Tophy Balboa by mwdishaw

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a Naya Earthbend and land animation deck led by Toph, the First Metalbender. The strategy revolves around turning lands and nontoken artifacts into resilient, hasted creature threats using the Earthbend mechanic. Supported by +1/+1 counter doublers like Branching Evolution and Bristly Bill, Spine Sower, animated lands rapidly scale into lethal attackers. Powerful combat engines such as Bumi, Unleashed and Moraug, Fury of Akoum grant multiple combat phases to overrun opponents. Built-in recursion ensures that earthbent lands return to the battlefield tapped if destroyed, granting exceptional resilience against traditional creature removal. Protective enchantments like Terra Eternal make your land army indestructible, while high-impact synergy pieces such as Mycosynth Lattice and Portal to Phyrexia offer decisive late-game dominance. The deck executes a proactive, creature-heavy game plan with explosive mid-game damage output.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bootleggers' Stash
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender
  • 1 Bumi, Unleashed
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cabaretti Courtyard
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Constant Mists
  • 1 Emeria Shepherd
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Gonti's Aether Heart
  • 1 Great Divide Guide
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Mightform Harmonizer
  • 1 Mindslaver
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Oswald Fiddlebender
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Perilous Vault
  • 1 Portal to Phyrexia
  • 1 Prismatic Omen
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Sabotender
  • 1 Sacred Ground
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Scythecat Cub
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Survey Mechan
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terra Eternal
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Boulder, Ready to Rumble
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Legend of Kyoshi // Avatar Kyoshi
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Stasis Coffin
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
  • 1 Traveling Chocobo
  • 1 Tree of Tales
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth