PANTLAZA, DINO SWARM by Peckrhead

Format: Commander

Commander: Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Naya Dinosaur tribal deck is helmed by Pantlaza, Sun-Favored, leveraging the commander's discover trigger on each dinosaur ETB to generate card advantage and tempo. The primary strategy is to ramp into large dinosaurs, use Pantlaza to cheat out additional spells, and overwhelm opponents with trampling, double-striking, and enrage-fueled synergies. The deck contains a potential infinite combo with Marauding Raptor, Polyraptor, and Wrathful Raptors to deal infinite damage, though it lacks tutoring to reliably assemble it. Secondary win conditions include combat damage from huge dinosaurs like Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant and Etali, Primal Conqueror, with double-damage effects from Charging Tuskodon and Sawhorn Nemesis. The deck is heavily dependent on its commander for card advantage and has a high mana curve with limited ramp, making it a slower, value-oriented midrange deck.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Acrobatic Leap
  • 1 Agonasaur Rex
  • 1 Annoyed Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arni Slays the Troll
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Blanchwood Armor
  • 1 Blossoming Sands
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Boros Guildgate
  • 1 Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Charging Tuskodon
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Curator of Sun's Creation
  • 1 Daydream
  • 1 Earthshaker Dreadmaw
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Giant Growth
  • 1 Gigantosaurus
  • 1 Gilt-Leaf's Embrace
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Hunting Velociraptor
  • 1 Imperial Aerosaur
  • 1 Imperial Ceratops
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kinjalli's Sunwing
  • 1 Knight of the Stampede
  • 1 Liquimetal Coating
  • 1 Looming Altisaur
  • 1 Majestic Heliopterus
  • 1 Mammoth Growth
  • 1 Marauding Raptor
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nest Robber
  • 1 Ornery Dilophosaur
  • 1 Over the Edge
  • 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Polyraptor
  • 1 Preposterous Proportions
  • 1 Pugnacious Hammerskull
  • 1 Quakestrider Ceratops
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Rampaging Brontodon
  • 1 Rampaging Ceratops
  • 1 Ranging Raptors
  • 1 Regal Imperiosaur
  • 1 Restless Ridgeline
  • 1 Ripjaw Raptor
  • 1 Sarkhan's Resolve
  • 1 Sawhorn Nemesis
  • 1 Scion of Calamity
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Shiv's Embrace
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spry and Mighty
  • 1 Staggering Size
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Thrashing Brontodon
  • 1 Titanic Growth
  • 1 Tranquil Frillback
  • 1 Trapjaw Tyrant
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Tweeze
  • 1 Tyrranax Rex
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth
  • 1 Wear Down
  • 1 Wrathful Raptors
  • 1 You're Not Alone
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn