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Format: Commander

Commander: Yuma, Proud Protector

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Naya lands deck is commanded by Yuma, Proud Protector and focuses on turning land sacrifices, Deserts, and graveyard recursion into an overwhelming army of creature tokens. The deck ramps aggressively during the first three turns while seeding Deserts into the graveyard using cycling, fetch effects, and discard spells. By Turn 4, Yuma enters at a steep discount, immediately generating card advantage and 4/2 Plant Warrior tokens. On Turn 5, explosive spells such as Scapeshift, Nahiri's Lithoforming, or Aftermath Analyst trigger massive landfall waves, flooding the board with dozens of power. The deck finishes the game on Turn 6 through alpha strikes boosted by Rumbleweed, Return of the Wildspeaker, or extra combats from Moraug, Fury of Akoum. While vulnerable to mass exile and graveyard hate, the deck possesses immense resilience through redundant graveyard play enablers and self-discounting commander recasts.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abraded Bluffs
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Archway
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Bitter Reunion
  • 1 Bovine Intervention
  • 1 Bristling Backwoods
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Cactus Preserve
  • 1 Case of the Locked Hothouse
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Courser of Kruphix
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Creosote Heath
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Desert of the Fervent
  • 1 Desert of the Indomitable
  • 1 Desert of the True
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Dune Chanter
  • 1 Dunes of the Dead
  • 1 Endless Sands
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hashep Oasis
  • 1 Hazezon, Shaper of Sand
  • 1 Hostile Desert
  • 1 Hour of Promise
  • 1 Invasion of Kaldheim // Pyre of the World Tree
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Magmatic Insight
  • 1 Map the Frontier
  • 1 Mirage Mesa
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri's Lithoforming
  • 1 Need for Speed
  • 1 Omenpath Journey
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Outcaster Greenblade
  • 1 Painted Bluffs
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perennial Behemoth
  • 1 Phylath, World Sculptor
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Omen
  • 1 Radha, Heart of Keld
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Ramunap Ruins
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rumbleweed
  • 1 Sand Scout
  • 1 Sandstorm Verge
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Scattered Groves
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shefet Dunes
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Springbloom Druid
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 1 Survivors' Encampment
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Traverse the Ulvenwald
  • 1 Turntimber Sower
  • 1 Undergrowth Recon
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vengeful Regrowth
  • 1 Worldsoul's Rage
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yuma, Proud Protector
  • 1 Zuran Orb