How about an egg in these trying times? by UpsetITGuy

Format: Commander

Commander: Atla Palani, Nest Tender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is an optimized Naya polymorph and combo strategy commanded by Atla Palani, Nest Tender. The primary game plan accelerates mana on early turns, deploys Atla, and utilizes free sacrifice outlets such as Ashnod's Altar, Goblin Bombardment, and Skullclamp to crack 0/1 Egg tokens. When an Egg dies, Atla reveals cards from the top of the library to cheat massive threats like Worldspine Wurm, Impervious Greatwurm, and Palani's Hatcher directly onto the battlefield without paying their mana costs. The deck can achieve an immediate game-ending loop by combining Atla with Thornbite Staff and a sacrifice outlet to hatch every creature in the library and attack for lethal damage with Samut, Voice of Dissent. Strong proactive protection spells like Heroic Intervention, Flawless Maneuver, and Deflecting Swat defend Atla from targeted disruption. In games where Atla is suppressed, high-output mana dorks and Tooth and Nail allow the deck to hard-cast its devastating stompy top end.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Atla Palani, Nest Tender
  • 1 Aura Shards
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blasting Station
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Branchloft Pathway // Boulderloft Pathway
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concordant Crossroads
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Impervious Greatwurm
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magewright's Stone
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mirri's Guile
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Palani's Hatcher
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Saffi Eriksdotter
  • 1 Samut, Voice of Dissent
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scaled Wurm
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Seeker of Skybreak
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shared Summons
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Caryatid
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Tooth and Nail
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Bastion
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldspine Wurm
  • 1 Wrath of God
  • 1 Yavimaya Hollow
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth