Overview:

This Naya (RGW) deck helmed by Atla Palani, Nest Tender employs a creature-cheating strategy focused on Egg token generation and sacrifice to cheat massive Dinosaurs and value engines into play. Atla serves as the critical enabler, using her Egg death triggers to bypass mana costs for high-impact creatures. The deck features multiple token doublers, an infinite combo line, and powerful enter-the-battlefield effects. Secondary strategies include combat overkill with trampling Dinosaurs and explosive value from cascade/discover effects.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Egg Factory Setup (Turns 1-4):
   • Deploy Atla with protection (Lightning Greaves, Swiftfoot Boots)
   • Create Eggs using Atla's ability and token multipliers (Anointed Procession, Parallel Lives)
   • Enable sacrifice outlets (Ashnod's Altar, Goblin Bombardment)

2. Value Engine Activation (Turns 3-6):

   • Pop Eggs to cheat out key creatures: Zacama, Primal Calamity for board control, Terror of the Peaks for damage triggers, Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant for hand dumping
   • Use Maskwood Nexus to make all creatures Eggs for recursive value

3. Win Condition Execution:

   • Infinite Combo: Ashnod's Altar + Thornbite Staff + Atla = Infinite creature ETBs/deaths
   • Combat Overkill: Deploy massive Dinosaurs with Quartzwood Crasher and Regisaur Alpha, enhanced by Rhythm of the Wild
   • Burn: Warstorm Surge/Terror of the Peaks with repeated creature ETBs

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with Atla + protection or early ramp (Three Visits, Farseek)
• Prioritize hands with a sacrifice outlet or token doubler
• Ensure at least 3 lands with color fixing (prioritize green for early ramp)

Key Tips:

• Use Congregation at Dawn to stack the top 3 creatures for Egg reveals
• Savage Order sacrifices Eggs to tutor combo pieces like Thornbite Staff
• Mirror Entity can turn all creatures into Eggs with X=0
• The Great Henge becomes cheap with big creatures and provides critical card flow

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Complete shutdown by Rest in Peace/Leyline of the Void (disrupts Egg death triggers)
• Torpor Orb nullifies ETB value from 80% of creatures
• Heavy commander tax on Atla cripples the engine

Moderate

• Artifact removal targeting Altar/Staff disrupts combo
• Cursed Totem stops Atla's tap ability and many creature activations
• Board wipes reset progress despite Teferi's Protection

Minor

• Limited stack interaction beyond Deflecting Swat
• High CMC density risks clunky hands without ramp

Most Important Cards:

• Ashnod's Altar (Combo enabler, sacrifice outlet)
• Thornbite Staff (Infinite combo piece, repeatable triggers)
• Maskwood Nexus (Makes all creatures Eggs for recursive value)
• The Great Henge (Card draw, counters, and ramp)
• Parallel Lives (Doubles Egg output)
• Terror of the Peaks (Burn win condition)
• Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant (Hand-to-battlefield cheat)
• Enlightened Tutor (Finds Altar/Staff/Nexus)
• Congregation at Dawn (Sets up Egg reveals)
• Zacama, Primal Calamity (Board control and mana reset)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 7/10

• Can execute infinite combo as early as T4 with perfect draw (Altar+Staff+Atla), typically threatens wins T5-7 through combat or value engines.

Resilience: 6/10

• Multiple protection pieces and recursive threats, but heavily commander-dependent and vulnerable to graveyard/artifact hate.

Consistency: 7/10

• 10 tutors and strong card draw engines, though high CMC creatures can lead to clunky hands without proper setup.

Interaction: 5/10

• Limited instant-speed removal (7 targeted answers), but strong defensive tools like Teferi's Protection and combat tricks.

Rating Justification:

The deck demonstrates focused combo potential with T4-5 wins in ideal scenarios and strong redundancy in creature cheating, but its reliance on the commander and vulnerability to common stax pieces limit its ceiling. The balance between explosive combo lines and resilient midrange strategies aligns with upper optimized tiers.

Power level: 6.5 - 7.0