The Greatest Earthbender by Jooosh

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This deck is a specialized Naya lands and +1/+1 counters combat shell led by Toph, the First Metalbender. It leverages dense 1- and 2-mana ramp to deploy Toph on turn 3, immediately converting lands and nontoken artifacts into recurring, hasty creature-lands via the Earthbend mechanic. The primary game plan scales rapidly on turns 4 and 5 by stacking counter amplifiers such as Branching Evolution and Solid Ground alongside explosive landfall engines like Bumi, Unleashed, Omnath, Locus of Rage, and Bristly Bill, Spine Sower. Combat pressure peaks on turn 5 and closes on turn 6 through extra combat phases and Akroma's Will. The deck features built-in resilience because Earthbent lands return to play when killed, backed by top-tier reactive protection spells. While it suffers from limited card draw and zero stack interaction, its mana velocity, recovery speed, and high combat lethality make it a relentless proactive threat.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Akroma's Will
• 1 Ancient Greenwarden
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi
• 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1 Ba Sing Se
• 1 Basalt Monolith
• 1 Birds of Paradise
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Branching Evolution
• 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1 Bumi, Unleashed
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Chord of Calling
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Conclave Mentor
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Darksteel Plate
• 1 Delighted Halfling
• 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1 Earth Kingdom General
• 1 Earthbending Student
• 1 Eladamri's Call
• 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Evolution Sage
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 8 Forest
• 1 Forsaken Monument
• 1 Gathering Place
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Great Divide Guide
• 1 Hardened Scales
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
• 1 Hexing Squelcher
• 1 Hushwood Verge
• 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1 Kodama of the East Tree
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Lotus Cobra
• 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
• 1 Mishra's Bauble
• 1 Mossborn Hydra
• 3 Mountain
• 1 Mycosynth Lattice
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1 Ornithopter
• 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 1 Path to Exile
• 3 Plains
• 1 Rampaging Baloths
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Razorverge Thicket
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Roaring Earth
• 1 Rockfall Vale
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Scute Swarm
• 1 Secret Tunnel
• 1 Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solid Ground
• 1 Spellbook
• 1 Sundown Pass
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tale of Katara and Toph
• 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1 The Boulder, Ready to Rumble
• 1 Thornglint Bridge
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Tireless Provisioner
• 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
• 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
• 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
• 1 Training Compound
• 1 Tyvar's Stand
• 1 Unwinding Clock
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1 Worldly Tutor
• 1 Wrenn and Realmbreaker
• 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth