Earthbend 101 by user3541513

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Naya deck is commanded by Toph, the First Metalbender, merging artifact utility with aggressive land animation and landfall synergies. Toph turns all nontoken artifacts into lands and animates them each end step via earthbend 2. Because earthbent lands return to the battlefield tapped whenever they die or are exiled, the deck generates resilient, recurring attackers that survive standard removal. The primary strategy accelerates into high-impact threats like Bumi, Unleashed, Kodama of the West Tree, and Omnath, Locus of Rage, attacking with large trampling land creatures across multiple combat phases. Supporting elements like The Ozolith preserve counters, while Sylvan Safekeeper and Heroic Intervention shield key pieces. Additionally, an infinite mana combo between Ashaya, Soul of the Wild and Ley Weaver provides an alternate win condition. The deck establishes its core engine by Turn 4, unleashes heavy combat pressure on Turn 5, and reliably closes the game by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang's Journey
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brightglass Gearhulk
  • 1 Bumi, Unleashed
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cycle of Renewal
  • 1 Day of Judgment
  • 1 Deserted Temple
  • 1 Earth Kingdom General
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Earthshape
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Glaring Spotlight
  • 1 Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Junk Diver
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Ley Weaver
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Marvin, Murderous Mimic
  • 1 Mindslaver
  • 1 Mishra's Bauble
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mountain Valley
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Orochi Leafcaller
  • 1 Osgir, the Reconstructor
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Omen
  • 1 Pyramid of the Pantheon
  • 1 Sabotender
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sanctum of Fruitful Harvest
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Seer's Sundial
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Slumbering Trudge
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
  • 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
  • 1 Urza's Bauble
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zuran Orb