Atla Palani, Nest Tender by dreez

Format: Commander

Commander: Atla Palani, Nest Tender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Dinosaur Tribal and creature-cheat engine piloted by Atla Palani, Nest Tender. The primary strategy focuses on ramping into Atla on Turn 3, deploying a sacrifice or damage outlet on Turn 4, and repeatedly cracking 0/1 Egg tokens to cheat game-ending Dinosaurs directly from the library onto the battlefield. The creature suite features devastating threats such as Gishath, Sun's Avatar, Tyrranax Rex, Zetalpa, Primal Dawn, and Apex Altisaur, which overwhelm opponents through massive combat stats, trample, and enrage triggers. While the deck possesses explosive mid-game turns and strong backup potential through natural ramp, its primary weakness lies in its reliance on Atla surviving summoning sickness and the lack of non-creature tutors to find sacrifice outlets consistently.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Atla Palani, Nest Tender
  • 1 Atzocan Seer
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Congregation at Dawn
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Dinosaur Egg
  • 1 Dragon Egg
  • 1 Earthshaker Dreadmaw
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fanatical Devotion
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fires of Yavimaya
  • 1 Forerunner of the Empire
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Goring Ceratops
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Huatli, Warrior Poet
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kinjalli's Sunwing
  • 1 Kogla and Yidaro
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marauding Raptor
  • 1 Martyr's Cause
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Naya Charm
  • 1 Nesting Dragon
  • 1 Otepec Huntmaster
  • 1 Palani's Hatcher
  • 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Rampaging Brontodon
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ranging Raptors
  • 1 Regisaur Alpha
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Ripjaw Raptor
  • 1 Roc Egg
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootborn Defenses
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Samut, Voice of Dissent
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sundering Growth
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Temple Altisaur
  • 1 Terastodon
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Tyrranax Rex
  • 1 Verdant Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Wakening Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn