These Lands Really Tie the Deck Together, Do They Not? by Valkarion

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, Greatest Earthbender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Gruul combat strategy built around Toph, Greatest Earthbender. It uses dense early green ramp to deploy Toph ahead of curve on turn 3 or 4. When Toph enters, she earthbends a land based on mana spent, transforming it into an immediate hasty attacker that benefits from her static double-strike ability. Earthbent lands feature built-in resilience: if destroyed or exiled, they return to the battlefield tapped, shielding the pilot from resource loss during opposing creature sweeps. The deck compounds this pressure through +1/+1 counter doublers, trample enablers, and extra combats from Moraug, Fury of Akoum. While it excels at recovering from board wipes due to Toph's scaling entry trigger, it carries narrow interactive coverage and relies heavily on natural draws to find noncreature draw engines and defensive spells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Badgermole
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bitter Work
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Brushfire Elemental
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commencement of Festivities
  • 1 Cracked Earth Technique
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Earth Kingdom General
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Earthbending Lesson
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 16 Forest
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Haru, Hidden Talent
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loot, the Nexus
  • 1 Mage Slayer
  • 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Planar Engineering
  • 1 Power Fist
  • 1 Raging Ravine
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Ride the Shoopuf
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rockalanche
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Seismic Tutelage
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Simulacrum Shaper
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tale of Katara and Toph
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Earth King
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toph, Greatest Earthbender
  • 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Unnatural Restoration
  • 1 Vivid Grove
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Worldsoul's Rage
  • 1 Zhur-Taa Druid