Dinos by shum.this.way

Format: Commander

Commander: Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

Pantlaza, Sun-Favored commands a proactive Naya Dinosaur tribal midrange deck that uses the Discover mechanic to cheat mana costs and flood the battlefield with massive prehistoric threats. The deck accelerates early mana through 1–2 CMC ramp spells and cost reducers to cast Pantlaza on Turn 3 or 4. Once operational, each subsequent Dinosaur cast triggers Discover based on its toughness, chaining extra spells and card advantage directly onto the board for free. The deck transitions into lethal combat pressure around Turn 5 using explosive threats like Quartzwood Crasher, Regisaur Alpha, and Roaming Throne, closing out games by Turn 7 with overwhelming trample damage, Akroma's Will, or a devastating Wrathful Raptors direct damage burst. While vulnerable to exile-based board wipes and light on instant-speed countermagic, the deck possesses resilient redundancy, robust enrage sub-themes, and exceptional mid-game velocity.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Akroma's Will
• 1 Apex Altisaur
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Atzocan Seer
• 1 Bellowing Aegisaur
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Bronzebeak Foragers
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Chandra's Ignition
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Curious Altisaur
• 1 Deathgorge Scavenger
• 1 Descendants' Path
• 1 Dinosaur Egg
• 1 Drover of the Mighty
• 1 Earthshaker Dreadmaw
• 1 Eladamri's Call
• 1 Etali, Primal Storm
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Fiery Confluence
• 8 Forest
• 1 Fortified Village
• 1 From the Rubble
• 1 Furycalm Snarl
• 1 Game Trail
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath
• 1 Ixalli's Lorekeeper
• 1 Jungle Shrine
• 1 Kessig Wolf Run
• 1 Kinjalli's Sunwing
• 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1 Majestic Heliopterus
• 1 Marauding Raptor
• 1 Migration Path
• 1 Mosswort Bridge
• 4 Mountain
• 1 Myriad Landscape
• 1 Nesting Grounds
• 1 Otepec Huntmaster
• 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 4 Plains
• 1 Progenitor's Icon
• 1 Quartzwood Crasher
• 1 Raging Swordtooth
• 1 Rampaging Brontodon
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Ranging Raptors
• 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 Runic Armasaur
• 1 Savage Stomp
• 1 Scion of Calamity
• 1 Scytheclaw Raptor
• 1 Secluded Courtyard
• 1 Shifting Ceratops
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sunfrill Imitator
• 1 Temple Altisaur
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Thrashing Brontodon
• 1 Thunderherd Migration
• 1 Thundering Spineback
• 1 Topiary Stomper
• 1 Unclaimed Territory
• 1 Verdant Sun's Avatar
• 1 Wakening Sun's Avatar
• 1 Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
• 1 Wayward Swordtooth
• 1 Wrathful Raptors
• 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
• 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn