Yarok, the Desecrated

📖 How to build Yarok, the Desecrated

Yarok, the Desecrated is a five-mana Sultai legendary creature with deathtouch and lifelink. Its key ability is that whenever a permanent entering the battlefield causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time. The game plan is to flood the battlefield with permanents that enter repeatedly, so your enter-the-battlefield effects fire extra times, while Yarok's deathtouch and lifelink protect you and drain opponents.

Build around ramp spells and creatures with enter-the-battlefield triggers. Cultivate, Farseek, Nature's Lore, Rampant Growth, Kodama's Reach, and Three Visits put lands onto the battlefield, and Birds of Paradise adds a creature, so each entry can set off your triggers. Dark Ritual can help you reach the five-mana cost sooner. Counterspell, Beast Within, and Heroic Intervention provide interaction to protect Yarok or answer threats.

Yarok is a single legendary creature, so removal on it shuts off the doubling entirely. The ability does nothing without something entering and a triggered ability on a permanent you control, so the deck needs enough triggers to make it worthwhile. Beast Within can also be used by opponents to destroy Yarok. The three-color cost also means you need reliable mana fixing, and the deck may be slow to set up.

Deck guide written with AI assistance based on the card's rules text.