Bant v.1

Format: Commander

Commander: Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant midrange strategy centered on Aang and the earthbending mechanic. The primary game plan ramps into casting Aang, at the Crossroads, using his enter-the-battlefield trigger to cheat a creature onto the battlefield before transforming into Aang, Destined Savior. Once transformed, Aang animates lands each combat, turning them into vigilant attackers that scale with +1/+1 counters and return to the battlefield if removed. The deck supports this game plan with counter multipliers like Innkeeper's Talent, alternative win conditions such as Simic Ascendancy, and board finishers like Garruk's Uprising and Koma, Cosmos Serpent. Because the deck relies on combat damage and natural card draw, it operates at a traditional casual cadence, establishing a critical attack force around turn 6 and closing games by turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior
• 1 Accumulate Wisdom
• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Appa, Loyal Sky Bison
• 1 Avatar Destiny
• 1 Ba Sing Se
• 1 Biomathematician
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Bumi, King of Three Trials
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Chasm Skulker
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Consult the Star Charts
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Curate
• 1 Cycle of Renewal
• 1 Dreamdew Entrancer
• 1 Earth Kingdom General
• 1 Elfhame Palace
• 1 Elvenking's Halls
• 1 Enter the Avatar State
• 1 Eureka Moment
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Farseek
• 2 Forest
• 1 Garruk's Uprising
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Groundskeeper
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Hunter's Talent
• 1 Innkeeper's Talent
• 1 Invasion Tactics
• 4 Island
• 1 Junk Winder
• 1 Katara, Bending Prodigy
• 1 Knowledge Seeker
• 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
• 1 Kyoshi Island Plaza
• 1 Kyoshi Village
• 1 Lake-town
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
• 1 Meditation Pools
• 1 Mirkwood Nurturer
• 1 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
• 1 Negate
• 1 Night Market
• 1 Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper
• 1 Origin of Metalbending
• 2 Plains
• 1 Plumecreed Escort
• 1 Quandrix Pledgemage
• 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
• 1 Razorverge Thicket
• 1 Reject
• 1 Restorative Technique
• 1 Risen Reef
• 1 Rocky Rebuke
• 1 Rumble Arena
• 1 Sandbenders' Storm
• 1 Seachrome Coast
• 1 Serpentine Curve
• 1 Simic Ascendancy
• 1 Southern Air Temple
• 1 Spell Pierce
• 1 Spell Snare
• 1 Splash Lasher
• 1 Stocking the Pantry
• 1 Suki, Kyoshi Warrior
• 1 Sungrass Prairie
• 1 Tamiyo, Field Researcher
• 1 Team Avatar
• 1 Temple of Enlightenment
• 1 Temple of Mystery
• 1 Temple of Plenty
• 1 Tenuous Truce
• 1 The Goose Mother
• 1 The Legend of Kyoshi // Avatar Kyoshi
• 1 The Lion-Turtle
• 1 The Spirit Oasis
• 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
• 1 Thriving Grove
• 1 Thriving Heath
• 1 Thriving Isle
• 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
• 1 Tranquil Expanse
• 1 True Ancestry
• 1 Ugin's Insight
• 1 Unsummon
• 1 Void Snare
• 1 Waker of the Wilds
• 1 Waterbender Ascension
• 1 Wear Down
• 1 Yavimaya Coast
• 1 Zuko's Exile