Falcon Punch-ed Up

Format: Commander

Commander: Sunastian Falconer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul Landfall and Earthbend midrange strategy that leverages land animation and +1/+1 counters to overwhelm opponents through combat. It utilizes a dense ramp package to accelerate past early turns, deploying commanders and engine pieces like Toph, Hardheaded Teacher, Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender, and Omnath, Locus of Rage. The Earthbend mechanic animates lands into hasty attackers that return to the battlefield tapped if destroyed, providing natural resistance against traditional board wipes. Midgame card draw engines keep resources flowing while +1/+1 counter doublers amplify the board's offensive presence. Once an overwhelming army of animated lands and Elemental tokens is established, finishers such as Overwhelming Stampede and Return of the Wildspeaker grant massive trample damage to close out the game across two attack cycles. While lacking instant-speed combo interaction or hard stax, its relentless mana velocity and resilient land creatures present an inevitable combat clock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Ashroot Animist
  • 1 Badgermole
  • 1 Baloth Prime
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blighted Woodland
  • 1 Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clifftop Lookout
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Earth Rumble
  • 1 Earthbending Lesson
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Emil, Vastlands Roamer
  • 1 Escape to the Wilds
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Haru, Hidden Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mina and Denn, Wildborn
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Retreat to Kazandu
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Roiling Regrowth
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Springbloom Druid
  • 1 Sunastian Falconer
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Advocate
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Tracker
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Yavimaya Elder
  • 1 Yedora, Grave Gardener
  • 1 Zendikar's Roil