FallBending by edgarshu

Format: Commander

Creator: edgarshu

Commander: Toph, Hardheaded Teacher

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck leverages Toph, Hardheaded Teacher to transform lands into aggressive, recursive creature threats using the Earthbend mechanic. Casting spells animates lands into 0/0 creatures with +1/+1 counters and haste, which return to the battlefield tapped whenever they die or are exiled. The strategy turns this recursion into steady card advantage using sacrifice outlets like Skullclamp, Greater Good, and Sylvan Safekeeper. While it can grind through opponents via token swarms from Field of the Dead or the sheer size of Dark Depths, the primary win condition is an infinite combat loop combining Ashaya, Soul of the Wild and Bumi, Unleashed. Because Ashaya designates all nontoken creatures as Forest lands, Bumi qualifies as a land creature and untaps all lands—including himself—upon dealing combat damage. This chains infinite extra combat phases to close out the table in a single turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Bristling Backwoods
  • 1 Bumi, Unleashed
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Constant Mists
  • 1 Cool but Rude
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dal R'El, Augment Orphan
  • 1 Dark Depths
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Elvish Reclaimer
  • 1 Evendo Brushrazer
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolutionary Leap
  • 1 Evolving Door
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Fortitude
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Glacial Chasm
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Haru, Hidden Talent
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 1 Inkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Insidious Fungus
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Kazandu Refuge
  • 1 Koth, the Geomancer
  • 1 Leyline Immersion
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Meltstrider Eulogist
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri's Lithoforming
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist
  • 1 Omashu City
  • 1 Ominous Cemetery
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Restless Ridgeline
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 Sapling Nursery
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Seismic Sense
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slagwoods Bridge
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Spinner of Souls
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Super State
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 The Autonomous Furnace
  • 1 The Hunter Maze
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tiller Engine
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Zuran Orb