Big Ass Dinosaurs hitting the Field by user8587366

Format: Commander

Commander: Atla Palani, Nest Tender

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This Atla Palani, Nest Tender deck is a focused creature-cheat strategy designed to bypass high mana costs by hatching Egg tokens into colossal threats. Built on an optimized Naya mana base, the deck accelerates early using efficient 1-2 CMC ramp to deploy Atla Palani by Turn 3. On Turn 4, free sacrifice outlets such as Ashnod's Altar, Goblin Bombardment, and Skullclamp crack Eggs to reveal massive permanents directly from the library, including Elesh Norn, Void Winnower, Etali, and Terror of the Peaks. The deck can execute an infinite creature-deployment and burn combo using Thornbite Staff and Ashnod's Altar, or simply overwhelm the table across Turns 5-6 through devastating ETB triggers and combat steps. Heavy protection spells shield Atla from removal during critical activation windows.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Atla Palani, Nest Tender
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Congregation at Dawn
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Diamond Valley
  • 1 Dinosaur Egg
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marauding Raptor
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nesting Dragon
  • 1 Palani's Hatcher
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stranglehold
  • 1 Sundering Growth
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Triplicate Titan
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Void Winnower
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodfall Primus
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth