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Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Naya midrange beatdown engine centered on Toph, the First Metalbender. Toph animates lands and nontoken artifacts into hasty, recurring creature threats via the earthbend mechanic. The strategy blends classic landfall triggers with +1/+1 counter scaling and token generation. Early turns establish a reliable mana base through cards like Cultivate and Badgermole Cub, paving the way for a Turn 4 Toph deployment. Midgame value compounds through token creators such as Scute Swarm and Felidar Retreat, alongside trigger multipliers like Annie Joins Up and Delney, Streetwise Lookout. The deck turns lethal on Turn 6 by chaining extra combats with Moraug, Fury of Akoum or doubling counters with Bristly Bill, Spine Sower. While the deck features built-in resilience because earthbent lands return to play after dying, it lacks dense instant-speed interaction and stax pieces, making it an entirely proactive, combat-driven strategy.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Abundant Harvest
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Bag End Banquet
  • 1 Bagel and Schmear
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beorn's Hospitality
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Caged Sun
  • 1 Capital City
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clifftop Lookout
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cool but Rude
  • 1 Courier of Comestibles
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Eriette's Tempting Apple
  • 1 Escape to the Wilds
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fae Offering
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Frog Butler
  • 1 Giant's Boulder
  • 1 Guac & Marshmallow Pizza
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
  • 1 Hot Dog Cart
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
  • 1 Kibo, Uktabi Prince
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Kyoshi Village
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Liquimetal Coating
  • 1 Mana Tithe
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Momo, Playful Pet
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Nesting Dragon
  • 1 Omni-Cheese Pizza
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Peerless Recycling
  • 1 Peter Parker's Camera
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Protection Magic
  • 1 Ragost, Deft Gastronaut
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sheltering Landscape
  • 1 Shortcut to Mushrooms
  • 1 Sidequest: Catch a Fish // Cooking Campsite
  • 1 Simulacrum Shaper
  • 1 Spicy Oatmeal Pizza
  • 1 Stocking the Pantry
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Strength of the Harvest // Haven of the Harvest
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Supportive Parents
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 The Aesir Escape Valhalla
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Three Bowls of Porridge
  • 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
  • 1 Traveling Chocobo
  • 1 Universal Solvent
  • 1 Unlucky Cabbage Merchant
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Kraken