Earthbending by movoe121

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Naya aggro-midrange strategy commanded by Toph, the First Metalbender. The primary game plan converts lands and artifacts into aggressive, resilient creature threats using the earthbend mechanic. Low-cost mana dorks accelerate Toph onto the battlefield on Turn 3, immediately animating lands that return to the battlefield tapped if destroyed or exiled. The deck transitions into lethal pressure on Turn 5 using combat amplifiers like Toph, Greatest Earthbender for double strike, Blossoming Tortoise for team buffs, or Bumi, Unleashed for chained extra combat phases. It also features a decisive infinite combat loop between Ashaya, Soul of the Wild and Bumi, Unleashed. Robust protection spells including Silence, Veil of Summer, and Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar secure critical combat windows against opposing disruption, leading to a reliable table finish on Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blossoming Tortoise
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Botanical Plaza
  • 1 Brightglass Gearhulk
  • 1 Bumi, Unleashed
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cracked Earth Technique
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Earth Kingdom General
  • 1 Earth Rumble
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Earthbending Student
  • 1 Earthshape
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Great Divide Guide
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Joiner Adept
  • 1 Khalni Heart Expedition
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Magus of the Candelabra
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Natural Order
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Sabotender
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Stasis Coffin
  • 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
  • 1 Toph, Greatest Earthbender
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
  • 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zuran Orb