Dino DNA by user2025233

Format: Commander

Commander: Gishath, Sun's Avatar

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Naya Dinosaur tribal stompy strategy built around Gishath, Sun's Avatar. The primary game plan focuses on deploying efficient low-cost ramp spells on Turns 1 through 4 to reach eight mana by Turn 5. Once cast, Gishath attacks immediately with haste and trample, triggering its combat ability to cheat massive Dinosaurs directly from the top of the library onto the battlefield. The creature suite features devastating threats such as Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Vaultborn Tyrant, Apex Altisaur, and Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant, quickly building an insurmountable power advantage. Protective instants like Heroic Intervention, Teferi's Protection, and Deflecting Swat ensure the army survives opposing board wipes and targeted interaction. If Gishath is removed or taxed, the deck pivots smoothly to standalone cheat spells and hardcasted prehistoric bombs to close out games through overwhelming combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Congregation at Dawn
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curious Altisaur
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Earthshaker Dreadmaw
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Hunting Velociraptor
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kinjalli's Sunwing
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Maular, the Next Evolution
  • 1 Mightform Harmonizer
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Otepec Huntmaster
  • 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polyraptor
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Rampaging Brontodon
  • 1 Regisaur Alpha
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Ripjaw Raptor
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savage Order
  • 1 Shadow in the Warp
  • 1 Silverclad Ferocidons
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steely Resolve
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Altisaur
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Skullspore Nexus
  • 1 Thrashing Brontodon
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tifa, Martial Artist
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Up the Beanstalk
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Verdant Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Wakening Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Wrathful Raptors
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn