Pantlaza, Sun-Favored by Vinheo

Format: Commander

Commander: Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Naya Dinosaur tribal midrange strategy commanded by Pantlaza, Sun-Favored. The primary game plan focuses on deploying early mana ramp to cast Pantlaza on Turn 4, immediately triggering its Discover ability to cheat high-impact spells into play. On subsequent turns, the deck chains massive prehistoric threats like Bonehoard Dracosaur, Palani's Hatcher, and Gishath, Sun's Avatar, generating overwhelming card advantage and board presence. It secures victory around Turn 7 by overrunning opponents with lethal combat damage amplified by Akroma's Will, Overrun, Xenagos, God of Revels, or Chandra's Ignition. Tax pieces like High Noon and Kinjalli's Sunwing slow opposing game plans while asymmetrical wipes like Wakening Sun's Avatar clear the way for decisive attacks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Atla Palani, Nest Tender
  • 1 Atzocan Seer
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Bronzebeak Foragers
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curious Altisaur
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Earthshaker Dreadmaw
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 High Noon
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Ixalli's Lorekeeper
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kinjalli's Sunwing
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Otepec Huntmaster
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 1 Overrun
  • 1 Palani's Hatcher
  • 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Prey Upon
  • 1 Progenitor's Icon
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Rampaging Brontodon
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ranging Raptors
  • 1 Restless Ridgeline
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Runic Armasaur
  • 1 Sawhorn Nemesis
  • 1 Scion of Calamity
  • 1 Scytheclaw Raptor
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Sunfrill Imitator
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple Altisaur
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Skullspore Nexus
  • 1 Thrashing Brontodon
  • 1 Threats Undetected
  • 1 Three Tree Rootweaver
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thud
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Wakening Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Wrathful Raptors
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn