BIG S**T LIKE A DINOSAUR by rparker209

Format: Commander

Commander: Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Naya Dinosaur Midrange strategy piloted by Pantlaza, Sun-Favored. The primary game plan focuses on rapid early-game acceleration via efficient 1-2 CMC ramp spells and Dinosaur cost reducers, setting up a Turn 4 Pantlaza deployment. Pantlaza immediately triggers Discover on entry, cascading into free spells and generating substantial card velocity. On Turn 5, the deck transitions into critical onset by resolving titanic threats such as Gishath, Sun's Avatar, Etali, Primal Conqueror, or utilizing Savage Order, triggering high-value Discover cascades that flood the board with massive trampling bodies. The deck converts this overwhelming board presence into game victories across Turns 6 and 7 using haste enablers like Regisaur Alpha and Rhythm of the Wild, alongside decisive finishers including Akroma's Will, Overwhelming Stampede, and Chandra's Ignition. While vulnerable to mass creature removal, the deck's immediate ETB value and deep threat density ensure strong resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arch of Orazca
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Atzocan Seer
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Bronzebeak Foragers
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curious Altisaur
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Drover of the Mighty
  • 1 Earthshaker Dreadmaw
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 From the Rubble
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghostway
  • 1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Hunting Velociraptor
  • 1 Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath
  • 1 Ixalli's Lorekeeper
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kinjalli's Sunwing
  • 1 Lurking Predators
  • 1 Marauding Raptor
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Otepec Huntmaster
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Progenitor's Icon
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Rampaging Brontodon
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ranging Raptors
  • 1 Ravenous Tyrannosaurus
  • 1 Regal Behemoth
  • 1 Regisaur Alpha
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Ripjaw Raptor
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savage Order
  • 1 Savage Stomp
  • 1 Scion of Calamity
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Temple Altisaur
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Thrashing Brontodon
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thunderherd Migration
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Verdant Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Wakening Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth
  • 1 Welcome to . . . // Jurassic Park
  • 1 Wrathful Raptors
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn