etali by Bispe

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Gruul big-mana stompy build led by Etali, Primal Conqueror. The core strategy revolves around ramping hard in the opening turns using mana dorks, land-fetch spells, and artifacts to deploy Etali by Turn 4. Upon entering the battlefield, Etali casts the top nonland card from each player's library for free, generating massive tempo and card advantage in a single action. The deck then converts this explosive board state into a win over the next two turns using extra combat steps, haste enablers, clone effects, and lethal trample damage. Alternatively, Etali can transform into Etali, Primal Sickness to eliminate opponents with 11 trampling, indestructible poison damage. While vulnerable to early disruption and board sweepers, the deck features high redundancy in large standalone threats and recovers rapidly through its deep mana base.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloomvine Regent // Claim Territory
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Chandra, Flameshaper
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Colossal Dreadmaw
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Constant Mists
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Devastating Onslaught
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Dust Bowl
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Ensnared by the Mara
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fervor
  • 1 Flaming Tyrannosaurus
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Blessing
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
  • 1 Halana and Alena, Partners
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Impulsive Maneuvers
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree
  • 1 Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave
  • 1 Kogla and Yidaro
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loot, Exuberant Explorer
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lumbering Worldwagon
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Nalfeshnee
  • 1 Oath of Druids
  • 1 Outcaster Trailblazer
  • 1 Pain for All
  • 1 Poison Dart Frog
  • 1 Promising Vein
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Regal Behemoth
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Seize the Day
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Shunt
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider Manifestation
  • 1 Spider-Rex, Daring Dino
  • 1 Summon: Titan
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tangle
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl