Toph, The First Metal Bender by mystic13

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Naya aggressive landfall deck commanded by Toph, the First Metalbender. Toph turns nontoken artifacts into lands and animates lands into recurring 0/0 creatures with +1/+1 counters via the Earthbend mechanic. Because earthbent lands return to the battlefield tapped whenever they die or are exiled, the deck generates an exceptionally resilient army of attacking lands that shrugs off traditional creature removal. The deck accelerates in the opening turns with efficient mana dorks and land ramp, casts Toph on Turn 4, and follows up on Turn 5 with devastating combat multipliers like Bumi, Unleashed, Moraug, Fury of Akoum, Kalonian Hydra, and Toph, Greatest Earthbender. It also houses a compact infinite combat loop between Ashaya, Soul of the Wild and Bumi, Unleashed. Robust protection spells like Deflecting Swat, Heroic Intervention, and Sylvan Safekeeper ensure that alpha strikes connect cleanly.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 All-Fates Scroll
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Blossoming Tortoise
  • 1 Brightglass Gearhulk
  • 1 Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender
  • 1 Bumi, Unleashed
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Giggling Skitterspike
  • 1 Great Divide Guide
  • 1 Haru, Hidden Talent
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Coating
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pathbreaker Ibex
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Retreat to Emeria
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Scythecat Cub
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shalai and Hallar
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Survey Mechan
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terra Eternal
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Legend of Kyoshi // Avatar Kyoshi
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Regalia
  • 1 The Stasis Coffin
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
  • 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
  • 1 Toph, Greatest Earthbender
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
  • 1 Traveling Chocobo
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zuran Orb