Mayael the Anima by mjchesney

Format: Commander

Commander: Mayael the Anima

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Naya stompy list commanded by Mayael the Anima. Its primary game plan is to accelerate mana on the first two turns, cast Mayael on Turn 3, and activate her six-mana ability on Turn 4's end step to cheat massive five-power-plus creatures directly onto the battlefield. With over 24 valid power targets, blind activations hit reliable payoffs roughly 80 percent of the time, while top-deck tools like Sensei's Divining Top, Scroll Rack, and Congregation at Dawn guarantee devastating bombs such as Blightsteel Colossus, Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger, and Old Gnawbone. The deck backs up its primary cheat engine with alternative enablers including Monster Manual and Elvish Piper, alongside an infinite mana combo using Selvala, Heart of the Wilds and Umbral Mantle. While vulnerable to fast combo and light on cheap instant interaction, it applies overwhelming combat pressure from Turn 5 onward.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Akroma, Vision of Ixidor
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Archetype of Endurance
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bearer of the Heavens
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blast-Furnace Hellkite
  • 1 Blazing Archon
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Congregation at Dawn
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Elvish Piper
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farseek
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hydra Omnivore
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Iroas, God of Victory
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kamahl, Heart of Krosa
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lithoform Engine
  • 1 Lurking Predators
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Mayael the Anima
  • 1 Mayael's Aria
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Chosen
  • 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
  • 1 Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Quilled Greatwurm
  • 1 Railway Brawler
  • 1 Reclaim
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Siege Behemoth
  • 1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of Domination
  • 1 Stonehoof Chieftain
  • 1 Surrak and Goreclaw
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titanic Ultimatum
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity