Pantlaza WIP by user9606980

Format: Commander

Commander: Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Naya Dinosaur tribal midrange strategy commanded by Pantlaza, Sun-Favored. The primary game plan accelerates early mana using efficient 1-2 CMC ramp spells and dorks to cast Pantlaza on turn 4. Pantlaza's Discover ability immediately converts each subsequent Dinosaur cast into card advantage and free tempo. Starting on turn 5, the deck deploys game-ending threats like Gishath, Sun's Avatar, Palani's Hatcher, and Quartzwood Crasher, granting haste and trample to overwhelm opponents across two combat cycles. The list features strong board protection through spells like Heroic Intervention and Ephemerate, along with high-impact asymmetric board wipes like Wakening Sun's Avatar. While it lacks stack countermagic and dedicated creature tutors, the dense redundancy of massive beaters and explosive Discover chains creates a consistent, resilient combat clock that closes games reliably around turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bronzebeak Foragers
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curator of Sun's Creation
  • 1 Curious Altisaur
  • 1 Drover of the Mighty
  • 1 Earthshaker Dreadmaw
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Farseek
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Intrepid Paleontologist
  • 1 Ixalli's Lorekeeper
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kinjalli's Sunwing
  • 1 Marauding Raptor
  • 1 Migration Path
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 1 Monstrous Vortex
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Otepec Huntmaster
  • 1 Palani's Hatcher
  • 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polyraptor
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Regal Imperiosaur
  • 1 Regisaur Alpha
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Scion of Calamity
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunfrill Imitator
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Take Up the Shield
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Temur Sabertooth
  • 1 Thrashing Brontodon
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thunderherd Migration
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Wakening Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Wrathful Raptors
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity