Mayael the Anima by DQMagic317

Format: Commander

Commander: Mayael the Anima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Naya Big-Mana Creature Cheat strategy piloted by Mayael the Anima. The game plan accelerates through dense 1- and 2-drop ramp spells and mana creatures to cast Mayael on Turn 2 or 3. By Turn 4 or 5, the deck reaches six mana to activate Mayael's ability, searching the top five cards of the library to cheat an overwhelming power 5 or greater creature directly onto the battlefield at instant speed. The creature suite features format-warping game-enders such as Avacyn, Angel of Hope, Blightsteel Colossus, Worldspine Wurm, Terror of the Peaks, and Gisela, Blade of Goldnight. Redundant cheat artifacts like Monster Manual // Zoological Study, Elvish Piper, and Quicksilver Amulet ensure the deck functions smoothly even without Mayael. While lacking infinite combos or direct creature tutors, the deck exerts crushing combat and burn pressure over multiple turns, closing the game around Turn 8 through trample damage, doubled power, and lethal infect.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Angel of Serenity
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Angelic Arbiter
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Endurance
  • 1 Archon of Valor's Reach
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazing Archon
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cream of the Crop
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Piper
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lurking Predators
  • 1 Mayael the Anima
  • 1 Mayael's Aria
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 1 Monstrous Vortex
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Overgrowth
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Quicksilver Amulet
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terastodon
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldspine Wurm
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity