Mayael the Anima by Teshypoo

Format: Commander

Commander: Mayael the Anima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a Naya creature-cheat and stompy engine commanded by Mayael the Anima. It pairs an efficient early Elf mana base with game-ending high-power monsters. The opening turns focus on accelerating mana through mana dorks like Llanowar Elves and land ramp like Cultivate. By turns 4 and 5, the deck transitions into deploying huge threats via Mayael activations, Elvish Piper, or Quicksilver Amulet. Payoffs like Godsire, Elder Gargaroth, and Quartzwood Crasher generate overwhelming board advantages, while Garruk's Uprising and Elemental Bond keep hands refueled. The deck also features a compact creature combo in Herd Baloth plus Ivy Lane Denizen, which generates infinite 4/4 Beast tokens and +1/+1 counters. Games are decisively finished through massive overrun combat attacks with Craterhoof Behemoth, End-Raze Forerunners, or burn from Warstorm Surge and Impact Tremors.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Archetype of Endurance
• 1 Ash Barrens
• 1 Ashnod's Altar
• 1 Austere Command
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Beast Whisperer
• 1 Bonders' Enclave
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Champions of the Perfect
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Coliseum Behemoth
• 1 Colossification
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Contested Cliffs
• 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Elder Gargaroth
• 1 Elemental Bond
• 1 Elven Chorus
• 1 Elvish Archdruid
• 1 Elvish Harbinger
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Elvish Piper
• 1 End-Raze Forerunners
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Farewell
• 1 Farhaven Elf
• 1 Felidar Sovereign
• 6 Forest
• 1 Game Trail
• 1 Garruk's Packleader
• 1 Garruk's Uprising
• 1 Goblin Bombardment
• 1 Godsire
• 1 Gyre Sage
• 1 Harrow
• 1 Herd Baloth
• 1 Impact Tremors
• 1 Incubation Druid
• 1 Ivy Lane Denizen
• 1 Jungle Shrine
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Kodama's Reach
• 1 Kona, Rescue Beastie
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Llanowar Loamspeaker
• 1 Mayael the Anima
• 1 Mayael's Aria
• 1 Meglonoth
• 1 Mosswort Bridge
• 4 Mountain
• 1 Naya Charm
• 1 Paleoloth
• 1 Paradise Druid
• 1 Path to Exile
• 5 Plains
• 1 Quartzwood Crasher
• 1 Quicksilver Amulet
• 1 Rakeclaw Gargantuan
• 1 Rampaging Baloths
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Ravenous Baloth
• 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1 Rockfall Vale
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Sandwurm Convergence
• 1 Scavenger Grounds
• 1 Seedborn Muse
• 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1 Shared Summons
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spearbreaker Behemoth
• 1 Spellbreaker Behemoth
• 1 Sundown Pass
• 1 Sungrass Prairie
• 1 Sunpetal Grove
• 1 Sunscorched Divide
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Thornbite Staff
• 1 Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1 Vanquish the Horde
• 1 Voja, Jaws of the Conclave
• 1 Warstorm Surge
• 1 Web of Life and Destiny