Earthbending by GeneralDinosaur

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This Naya deck centers on Toph, the First Metalbender, turning nontoken artifacts into lands and animating them into aggressive, resilient land creatures via the earthbend mechanic. The strategy ramps aggressively during the opening turns with cards like Lotus Cobra, Wild Growth, and Sol Ring to cast Toph ahead of curve. Once online, the deck generates compounding value by placing +1/+1 counters on hasty land creatures, supported by counter multipliers such as Bristly Bill, Spine Sower, Doubling Season, and The Earth Crystal. Because earthbent lands return to the battlefield tapped upon death or exile, the board maintains unmatched wrath resilience. The deck protects its proactive game plan with Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar and Hexing Squelcher before finishing games around Turn 6 with explosive combat steps powered by Bumi, Unleashed, Toph, Greatest Earthbender, or a lethal Finale of Devastation.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Badgermole
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blossoming Tortoise
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brightglass Gearhulk
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender
  • 1 Bumi, Unleashed
  • 1 Candelabra of Tawnos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Earth Kingdom General
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Earthbending Student
  • 1 Earthshape
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Great Divide Guide
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Ichor Wellspring
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Iroas, God of Victory
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Prismatic Omen
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sabotender
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Scythecat Cub
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terra Eternal
  • 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Legend of Kyoshi // Avatar Kyoshi
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tifa Lockhart
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
  • 1 Toph, Greatest Earthbender
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
  • 1 Traveling Chocobo
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth