessive Stitcher
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Risen Reef
  • 1 Sanctum of Calm Waters
  • 1 Sanctum of Fruitful Harvest
  • 1 Sanctum of Stone Fangs
  • 1 Shared Summons
  • 1 Shifting Ceratops
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord
  • 1 Spirit of Malevolence
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Teferi, Master of Time
  • 1 Teferi, Timeless Voyager
  • 1 Thieves' Guild Enforcer
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tomebound Lich
  • 1 Twinblade Assassins
  • 1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Vivien, Arkbow Ranger
  • 1 Vivien, Nature's Avenger
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yarok, the Desecrated
  • 1 Zagoth Crystal
  • 1 Zagoth Triome