Metalbending by Vampmagick

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Naya land-animation deck, helmed by Toph, the First Metalbender, is built around the earthbend mechanic, which transforms lands into hasty creature tokens with +1/+1 counters. The primary game plan is to create a resilient army of land creatures that return to the battlefield tapped when they die or are exiled, enabling repeated value swings. The commander's ability to turn nontoken artifacts into lands adds synergy with mana rocks and utility artifacts, while the Ally creature type ties together several support pieces like Great Divide Guide and Suki, Courageous Rescuer. The deck wins through combat damage, overwhelming opponents with growing, trampling land creatures and occasional token generation. Secondary paths include using Avatar Kyoshi for massive mana and direct attacks, and Solid Ground to amplify counter production. The strategy is straightforward: ramp, animate lands, attack relentlessly, and rebuild after wipes via the earthbend return trigger.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Airbender's Reversal
• 1 Allies at Last
• 1 Ally Encampment
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender
• 1 Ba Sing Se
• 1 Badgermole
• 1 Barrels of Blasting Jelly
• 1 Bender's Waterskin
• 1 Bitter Work
• 1 Blossoming Sands
• 1 Boros Garrison
• 1 Bumi Bash
• 1 Burnished Hart
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cracked Earth Technique
• 1 Destined Confrontation
• 1 Earth King's Lieutenant
• 1 Earth Kingdom General
• 1 Earth Kingdom Jailer
• 1 Earth Kingdom Protectors
• 1 Earth Kingdom Soldier
• 1 Earth Rumble
• 1 Earth Rumble Wrestlers
• 1 Earthbender Ascension
• 1 Earthbending Lesson
• 1 Emerald Medallion
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Fancy Footwork
• 1 Firdoch Core
• 1 Firebending Lesson
• 6 Forest
• 1 Great Divide Guide
• 1 Gruul Turf
• 1 H.E.R.B.I.E. Scout Unit
• 1 Haru, Hidden Talent
• 1 Jasmine Dragon Tea Shop
• 1 Kazandu Refuge
• 1 Kyoshi Village
• 1 Lightning Strike
• 1 Lion Umbra
• 1 Liquimetal Coating
• 1 Mishra's Bauble
• 1 Mossfire Valley
• 6 Mountain
• 1 Omashu City
• 1 Origin of Metalbending
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Pearl Medallion
• 5 Plains
• 1 Planar Engineering
• 1 Rebellious Captives
• 1 Rockalanche
• 1 Rocky Rebuke
• 1 Ruby Medallion
• 1 Rugged Highlands
• 1 Rumble Arena
• 1 Sandbenders' Storm
• 1 Secret Tunnel
• 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1 Shared Roots
• 1 Sheltering Landscape
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solid Ground
• 1 Split Up
• 1 Suki, Courageous Rescuer
• 1 Suki, Kyoshi Warrior
• 1 Sun-Blessed Peak
• 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1 Tectonic Split
• 1 The Boulder, Ready to Rumble
• 1 The Earth King
• 1 The Legend of Kyoshi // Avatar Kyoshi
• 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
• 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
• 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
• 1 Tranquil Expanse
• 1 Vexing Bauble
• 1 Vision of Love
• 1 Walltop Sentries
• 1 White Lotus Hideout
• 1 Wind-Scarred Crag
• 1 Zuran Orb