Toph by Stiggs

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Naya Landfall and Earthbend strategy commanded by Toph, the First Metalbender. Toph turns nontoken artifacts into lands and earthbends every end step, transforming lands into resilient 0/0 creatures with +1/+1 counters and haste. Because earthbent lands return to the battlefield tapped whenever they die or are exiled, traditional removal and sweepers fail to dismantle your army and instead accelerate your mana base. The deck ramps aggressively on early turns using cards like Lotus Cobra, Three Visits, and Sol Ring, establishing Toph by Turn 4. From there, counter multipliers such as Innkeeper's Talent and Bristly Bill, Spine Sower swell land creatures into lethal threats. Game-ending combat overruns arrive on Turn 5 and Turn 6 through Moraug, Fury of Akoum, Bumi, Unleashed, or Craterhoof Behemoth, while Ashaya, Soul of the Wild combos with Bumi for infinite attacks. Robust protection pieces like Sylvan Safekeeper and Heroic Intervention secure the finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Brightglass Gearhulk
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Bumi, Unleashed
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Earthbending Student
  • 1 Earthshape
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exploration Broodship
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Great Divide Guide
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
  • 1 Idyllic Tutor
  • 1 Inkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Loading Zone
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Scythecat Cub
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Slagwoods Bridge
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Legend of Kyoshi // Avatar Kyoshi
  • 1 The Stasis Coffin
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
  • 1 Toph, Greatest Earthbender
  • 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Verdant Kraken
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Zuran Orb