Omnath on Aerid's Back: Landfall Elementals with a Sphinx Decoy by user7538865

Format: Commander

Commander: Aerid Konstrari

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Gruul Midrange deck is engineered to accelerate mana rapidly through cheap dorks, rocks, and land search to deploy formidable midgame engines and colossal endgame threats. The commander, Aerid Konstrari, acts as an efficient flying body that produces Heartwood artifact mana tokens upon entering the battlefield and dying, ensuring continuous mana fixing and ramping into high-impact landfall and stompy cards. The deck curves aggressively into board dominators like Avenger of Zendikar, Omnath, Locus of Rage, Terror of the Peaks, and Moraug, Fury of Akoum. It leverages haste enablers and trample overruns, headlined by Craterhoof Behemoth and Full Throttle, to overwhelm opponents in large combat steps. Resilient elements such as Hexing Squelcher, Surrak, Elusive Hunter, and the enduring glimmer cycle protect against countermagic and spot removal while maintaining consistent forward momentum.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerid Konstrari
  • 1 Ajani Unrelenting
  • 1 Ancient Cornucopia
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Cavalier of Thorns
  • 1 Chandra, Flameshaper
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Curse-Marred Demon
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Doc Ock's Tentacles
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Flamekin Village
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Hashep Oasis
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hylda's Crown of Winter
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Insidious Fungus
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Lumra, Bellow of the Woods
  • 1 Mightform Harmonizer
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Nova Hellkite
  • 1 Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation
  • 1 Omenpath Journey
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Pendelhaven
  • 1 Pyre Rhymer // Molten Tide
  • 1 Radha, Heart of Keld
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampart Architect
  • 1 Raph & Mikey, Troublemakers
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Samut, Vizier of Naktamun
  • 1 Scrapshooter
  • 1 Sentinel of the Nameless City
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider Manifestation
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Springbloom Druid
  • 1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Regalia
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Trash the Town
  • 1 Traveling Chocobo
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Twitching Doll
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape