Dino by Tyfoid13

Format: Commander

Commander: Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This Naya Dinosaur deck is piloted by Pantlaza, Sun-Favored, utilizing its Discover ability to generate overwhelming mana tempo and card advantage. The game plan focuses on deploying efficient 1–2 CMC ramp in the early turns, establishing Pantlaza on Turn 4, and compounding pressure on Turn 5 by casting massive prehistoric threats like Gishath, Sun's Avatar, Etali, Primal Conqueror, and Vaultborn Tyrant. Each large Dinosaur triggers Discover to cast additional spells for free while drawing cards through engines like Elemental Bond and Garruk's Uprising. The deck defends its explosive boards using Heroic Intervention, Akroma's Will, and Devil Dinosaur, before trampling over opposing defenses across Turns 6 and 7. With rapid recovery from sweepers and independent backup engines, the deck presents a resilient stompy threat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Bronzebeak Foragers
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cream of the Crop
  • 1 Curious Altisaur
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Devil Dinosaur
  • 1 Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
  • 1 Earthshaker Dreadmaw
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Hunting Velociraptor
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Intrepid Paleontologist
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kinjalli's Sunwing
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Passionate Archaeologist
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Ravenous Tyrannosaurus
  • 1 Regisaur Alpha
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Runic Armasaur
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savage Order
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunfrill Imitator
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Thrashing Brontodon
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Triceraton Commander
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Wrathful Raptors
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity