A player losing unspent mana causes that player to lose that much life.
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Yurlok forces mana down everyone's throat and punishes them for not using it, while you exploit the extra ramp with mana sinks. You build mana rocks and ritual effects to generate huge floating pools, then either burn opponents out via mana burn or dump it all into a giant X spell or infinite combo. Yurlok's tap ability is symmetrical, so the deck wins by being the only one prepared to spend the flood it creates.
Generates absurd amounts of mana every turn for explosive X spells and big finishers
Mana burn punishment turns Yurlok's symmetry into a passive damage engine against unprepared tables
Jund color access to ramp, removal, and recursion gives the deck great flexibility
Vigilance lets Yurlok attack while still tapping for the mana ability
Symmetrical mana ramp can fuel opponents' plans as much as your own
Heavily reliant on the commander, so repeated removal stalls the engine
Needs mana sinks online or the generated mana is wasted (or burns you too)
Can be slow to assemble its payoff pieces and is vulnerable to fast combo decks
Converts a giant mana pool into devastating, often game-ending resource attrition.
Add fast mana and rituals (Jeska's Will, Mana Geyser, Cabal Ritual) plus payoffs that don't burn you like Omnath and Aetherflux Reservoir to convert flood into wins. Include commander protection (Heroic Intervention, Lightning Greaves) since the deck folds without Yurlok. Tighten the curve toward a dedicated combo line—Reiterate plus a ritual, or Aetherflux storm—to close before opponents abuse the shared mana.
Legendary Creature — Lizard Shaman
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