Dino Time by Benbis81

Format: Commander

Commander: Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This Pantlaza, Sun-Favored deck is an optimized Dinosaur tribal midrange stompy strategy designed to generate overwhelming board presence and card velocity through the Discover mechanic. The game plan centers on deploying early ramp (mana dorks, land sorceries, and cost reducers) to cast Pantlaza on turn 4, immediately triggering Discover 4 to cheat an additional permanent into play. In subsequent turns, casting massive Dinosaurs such as Etali, Primal Conqueror, Gishath, Sun's Avatar, and Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant triggers cascading Discover effects and triggers power-based draw engines like Elemental Bond and Garruk's Uprising. The deck defends its board with premier protection spells including Heroic Intervention, Flawless Maneuver, and Teferi's Protection. Once a critical mass of trampling power is established, the deck closes the game on turn 6 with decisive combat finishers like Akroma's Will or asymmetric wipes like Chandra's Ignition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Bronzebeak Foragers
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Carnage Tyrant
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cream of the Crop
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Hunting Velociraptor
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Monstrous Vortex
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Natural Order
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Otepec Huntmaster
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Palani's Hatcher
  • 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Ravenous Tyrannosaurus
  • 1 Regisaur Alpha
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Ripjaw Raptor
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savage Order
  • 1 Sawhorn Nemesis
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scion of Calamity
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Wrathful Raptors
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity