Dino Daddy by user8327940

Format: Commander

Commander: Gishath, Sun's Avatar

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated Naya Dinosaur tribal stompy strategy commanded by Gishath, Sun's Avatar. Its core game plan is developing mana through early ramp spells and cost reducers to cast Gishath on Turn 6. Because Gishath possesses vigilance, trample, and haste, it attacks immediately upon resolution. When Gishath deals combat damage to an opponent, its triggered ability reveals the top cards of the library and cheats multiple high-impact Dinosaurs directly onto the battlefield. Heavy hitters like Ghalta, Primal Hunger, Zetalpa, Primal Dawn, and Goring Ceratops overwhelm opposing defenses through sheer size, trample, and double strike. While the deck boasts immense board explosion and card advantage once Gishath connects, its reliance on an 8-mana commander leaves it vulnerable to well-timed removal and board wipes. The list functions as a straightforward, high-synergy battlecruiser engine capable of eliminating the table across two combat cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancestors' Aid
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Atarka's Command
  • 1 Belligerent Yearling
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Brought Back
  • 1 Burning Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Captivating Cave
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Earthshaker Dreadmaw
  • 1 Elven Farsight
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Explorer's Cache
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Family Reunion
  • 1 Forebear's Blade
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Frilled Deathspitter
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Gift of Paradise
  • 1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Glowcap Lantern
  • 1 Goring Ceratops
  • 1 Hidden Volcano
  • 1 Hunter's Blowgun
  • 1 Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath
  • 1 Ixalli's Lorekeeper
  • 1 Khalni Heart Expedition
  • 1 Kinjalli's Caller
  • 1 Kinjalli's Sunwing
  • 1 Knight of the Stampede
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Might of the Ancestors
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Nurturing Bristleback
  • 1 Open the Gates
  • 1 Orazca Frillback
  • 1 Orazca Raptor
  • 1 Pathfinding Axejaw
  • 9 Plains
  • 1 Poetic Ingenuity
  • 1 Raging Regisaur
  • 1 Rampaging Ceratops
  • 1 Raptor Companion
  • 1 Regisaur Alpha
  • 1 Relentless Raptor
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Scytheclaw Raptor
  • 1 Seismic Monstrosaur
  • 1 Setessan Training
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shining Aerosaur
  • 1 Sky Terror
  • 1 Snubhorn Sentry
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stampeding Horncrest
  • 1 Sun-Collared Raptor
  • 1 Sun-Crested Pterodon
  • 1 Survivors' Bond
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Territorial Hammerskull
  • 1 The Skullspore Nexus
  • 1 Thrash of Raptors
  • 1 Thrashing Brontodon
  • 1 Tilonalli's Crown
  • 1 Titanic Growth
  • 1 Triumphant Chomp
  • 1 Triumphant Surge
  • 1 War Flare
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Wild Guess
  • 1 Wildwood Rebirth
  • 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn