Better Toph by HiImBolbi

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Naya midrange and aggressive strategy centered on Toph, the First Metalbender. It turns nontoken artifacts into lands and animates lands into self-recurring creatures using the earthbend mechanic. The early game focuses on rapid mana development using cheap land tutors and signets to deploy Toph by Turn 4. Once established, the deck scales rapidly by stacking +1/+1 counters with Branching Evolution, Bristly Bill, Spine Sower, and Solid Ground. The mid-to-late game converts these growing land creatures into lethal combat pressure via Bumi, Unleashed, Toph, Greatest Earthbender, and Moraug, Fury of Akoum. Earthbend's built-in death trigger provides inherent durability against board wipes, which the deck exploits with asymmetric sweepers like Planar Outburst and Hour of Revelation. Backed by targeted removal, turn-silencing effects, and instant-speed protection, the deck reliably closes games through overwhelming combat damage across turns 6 and 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abandoned Air Temple
• 1 Amulet of Vigor
• 1 Ancient Greenwarden
• 1 Annie Joins Up
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
• 1 Ba Sing Se
• 1 Badgermole Cub
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Branching Evolution
• 1 Brightglass Gearhulk
• 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1 Bumi, Unleashed
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crop Rotation
• 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1 Earthbender Ascension
• 1 Earthshape
• 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
• 1 Evolution Sage
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Felidar Retreat
• 6 Forest
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Germination Practicum
• 1 Great Divide Guide
• 1 Gruul Signet
• 1 Harrow
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Hour of Revelation
• 1 Hushwood Verge
• 1 Ichor Wellspring
• 1 Jetmir's Garden
• 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Lotus Cobra
• 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
• 5 Mountain
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Naya Panorama
• 1 Origin of Metalbending
• 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 1 Path to Exile
• 5 Plains
• 1 Planar Outburst
• 1 Plaza of Heroes
• 1 Redirect Lightning
• 1 Retreat to Emeria
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Scute Swarm
• 1 Selesnya Signet
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solemn Simulacrum
• 1 Solid Ground
• 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1 Springheart Nantuko
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Terra Eternal
• 1 Terrasymbiosis
• 1 The Earth Crystal
• 1 The Ozolith
• 1 The Seriema
• 1 The Stasis Coffin
• 1 Thornspire Verge
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Tireless Provisioner
• 1 Tireless Tracker
• 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
• 1 Toph, Greatest Earthbender
• 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
• 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
• 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
• 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
• 1 Wrenn and Realmbreaker
• 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• 1 Zuran Orb