Mayael the Anima: Problem Emporium by jmcc23

Format: Commander

Commander: Mayael the Anima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Mayael the Anima deck is a classic Naya cheat-into-play stompy strategy that bypasses high mana costs to deploy colossal creatures. Powered by an efficient package of 1-2 CMC ramp spells, the deck reliably establishes its mana base to cast Mayael on Turn 3 and activate her 6-mana ability by Turn 5. Activating Mayael on an opponent's end step puts game-ending threats like Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant, Worldspine Wurm, or Terror of the Peaks directly onto the battlefield, neatly circumventing stack countermagic. The deck backs up Mayael with redundant cheat enablers such as Elvish Piper, Monster Manual, and Lurking Predators. While it features limited early instant-speed removal and relies on untutored natural draws for utility spells, it compensates with explosive combat scaling from Moraug, Fury of Akoum, Utvara Hellkite, and Gisela, Blade of Goldnight. Robust phasing and blink protection spells like Teferi's Protection and Clever Concealment shield its board from opposing sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Adamantoise
  • 1 Angel of Serenity
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Angelic Arbiter
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Archetype of Endurance
  • 1 Archon of Valor's Reach
  • 1 Battlemage's Bracers
  • 1 Blazing Archon
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Elvish Piper
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Ghostway
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
  • 1 It That Betrays
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Lapse of Certainty
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Lurking Predators
  • 1 Mayael the Anima
  • 1 Molten Primordial
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Oath of Druids
  • 1 Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Regal Behemoth
  • 1 Rings of Brighthearth
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Scattered Groves
  • 1 Search for Tomorrow
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Sheltering Landscape
  • 1 Shriekwood Devourer
  • 1 Sire of Seven Deaths
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Springleaf Parade
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Surrak and Goreclaw
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Terastodon
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Trace of Abundance
  • 1 Tyrant of Discord
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Woodfall Primus
  • 1 Worldspine Wurm
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity