Big Dino b5 by user6605636

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Gruul deck pilots Etali, Primal Conqueror as a turbo-value engine, aiming to cast the 7-mana Elder Dinosaur by turn 3-4 using a dense package of ritual effects, fast mana rocks, and land acceleration. Once Etali hits the battlefield, its ETB trigger exiles each player's library until a nonland card is found, allowing you to cast any number of those spells for free - often chaining into copy spells (Twinflame, Heat Shimmer) that duplicate Etali for multiple triggers, overwhelming the table with free permanents. The deck also packs compact infinite combos (Dualcaster Mage + a copy spell, Food Chain + Squee, the Immortal, Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + a ritual) as alternative win conditions that can end the game in a single turn without relying on Etali. The transform side (Etali, Primal Sickness) is a backup 11/11 indestructible trampler that kills via poison counters.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Chandra, Flameshaper
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Cream of the Crop
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Eldrazi Confluence
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Geosurge
  • 1 Glimpse the Impossible
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
  • 1 Hadoken
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hunting Velociraptor
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kindle the Inner Flame
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Manamorphose
  • 1 Metamorphosis
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Open the Omenpaths
  • 1 Orcish Lumberjack
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Pyrokinesis
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Reckless Barbarian
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Squee, the Immortal
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tinder Wall
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wild Cantor
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 World War Hulk
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 _____ Goblin