The First Metalbender by UnknownStranger13

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Naya midrange strategy built around Toph, the First Metalbender, using the Earthbend mechanic to turn lands and nontoken artifacts into recurring combat threats. Toph converts all nontoken artifacts into lands, maximizing landfall triggers and granting automatic end-step land animation. When earthbent lands die or are exiled, their built-in ability returns them to the battlefield tapped, creating a self-replenishing mana base that naturally defies conventional removal. The primary game plan accelerates mana on Turns 1–3, casts Toph on Turn 4, and deploys high-impact multipliers like All Will Be One, Bumi, Unleashed, or Ashaya, Soul of the Wild on Turn 5. These pieces convert continuous counter distribution into direct burn damage and overwhelming combat steps, closing out games by Turn 7. Robust protection spells such as Clever Concealment and Heroic Intervention shield key assets, while asymmetric board interactions like Terra Eternal and Avatar's Wrath keep opponents on the defensive.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 All Will Be One
• 1 Amulet of Vigor
• 1 Annie Joins Up
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
• 1 Avatar's Wrath
• 1 Ba Sing Se
• 1 Badgermole
• 1 Badgermole Cub
• 1 Bant Panorama
• 1 Bleeding Woods
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Bountiful Promenade
• 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1 Brokers Hideout
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Bumi, Unleashed
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 Clever Concealment
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crop Rotation
• 1 Darksteel Citadel
• 1 Drannith Magistrate
• 1 Earthbender Ascension
• 1 Earthbending Student
• 1 Earthshape
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Evolution Sage
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Exploration Broodship
• 3 Forest
• 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
• 1 Goblin Welder
• 1 Great Divide Guide
• 1 Haru, Hidden Talent
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Ichor Wellspring
• 1 Idol of Oblivion
• 1 Idyllic Tutor
• 1 Inventors' Fair
• 1 Jetmir's Garden
• 1 Liquimetal Coating
• 1 Liquimetal Torque
• 1 Lotus Cobra
• 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
• 1 Mindslaver
• 1 Mishra's Bauble
• 3 Mountain
• 1 Mycosynth Lattice
• 1 Mycosynth Wellspring
• 1 Nature's Rhythm
• 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
• 1 Overgrown Farmland
• 1 Phyrexian Altar
• 3 Plains
• 1 Resourceful Defense
• 1 Retreat to Emeria
• 1 Rockfall Vale
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Sabotender
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Sculpting Steel
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sterling Grove
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Sungrass Prairie
• 1 Sunpetal Grove
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1 Tale of Katara and Toph
• 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Temple of Plenty
• 1 Terra Eternal
• 1 Terrasymbiosis
• 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
• 1 The Earth Crystal
• 1 The Ozolith
• 1 The Stasis Coffin
• 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
• 1 Tifa Lockhart
• 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
• 1 Toph, Greatest Earthbender
• 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
• 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
• 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
• 1 Unwinding Clock
• 1 Urza's Saga
• 1 Wilderness Reclamation
• 1 Wrenn and Realmbreaker
• 1 Zuran Orb