Tifa's Dolphin Blow

Format: Commander

Commander: Tifa, Martial Artist

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Naya aggro strategy centered on Tifa, Martial Artist. The primary game plan accelerates into an early commander cast on Turn 4, immediately pairing Tifa with power amplifiers such as Excalibur, Sword of Eden, Xenagos, God of Revels, or her natural Melee trigger when attacking three opponents. By Turn 5, connecting with a 7-power creature untaps the team and triggers an additional combat step, creating explosive board pressure and drawing vast quantities of cards via combat triggers like Toski, Bearer of Secrets and Bitter Work. While the deck features an infinite combat backup line using Aggravated Assault and Sword of Feast and Famine, its primary win condition is overwhelming trample combat damage closed out on Turn 6 with finishers like Akroma's Will or Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus. Robust defensive spells like Grand Abolisher and Clever Concealment protect the combat engine during critical turn cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstergo Entertainment
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitter Work
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Daily Bugle Building
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Frenzied Baloth
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Halana and Alena, Partners
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Iroas, God of Victory
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lightning, Army of One
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mabel, Valley Hero
  • 1 Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Naya Charm
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Outcaster Trailblazer
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pathbreaker Ibex
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tifa's Limit Break
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Titania, Proud Pummeler
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn // Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Bastion
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yuna's Whistle
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus