Egg by user3808516

Format: Commander

Creator: user3808516

Commander: Atla Palani, Nest Tender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 25

Deck overview

This deck is an Atla Palani cheat-into-play strategy that aims to convert Egg deaths into game-ending threats. By deploying Atla on Turn 4 and combining her with free sacrifice outlets like Ashnod's Altar, Goblin Bombardment, or Altar of Dementia, the deck cheats terrifying creatures directly from the library onto the battlefield. Its threat suite includes legendary Eldrazi, Blightsteel Colossus, Apex Devastator, and dominant Praetors. A unique deckbuilding choice is the inclusion of twelve changelings; because changelings count as Eggs, they can be sacrificed immediately to trigger Atla, though they also dilute the library and can reduce the impact of individual flips. Because the deck runs minimal ramp and relies on natural combat damage without infinite combo loops, it closes games through sequential combat phases, offering opponents fair interaction windows while applying overwhelming board pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Atla Palani, Nest Tender
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bind
  • 1 Blazing Archon
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Changeling Wayfinder
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Dinosaur Egg
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Fanatical Devotion
  • 1 Feisty Spikeling
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Guardian Gladewalker
  • 1 Guttural Response
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Impostor of the Sixth Pride
  • 1 Inspiring Vantage
  • 1 Irregular Cohort
  • 1 It That Betrays
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lurking Predators
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Manamorphose
  • 1 Masked Vandal
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Not of This World
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Three Tree Mascot
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
  • 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  • 1 Universal Automaton
  • 1 Urabrask the Hidden
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Void Winnower
  • 1 Woodland Changeling
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Worldspine Wurm