Metal Deck by Ajv10

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Naya beatdown and landfall engine commanded by Toph, the First Metalbender. Toph converts all nontoken artifacts into lands and animates lands into resilient 0/0 creatures with haste, +1/+1 counters, and built-in death/exile recursion. The deck leverages rapid 0-2 CMC acceleration to cast Toph on Turn 3, setting up draw engines like Terrasymbiosis and The One Ring. From Turn 4 onward, it escalates pressure using powerful landfall and earthbend payoffs such as Bumi, Unleashed for untaps and extra combats, Toph, Greatest Earthbender for double strike, and Bristly Bill, Spine Sower for geometric counter scaling. Backed by elite defensive spells including Deflecting Swat, Flawless Maneuver, Sylvan Safekeeper, and Teferi's Protection, the deck withstands board wipes effortlessly because its animated lands return to play when removed, allowing it to close games via overwhelming combat damage by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Black Panther, Wakandan King
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Bumi, Unleashed
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Retreat to Emeria
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Stasis Coffin
  • 1 Thornglint Bridge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Toph, Greatest Earthbender
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
  • 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Bauble
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zuran Orb