Korvold, King of Cursed Lands

Commander / EDH BRG (Jund) Dark Depths Lands Ramp Scapeshift Tokens Value Engine

Climatronic

Land (41)

• 5x Forest
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Swamp
• 3x Snow-Covered Forest
• 1x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 2x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Argoth, Sanctum of Nature  ^Meld
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Echoing Deeps
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Ziatora's Proving Ground
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• 1x Dark Depths

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Wrenn and Six

Creature (24)

• 1x Ancient Greenwarden
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Elvish Reclaimer
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Ignoble Hierarch *f-etch*
• 1x Lotus Cobra
• 1x Mayhem Devil
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Tireless Provisioner
• 1x Tireless Tracker
• 1x World Shaper
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1x The Gitrog Monster
• 1x Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1x Titania, Voice of Gaea  ^Meld

Instant (9)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Constant Mists
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Legolas's Quick Reflexes
• 1x Realms Uncharted
• 1x Veil of Summer

Commander (1)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Scapeshift
• 1x Splendid Reclamation
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Worldsoul's Rage

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Case of the Locked Hothouse
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Retreat to Hagra
• 1x Seal of Primordium
• 1x Squandered Resources

Artifact (4)

• 1x Amulet of Vigor
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Sol Ring

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Maybeboard

Instant (2)

• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Krosan Grip

Artifact (2)

• 1x Conduit of Worlds
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Land (1)

• 1x Lake of the Dead

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Traverse the Outlands

Creature (2)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Scute Swarm

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Prismatic Omen
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild

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Update (11/12/2022): Titania, Voice of Gaea   + Argoth, Sanctum of Nature   added to the deck for some Meld fun :) The life gain ability of Titania could be helpful in some games too.

Game strategy

The goal of this deck is to ramp quickly and to use the synergy between the land sacrifices and landfall triggers to draw and grow your board. It is a really fun deck to play and also very powerful in my opinion. In order to function at its full potential, it is important to play Korvold, Fae-Cursed King and keep him alive in the early stage of the game, as he will allow you to draw tons of cards. You can cast Heroic Intervention, Sylvan Safekeeper, Veil of Summer, Legolas's Quick Reflexes or Deflecting Swat to protect him.

The coolest interractions are triggered by playing Scapeshift and Splendid Reclamation or sacrificing World Shaper. It's total madness the amount of tokens, counters, pings or mana that you can generate by doing so.

There is also a fun combo using Dark Depths and Thespian's Stage explained below. You get a 20/20 flying indestructible creature, and you can repeat the process by playing these lands from your graveyard if it gets exiled.

Game finishers

• You can finish the game with commander combat damage, as Korvold, Fae-Cursed King will grow quickly, has flying and can gain fear with Shizo, Death's Storehouse.
• Combat damage with all the tokens generated by landfall triggers or Titania, Protector of Argoth's trigger when you sacrifice a land.
• Chandra's Ignition with a big Korvold, Fae-Cursed King, a big Ob Nixilis, the Fallen or Marit Lage, legendary 20/20 black Avatar creature token.
• Torment of Hailfire in the late game.
• Retreat to Hagra is often disregarded as it pings "only" 1, but once you can get several triggers in the same turn, it deals a lot of damage.

Structure of the deck

Tons of ramp, mana acceleration and lands tutors

• Cultivate
• Farseek
• Nature's Lore
• Sylvan Scrying
• Crop Rotation
• Harrow
• Realms Uncharted
• Birds of Paradise
• Ignoble Hierarch
• Lotus Cobra
• Sakura-Tribe Elder
• Springbloom Druid
• Burgeoning
• Dockside Extortionist
• Tireless Provisioner
• Amulet of Vigor (untap your lands that enter the battlefield tapped)
• Primeval Titan

Play more lands each turn

• Exploration
• Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• Case of the Locked Hothouse
• Courser of Kruphix
• Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• The Gitrog Monster
• Burgeoning

Board invasion

• Omnath, Locus of Rage : Landfall => 5/5 red and green Elemental tokens
• Rampaging Baloths : Landfall => 4/4 green Beast tokens
• Titania, Protector of Argoth : Fetch/Sacrifice lands : 5/3 green Elemental tokens
• Ob Nixilis, the Fallen : Landfall => grows quickly
• Korvold, Fae-Cursed King : Sacrifice => grows quickly
• Dark Depths : No counters => Marit Lage 20/20 flying indestructible
• Field of the Dead : 2/2 Zombie tokens

More triggers!

• Ancient Greenwarden

Sac outlets

• Squandered Resources
• The Gitrog Monster
• Sylvan Safekeeper
• Scapeshift
• Constant Mists
• Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
• Elvish Reclaimer

Recursion / Get your lands back to the battlefield

• Crucible of Worlds
• Wrenn and Six
• Ramunap Excavator
• World Shaper
• Splendid Reclamation
• Life from the Loam
• Eternal Witness
• Titania, Protector of Argoth
• Ancient Greenwarden
• Worldsoul's Rage

Card advantage

• Korvold, Fae-Cursed King : Sacrifice => draw
• The Gitrog Monster : Sacrifice lands => draw
• Tireless Tracker : Sacrifice a clue => draw

Protection

• Veil of Summer
• Deflecting Swat
• Heroic Intervention
• Legolas's Quick Reflexes
• Constant Mists
• Sylvan Safekeeper

Spot removals, destruction and wraths

• Assassin's Trophy
• Crux of Fate
• Mayhem Devil
• Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• Seal of Primordium
• Chandra's Ignition
• Blasphemous Act
• Torment of Hailfire (sort of wrath effect)
• Worldsoul's Rage

Combo : Dark Depths + Thespian's Stage

Dark Depths and Thespian's Stage are both in play, you pay 2, Thespian's Stage becomes a copy of Dark Depths without any counter. Because of the Legendary rule, you have to keep one of the two lands, so you keep the Thespian's Stage, then the trigger resolves, as it has no ice counter, you sacrifice the Thespian's Stage and you put Marit Lage 20/20 flying indestructible into play.

You can tutor these lands with Crop Rotation, Sylvan Scrying, Realms Uncharted, Expedition Map or Elvish Reclaimer.

You can retrieve them from your graveyard with Crucible of Worlds, Wrenn & Six, Ancient Greenwarden, Ramunap Excavator or Titania, Protector of Argoth ETB trigger. They will also come back to the battlefield with Splendid Reclamation and World Shaper.

Thanks for reading

Hope you like the deck. Let me know if you have any suggestion or modification you would make.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 10 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.85
Tokens	Bear 2/2 G, Beast 4/4 G, Clue, Construct 0/0 C, Elemental 5/3 G, Elemental 5/5 RG, Emblem Wrenn and Six, Food, Marit Lage, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	EDH, perhaps?