I'm not fat I'm "Chunky" by Brock31207

Format: Commander

Commander: Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 70

Deck overview

This is a competitive Commander (cEDH) Gruul turbo combo deck commanded by Etali, Primal Conqueror. The primary strategy leverages format-ceiling fast mana, explosive rituals, and cost reducers to power out Etali on Turn 2 or 3. Upon entering the battlefield, Etali exiles the top nonland card from each player's library and casts them for free. The deck exploits this trigger with a dense suite of low-cost copy spells like Twinflame, Molten Duplication, and Heat Shimmer, chaining triggers into game-ending combos. The primary win lines include Food Chain combined with Squee, the Immortal to generate infinite creature mana and cast Etali repeatedly until all libraries are exiled, as well as Dualcaster Mage copying Twinflame for infinite hasty attackers. Backed by free protection like Deflecting Swat and Veil of Summer, the deck reliably closes games on the same turn it presents critical onset.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Chandra, Flameshaper
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Eldrazi Confluence
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Geosurge
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Herigast, Erupting Nullkite
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hunting Velociraptor
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Infernal Plunge
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kindle the Inner Flame
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Manamorphose
  • 1 Metamorphosis
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Orcish Lumberjack
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Squee, the Immortal
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Tinder Wall
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wild Cantor
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 World War Hulk
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 _____ Goblin