Apex Devasation by PlesioDigger

Format: Commander

Commander: Katara, the Fearless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

Katara, the Fearless commands a Bant Ally and Big-Mana deck that blends tribal trigger doubling with high-cost stompy payoffs. The primary strategy ramps during early turns using low-cost creatures and land searchers like Harabaz Druid and Shared Roots, deploying Katara on Turn 3. Mid-game turns establish compounding value by doubling Ally triggers from cards such as Sea Gate Loremaster for massive card draw, The Earth King for rapid land acceleration, and Aang, Airbending Master for token generation. Once the mana base reaches eight mana, the deck tutors for and deploys overwhelming finishers like Craterhoof Behemoth or Moonshaker Cavalry to overrun the table in one to two combat steps. Standalone powerhouses including Apex Devastator, Cultivator Colossus, and Kozilek, the Broken Reality provide resilient alternate routes if Katara is removed. While susceptible to early sweepers, the deck leverages flash airbending and high-end defensive permanents to maintain board presence.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang, Airbending Master
  • 1 Aang, Swift Savior // Aang and La, Ocean's Fury
  • 1 Aang, the Last Airbender
  • 1 Absolute Virtue
  • 1 Airbender Ascension
  • 1 Airbender's Reversal
  • 1 Airbending Lesson
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Apex Devastator
  • 1 Appa, Loyal Sky Bison
  • 1 Appa, Steadfast Guardian
  • 1 Appa, the Vigilant
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Archetype of Endurance
  • 1 Artisan of Kozilek
  • 1 Avatar's Wrath
  • 1 Blazing Archon
  • 1 Boundless Realms
  • 1 Celestial Reunion
  • 1 Clockwork Fox
  • 1 Clone Legion
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Colossal Skyturtle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cresting Mosasaurus
  • 1 Crush of Wurms
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cultivator Colossus
  • 1 Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
  • 1 Earth Kingdom Jailer
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Enter the Avatar State
  • 1 Eye of Ojer Taq // Apex Observatory
  • 1 Fierce Empath
  • 1 Flare of Cultivation
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Gigantic Big Bear
  • 1 Glider Staff
  • 1 Great Divide Guide
  • 1 Harabaz Druid
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Katara, Water Tribe's Hope
  • 1 Katara, Waterbending Master
  • 1 Katara, the Fearless
  • 1 Kozilek, the Broken Reality
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Monk Gyatso
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 One with the Multiverse
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Primal Command
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Reshape the Earth
  • 1 Sandwurm Convergence
  • 1 Sea Gate Loremaster
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 The Blue Spirit
  • 1 The Earth King
  • 1 The Legend of Yangchen // Avatar Yangchen
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 True Ancestry
  • 1 Yeva, Nature's Herald