Dino Thunder by Chains96

Format: Commander

Commander: Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Naya Dinosaur tribal midrange strategy commanded by Pantlaza, Sun-Favored. The primary game plan focuses on mana acceleration during the early turns to cast Pantlaza on turn 3 or 4, immediately discovering a free spell. On subsequent turns, the deck casts high-toughness Dinosaurs such as Etali, Primal Conqueror, Trumpeting Carnosaur, and Annoyed Altisaur to chain additional free spells and build an overwhelming board presence. Blink engines like Teleportation Circle and Conjurer's Closet reuse enter-the-battlefield triggers on each player's turn to sustain card velocity. The deck closes games through combat damage by trampling over blockers using anthem and overrun effects like Akroma's Will, Titanic Ultimatum, Shared Animosity, and The Skullspore Nexus. While weak to repeated sweepers and fast spell-based combos, the deck provides high resilience and rapid board rebuilding.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Aerid Konstrari
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Ancient Bronze Dragon
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Annoyed Altisaur
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armored Kincaller
  • 1 Belligerent Yearling
  • 1 Bellowing Aegisaur
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Cosmic Cube
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Displaced Dinosaurs
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flaming Tyrannosaurus
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghalta the Immovable
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Goring Ceratops
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kinjalli's Sunwing
  • 1 Marauding Raptor
  • 1 Marshal's Anthem
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Radiant Destiny
  • 1 Rampaging Ceratops
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Regal Imperiosaur
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Runic Armasaur
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Siegehorn Ceratops
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spidersilk Armor
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Unity
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Skullspore Nexus
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titanic Ultimatum
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Worldly Tutor