Etali-Let the chaos begin 2.0 by HKSmurf

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Gruul turbo stompy strategy focused on accelerating into Etali, Primal Conqueror as fast as possible. Utilizing a dense suite of 1-to-2 CMC mana dorks, land ramp, and explosive red rituals, the deck reliably generates seven mana by Turn 4. Upon entering the battlefield, Etali casts four nonland spells for free directly from the top of all players' libraries, generating immediate card advantage and overwhelming board presence. The deck multiplies this advantage using inexpensive clone sorceries like Molten Duplication, Twinflame, and Heat Shimmer, which create hasty token copies of Etali to trigger additional rounds of free spells. Opponents face immense combat pressure from giant stolen threats, double cascade spells like Call Forth the Tempest, or a transformed Etali, Primal Sickness that eliminates players with a single hit of poison damage. The deck defends its execution with uncounterable land effects and efficient redirection spells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Eldrazi Confluence
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Geosurge
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kindle the Inner Flame
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Manamorphose
  • 1 Manglehorn
  • 1 Metamorphosis
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Sanctum of Eternity
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Tinder Wall
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Wheel of Misfortune
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 World War Hulk
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth