Aang, the First Dreadbender by praisepoison

Format: Commander

Commander: Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant midrange strategy centered around Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior, combining face-down mechanics (morph, disguise, cloak, and manifest dread) with blink effects and land animation. In the early game, cheap ramp enables a Turn 3-4 Aang cast, which digs five cards deep to place an impactful low-cost creature directly onto the battlefield. Once a creature leaves the battlefield, Aang transforms into Aang, Destined Savior, granting land creatures vigilance and earthbending lands into hasty, recurring beaters each combat. Engines like Abhorrent Oculus, They Came from the Pipes, and Threats Around Every Corner generate continuous board presence and mana advantage. The deck closes games around Turn 8 through overwhelming combat damage, backed by efficient spot removal, turn-protection from Voice of Victory, and tempo blowouts from Ixidron and Brine Elemental.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior
• 1 Abhorrent Oculus
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Ainok Survivalist
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Badgermole Cub
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1 Bountiful Promenade
• 1 Break Down the Door
• 1 Breeding Pool
• 1 Brine Elemental
• 1 Brushland
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Cryptic Coat
• 1 Curator Beastie
• 1 Den Protector
• 1 Displacer Kitten
• 1 Dour Port-Mage
• 1 Ephemerate
• 1 Eternal Witness
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Experiment Twelve
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Finale of Devastation
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 8 Forest
• 1 Get Lost
• 1 Growing Dread
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Hauntwoods Shrieker
• 1 Hedge Maze
• 1 Hide in Plain Sight
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Innkeeper's Talent
• 1 Island
• 1 Ixidron
• 1 King T'Challa // Black Panther, Hope Enduring
• 1 Lush Portico
• 1 Manifest Dread
• 1 Misty Rainforest
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Noble Hierarch
• 1 Oblivious Bookworm
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Overgrown Farmland
• 1 Overgrown Zealot
• 1 Panoptic Projektor
• 1 Paranormal Analyst
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Printlifter Ooze
• 1 Prismatic Vista
• 1 Railway Brawler
• 1 Rejuvenating Springs
• 1 Roaming Throne
• 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1 Scroll of Fate
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Secret Plans
• 1 Simic Signet
• 1 Sodden Verdure
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soulherder
• 1 Spara's Headquarters
• 1 Sumala Sentry
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Curiosity
• 1 Talisman of Unity
• 1 Teleportation Circle
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 They Came from the Pipes
• 1 Threats Around Every Corner
• 1 Trail of Mystery
• 1 Under the Skin
• 1 Valgavoth's Onslaught
• 1 Vannifar, Evolved Enigma
• 1 Verdant Catacombs
• 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
• 1 Voice of Victory
• 1 Whisperwood Elemental
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Yavimaya Coast
• 1 Yedora, Grave Gardener
• 1 Zimone, Mystery Unraveler