mayael~ by sijzvs

Format: Commander

Commander: Mayael the Anima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Naya stompy archetype built around Mayael the Anima, designed to leverage mana ramp and cheat engines to drop overwhelming high-power creatures well ahead of their printed costs. The deck operates by developing its mana base in the opening turns, deploying Mayael, and activating her six-mana ability at instant speed to pull five-power behemoths from the top of the library. Threats such as Xenagos, God of Revels, Balefire Dragon, and Etali, Primal Conqueror dominate the red zone, while support engines like Aura Shards and Garruk's Uprising provide board attrition and card flow. Because it eschews infinite combos in favor of authentic combat damage, the deck thrives in battlecruiser environments where games extend past turn eight. Its primary vulnerabilities stem from a lack of stack interaction against fast combo decks and the multi-turn combat window required to eliminate all three opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archetype of Endurance
• 1 Aura Shards
• 1 Balefire Dragon
• 1 Blazing Archon
• 1 Bountiful Promenade
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Congregation at Dawn
• 1 Contested Cliffs
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Darksteel Plate
• 1 Decimate
• 1 Defense of the Heart
• 1 Doors of Durin
• 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1 Elvish Piper
• 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
• 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
• 1 Fiendish Duo
• 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
• 8 Forest
• 1 Garruk Wildspeaker
• 1 Garruk's Uprising
• 1 Garruk, Unleashed
• 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
• 1 Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1 Gruul Ragebeast
• 1 Gruul Signet
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Hydra Omnivore
• 1 Ilharg, the Raze-Boar
• 1 Jetmir's Garden
• 1 Jungle Shrine
• 1 Kodama of the East Tree
• 1 Kwia Vigorbloom
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Lurking Predators
• 1 Malignus
• 1 Mayael the Anima
• 1 Mayael's Aria
• 1 Mirari's Wake
• 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
• 7 Mountain
• 1 Natural Order
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1 Path to Exile
• 7 Plains
• 1 Protean Hulk
• 1 Quicksilver Amulet
• 1 Rhythm of the Wild
• 1 Rugged Prairie
• 1 Ruric Thar, Magecrusher
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Scroll Rack
• 1 See the Unwritten
• 1 Selvala's Stampede
• 1 Shared Summons
• 1 Sigarda, Host of Herons
• 1 Smuggler's Surprise
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spire Garden
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Stonehoof Chieftain
• 1 Surrak and Goreclaw
• 1 Surrak, the Hunt Caller
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Verdant Kraken
• 1 Vigor
• 1 Vigorbloom Charm
• 1 Vorinclex // The Grand Evolution
• 1 Warstorm Surge
• 1 Windswept Heath
• 1 Wooded Bastion
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Worldly Tutor
• 1 Worldspine Wurm
• 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
• 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth