Copy & Conquer by RadioLynx

Format: Commander

Commander: Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul big-mana engine built around casting Etali, Primal Conqueror ahead of curve and repeatedly duplicating its enter-the-battlefield trigger. The early game focuses on aggressive mana acceleration using land ramp and low-cost rocks to reach seven mana by Turn 4. Once Etali enters, it exiles a nonland card from each player's library and casts all four for free, creating massive tempo and card advantage. The deck capitalizes on this board state using clone spells like Twinflame and Molten Duplication, trigger doublers like Panharmonicon and Roaming Throne, and exile-cast burn payoffs such as Passionate Archaeologist and Terror of the Peaks. While vulnerable to mass exile sweepers and rule-of-law stax, the deck recovers quickly by re-ramping and recasting its commander or pivoting to alternate beatdown threats like Vaultborn Tyrant and Avenger of Zendikar.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chandra, Flameshaper
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Delina, Wild Mage
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Escape to the Wilds
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Flameshadow Conjuring
  • 1 Flaming Tyrannosaurus
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Heat Shimmer
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Keeper of Secrets
  • 1 Manglehorn
  • 1 Mirage Phalanx
  • 1 Mirror March
  • 1 Mirrorpool
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 1 Molten Echoes
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nalfeshnee
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Passionate Archaeologist
  • 1 Plargg and Nassari
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ranger's Path
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Silverback Elder
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Ulvenwald Hydra
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Voyager Staff
  • 1 Wood Elves