Etali CEDH - Who let big chungus out? by Mrwarden94

Format: Commander

Commander: Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 72

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive Commander turbo strategy led by Etali, Primal Conqueror. It focuses on accelerating mana aggressively during the first two turns using format-staple artifact fast mana, Sol lands, and burst rituals. By Turn 3, the deck deploys Etali or establishes infinite mana combos such as Food Chain paired with Squee, the Immortal. When Etali enters the battlefield, it exiles and casts spells from each player's library for free, chaining into duplicate copy spells like Molten Duplication and Twinflame to repeatedly trigger Etali's ability. In addition to commander-centric lines, the deck runs fully independent win conditions including Dualcaster Mage copy loops and Underworld Breach recursion engines. Protection spells such as Veil of Summer, Deflecting Swat, and Pyroblast shield combo turns, while Cavern of Souls and Delighted Halfling bypass opposing countermagic entirely.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chandra, Flameshaper
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Cream of the Crop
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Eldrazi Confluence
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Face Yourself
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Geosurge
  • 1 Glimpse the Impossible
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hunting Velociraptor
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Infernal Plunge
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kindle the Inner Flame
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Metamorphosis
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Open the Omenpaths
  • 1 Orcish Lumberjack
  • 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Pyrokinesis
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Reckless Barbarian
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Sandstone Needle
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Squee, the Immortal
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tinder Wall
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 World War Hulk
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 _____ Goblin