Earthbending by SailorSmithsonian

Format: Commander

Creator: SailorSmithsonian

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a Naya lands-matter aggressive midrange deck centered on Toph, the First Metalbender and the earthbend mechanic. The strategy ramps aggressively during the opening turns with efficient sorceries and creatures like Lotus Cobra and Nature's Lore, enabling a Turn 3 or Turn 4 commander deployment. Once Toph is on the board, each end step animates lands into hasty, growing attackers that return to the battlefield tapped if destroyed or exiled. By Turn 6, the deck converts this mana-and-creature foundation into a decisive threat through heavy hitters like Bumi, Unleashed, Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender, and counter enhancers like The Earth Crystal and Doubling Season. While the land creatures exhibit natural resilience against sweepers, the deck relies almost exclusively on combat damage to eliminate opponents and contains minimal proactive disruption, requiring tight sequencing to close out the table across Turns 6 through 8.

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 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender
  • 1 Bumi, Unleashed
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Cracked Earth Technique
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cycle of Renewal
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Earthbending Lesson
  • 1 Earthbending Student
  • 1 Earthshape
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 20 Forest
  • 1 Great Divide Guide
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Planar Engineering
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Rockalanche
  • 1 Roiling Regrowth
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Seismic Sense
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solid Ground
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tectonic Split
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terra Eternal
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Legend of Kyoshi // Avatar Kyoshi
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Stasis Coffin
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
  • 1 Toph, Greatest Earthbender
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
  • 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
  • 1 Uncle Iroh
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zuran Orb