Big Black Yarok

Commander / EDH BUG (Sultai) Landfall

Mathies

Lands (36)

• 1x Agadeem, the Undercrypt  ^Flip
• 1x Bala Ged Sanctuary  ^Flip
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 3x Forest
• 1x Glasspool Shore  ^Flip
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 2x Island
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Malakir Mire  ^Flip
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Sea Gate, Reborn  ^Flip
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 2x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Yavimaya Coast
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Boardwipe (3)

• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Shadowgrange Archfiend

Wincon 2 (2)

• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Fallen

Ramp (13)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Llanowar Visionary
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Tireless Provisioner
• 1x Topiary Stomper
• 1x Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Primeval Herald

Misc (7)

• 1x Essence Warden
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Scute Swarm
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Peregrine Drake

Clone & Flicker (6)

• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Displace
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Saw in Half
• 1x Displacer Kitten
• 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling

Tutor (6)

• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Natural Order

Recursion (3)

• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Phyrexian Delver

Commander (1)

Draw (8)

• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Aether Channeler
• 1x Risen Reef
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana

Removal (7)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Kenrith's Transformation
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Druid of Purification
• 1x Ertai Resurrected
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra

Control (6)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Treachery
• 1x Agent of Treachery

Wincon 1 (2)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth

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Other (2)

• 1x Essence Flux
• 1x Phyrexian Delver

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Big Black Yarok

is a Sultai EDH deck built around Yarok, the Desecrated.

Keeping the balance

What I love about this deck is the perfect mixture between power and fun. As soon you hit a good start by getting him out early, nobody's stopping you burying opponents with ETB's and Landfall-Triggers. And that's also the only flaw: Getting confused and missing gigantic amounts of triggers.

Everything you'll ever do in MTG will happen with one of both mechanics: Controlling the board, drawing more cards than Kev Walker, ramping and finally closing out the game.

Cloning and Flicker effects will increase value and variety to your game actions by reusing those creatures who would've just been chump-blockers otherwise.

Tutors are mainly creature-only to get their impact directly on board.

There are not more than 5 non-synergy staple cards and no infinite combos built into the deck to keep fun and power balanced - my personal preferred way approaching the EDH-format.

Powerwise I would give a 7-8 out 10. I've never tracked the win rate or something but I've played many games against various decks and power levels. If I had to guess I would say I've won ~40% of those games. Adding staples/more tutors and/or combos would get this deck to a maximum of 9/10 at best.

Fun-wise I give a 9/10. Constantly getting insane value even out of mediocre cards and being THE threat at the table because the deck is functioning very well makes it so enjoyable. High synergy and the low staple count does even add onto the fun factor. The broad build of the deck is also a big upside because in the future you can still update this deck with new released ETB-cards. But: Long ass turns caused by high complexity of the deck and missing gigantic amounts of triggers when unfocused CAN cause unfun situations. Also being a target to your opponents most of the time can be stressful. In this case you can see both, upsides and downsides.

Wincons

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Date added	1 year
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.55
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Bird 1/1 W, Copy Clone, Food, Insect 1/1 G, Plant 0/1 G, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B