It scares some of the smaller ones away, but attracts one really big one with the fin by Semaj_of_Esper

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 78

Deck overview

This deck is a high-speed Gruul turbo combo deck that uses Etali, Primal Conqueror in the command zone as both an explosive value engine and an infinite mana sink. By combining dense fast mana, explosive rituals, and low-cost creature ramp, the deck accelerates to seven mana on turns 2-3. Once mana is online, casting Etali immediately casts four free nonland spells from all players' libraries. The primary win condition uses Food Chain alongside Squee, the Immortal or Eternal Scourge to generate infinite creature mana, casting and exiling Etali repeatedly to exile all opponents' libraries and cast their win conditions. Compact backup lines like Dualcaster Mage with Twinflame or Molten Duplication offer alternate same-turn kills. Strong anti-countermagic and redirection spells protect the critical win window.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aerid Konstrari
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Autumn's Veil
  • 1 Barbarian Ring
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Chandra, Flameshaper
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 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 Endurance
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Eternal Scourge
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Fury
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Geosurge
  • 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Herigast, Erupting Nullkite
  • 1 Hex Magic
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 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 Manamorphose
  • 1 Metamorphosis
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Open the Omenpaths
  • 1 Orcish Lumberjack
  • 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Rousing Refrain
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Squee, the Immortal
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Tinder Wall
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Wastes
  • 1 Wild Cantor
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 _____ Goblin