No thanks by Jayzis

Format: Commander

Commander: Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Gruul stompy list designed to ramp out Etali, Primal Conqueror ahead of curve and repeatedly clone it for overwhelming card and mana advantage. By pairing aggressive 1-to-3 CMC mana dorks, land ramp, and burst rituals with ten dedicated clone effects like Twinflame, Molten Duplication, and Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink, the deck turns a single commander resolution into four to eight free spells in a single turn. While the primary plan seeks to overwhelm opponents with giant trampling beaters, damage multipliers like Fiery Emancipation, and Etali's 11/11 poison flip, the deck also integrates a compact infinite creature mana combo via Food Chain and Squee, the Immortal. Its low interaction density and reliance on resolving a seven-mana commander make it vulnerable to heavy countermagic, but its raw resource velocity and explosive turn cycles allow it to dominate casual and high-power tables rapidly.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chandra, Flameshaper
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Delina, Wild Mage
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fires of Yavimaya
  • 1 Flamerush Rider
  • 1 Flare of Cultivation
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
  • 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Keeper of Secrets
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Mana Flare
  • 1 Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes
  • 1 Mirage Phalanx
  • 1 Mirror Box
  • 1 Mirror March
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 1 Molten Echoes
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Squee, the Immortal
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus