Toph by Sandman

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Naya Lands build piloted by Toph, the First Metalbender. Toph turns nontoken artifacts into lands and triggers Earthbend 2 at each end step, converting lands into scaling creatures with haste and built-in return-to-battlefield recursion upon death or exile. The deck uses low-cost artifacts such as Darksteel Relic and Mishra's Bauble alongside dense ramp to accelerate Toph onto the battlefield on Turn 3. Once assembled, the board rapidly expands using dedicated earthbend enablers like Bumi, Unleashed, Toph, Greatest Earthbender, and Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender. Critical onset occurs on Turn 5, where double strike, extra combat steps, and combat overruns from Akroma's Will or Relentless Assault overwhelm the table by Turn 6. Earthbend recursion and efficient protection spells like Flawless Maneuver shield the board, while cheap spot removal answers key opposing threats.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Accorder's Shield
• 1 Akroma's Will
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender
• 1 Badgermole Cub
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Bear Umbra
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Big Mother Mouser
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Bitter Work
• 1 Bloom Tender
• 1 Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender
• 1 Bumi, Unleashed
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Command Beacon
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Conjurer's Bauble
• 1 Cracked Earth Technique
• 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
• 1 Crop Rotation
• 1 Darksteel Relic
• 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1 Earthbender Ascension
• 1 Earthshape
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Field of the Dead
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 3 Forest
• 1 Forgotten Ancient
• 1 Glimmervoid
• 1 Herd Heirloom
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Ichor Wellspring
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Liquimetal Coating
• 1 Liquimetal Torque
• 1 Lotus Cobra
• 1 Lotus Petal
• 1 Mana Confluence
• 1 Mishra's Bauble
• 1 Mossborn Hydra
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Multiversal Passage
• 1 Mycosynth Lattice
• 1 Nature's Claim
• 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
• 1 Obscuring Haze
• 1 Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor
• 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1 Origin of Metalbending
• 1 Ornithopter
• 1 Path to Exile
• 2 Plains
• 1 Redirect Lightning
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Relentless Assault
• 1 Rite of Renewal
• 1 Rockalanche
• 1 Rumble Arena
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Scute Swarm
• 1 Secret Tunnel
• 1 Seismic Sense
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solid Ground
• 1 Spectator Seating
• 1 Spire Garden
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Stone-Seeder Hierophant
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tale of Katara and Toph
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Impulse
• 1 Talisman of Unity
• 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Temple of the False God
• 1 The Cave of Two Lovers
• 1 The Ozolith
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
• 1 Toph, Greatest Earthbender
• 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
• 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
• 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
• 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Wrenn and Realmbreaker
• 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• 1 Zuran Orb