Dino DNA by brewbeard

Format: Commander

Commander: Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Naya Dinosaur Tribal engine commanded by Pantlaza, Sun-Favored. The primary game plan focuses on deploying efficient 1-2 CMC ramp spells on the opening turns, casting Pantlaza on Turn 4, and leveraging its Discover trigger to cheat mana and accelerate card advantage. On Turn 5, the deck transitions to critical threat onset by casting massive apex predators such as Gishath, Sun's Avatar, Etali, Primal Conqueror, and Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant, which trigger massive Discover chains and rapidly flood the battlefield. The finish arrives on Turn 6 through an overwhelming trampling combat assault supported by haste enablers and finishers like Akroma's Will and Garruk's Uprising. Although the deck lacks noncreature tutors and countermagic, its sheer density of interchangeable threats, explosive ETB value, and resilient card flow make it a formidable midrange combat powerhouse.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Bronzebeak Foragers
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curious Altisaur
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Devil Dinosaur
  • 1 Dino DNA
  • 1 Don't Move
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Garruk, Curse Breaker
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Hunting Velociraptor
  • 1 Intrepid Paleontologist
  • 1 Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath
  • 1 Ixalli's Lorekeeper
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Marauding Raptor
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Otepec Huntmaster
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Palani's Hatcher
  • 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ravenous Tyrannosaurus
  • 1 Regal Behemoth
  • 1 Regisaur Alpha
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Ripjaw Raptor
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Runic Armasaur
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scion of Calamity
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunfrill Imitator
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swooping Pteranodon
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thrashing Brontodon
  • 1 Thunderherd Migration
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Triceraton Commander
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth
  • 1 Wrathful Raptors
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity