Nikya projet by Djecko

Format: Commander

Commander: Nikya of the Old Ways

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a creature-only stompy deck built around Nikya of the Old Ways. Nikya doubles mana from each land you tap but prevents casting noncreature spells, so every ramp, draw, and removal piece must be a creature or land. The primary plan is to ramp with mana dorks and land-search creatures, use Nikya to generate 8-12 mana from 4-5 lands, flood the board with large creatures, and win through combat. Secondary paths generate value with Etali cast triggers, poison kills with Etali, Primal Sickness, and extra combats with Hellkite Charger. Selvala, Heart of the Wilds and Etali, Primal Storm act as hidden commanders for mana and card flow. There are no infinite combos; wins are fair combat overruns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acidic Slime
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Archetype of Aggression
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Bane of Progress
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Cactusfolk Sureshot
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Courser of Kruphix
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 End-Raze Forerunners
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farhaven Elf
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fierce Empath
  • 23 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Garruk's Packleader
  • 1 Genesis Hydra
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Magus of the Candelabra
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Nikya of the Old Ways
  • 1 Nullstone Gargoyle
  • 1 Ogre Battledriver
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Primordial Sage
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Runic Armasaur
  • 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shaman of Forgotten Ways
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Silverback Elder
  • 1 Somberwald Sage
  • 1 Soul of New Phyrexia
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Springbloom Druid
  • 1 Surrak and Goreclaw
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Trailtracker Scout
  • 1 Urabrask the Hidden
  • 1 Vizier of the Menagerie
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus