Rise of the lands by Hiddle93

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, Hardheaded Teacher

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul lands and aggro deck commanded by Toph, Hardheaded Teacher. It uses dense green ramp to establish mana velocity on Turns 1 to 3 before deploying Toph on Turn 4. Every spell cast animates lands into hasty attackers that return to the battlefield tapped if destroyed or exiled. On Turn 5, major payoffs like Toph, Greatest Earthbender, Bumi, Unleashed, and Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender turn these land creatures into massive, double-striking combat threats. Supporting engines like Sylvan Safekeeper protect your key cards at virtually zero cost by sacrificing earthbent lands that immediately recur, while Inspiring Call refuels your hand and grants indestructible. The deck finishes games across Turns 6 and 7 through overwhelming combat damage and resilient token swarms that shrug off conventional sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brotherhood's End
  • 1 Bumi, Unleashed
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Cycle of Renewal
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Earthbending Lesson
  • 1 Earthbending Student
  • 1 Eusocial Engineering
  • 1 Evolution Charm
  • 1 Evolutionary Leap
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Larval Scoutlander
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Meltstrider Eulogist
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Orcish Lumberjack
  • 1 Peerless Recycling
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Price of Freedom
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rockalanche
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 Sabotender
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Seismic Sense
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Boulder, Ready to Rumble
  • 1 The Earth King
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
  • 1 Toph, Greatest Earthbender
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Training Compound
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zendikar's Roil
  • 1 Zuran Orb