Toph The First Metalbender

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Naya-colored deck builds around Toph, the First Metalbender, whose ability turns nontoken artifacts into lands-transforming mana rocks like Sol Ring and Arcane Signet into additional land drops. The primary game plan is to use the deck's heavy "earthbend" suite-spells and abilities that animate a land as a 0/0 creature with +1/+1 counters-to create an army of resilient, growing land creatures. A dense Ally sub-theme (e.g., White Lotus Reinforcements, Kyoshi Warriors, Earth Kingdom General) provides tribal synergy, while Lesson spells offer flexible tutor-lite and removal options. Wins come through combat damage, often with double strike from Toph, Greatest Earthbender or trample from Badgermole, leveraging the high power of animated lands. The deck has no infinite combos and relies on incremental value, land-based ramp, and gradual board development to overwhelm opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allies at Last
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avatar Enthusiasts
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Badgermole
  • 1 Barrels of Blasting Jelly
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bitter Work
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Bumi Bash
  • 1 Bumi's Feast Lecture
  • 1 Bumi, King of Three Trials
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Combustion Man
  • 1 Combustion Technique
  • 1 Cunning Maneuver
  • 1 Curious Farm Animals
  • 1 Cycle of Renewal
  • 1 Diligent Zookeeper
  • 1 Earth Kingdom General
  • 1 Earth Kingdom Protectors
  • 1 Earth Kingdom Soldier
  • 1 Earth Rumble
  • 1 Earth Rumble Wrestlers
  • 1 Earthbending Lesson
  • 1 Fancy Footwork
  • 1 Fire Nation Warship
  • 1 Flopsie, Bumi's Buddy
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Gongaga, Reactor Town
  • 1 Iroh's Demonstration
  • 1 Jeong Jeong, the Deserter
  • 1 Kyoshi Battle Fan
  • 1 Kyoshi Village
  • 1 Kyoshi Warriors
  • 1 Leaves from the Vine
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Meteor Sword
  • 1 Mongoose Lizard
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Omashu City
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Ostrich-Horse
  • 1 Pillar Launch
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Price of Freedom
  • 1 Rabaroo Troop
  • 1 Raucous Audience
  • 1 Razor Rings
  • 1 Rebellious Captives
  • 1 Rockalanche
  • 1 Rocky Rebuke
  • 1 Rumble Arena
  • 1 Saber-Tooth Moose-Lion
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sandbenders' Storm
  • 1 Seismic Sense
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sparring Dummy
  • 1 Sun-Blessed Peak
  • 1 Sunken Citadel
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temple of Plenty
  • 1 The Cave of Two Lovers
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Toph, Greatest Earthbender
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
  • 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
  • 1 True Ancestry
  • 1 Trusty Boomerang
  • 1 Turtle-Duck
  • 1 Uncle Iroh
  • 1 Unlucky Cabbage Merchant
  • 1 Walltop Sentries
  • 1 Water Tribe Captain
  • 1 White Lotus Hideout
  • 1 White Lotus Reinforcements
  • 1 Zuko's Exile