vali by m1ny57

Format: Commander

Commander: Gishath, Sun's Avatar

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Naya Dinosaur tribal stompy strategy centered on its commander, Gishath, Sun's Avatar. The primary game plan focuses on deploying early ramp and cost-reduction creatures, such as Kinjalli's Caller and Otepec Huntmaster, to accelerate into Gishath by Turn 5. Upon entering the battlefield with haste and trample, Gishath attacks immediately, using its combat damage trigger to cheat massive Dinosaurs directly from the library onto the battlefield. Payoffs like Ghalta, Primal Hunger, Zetalpa, Primal Dawn, and Regisaur Alpha create an overwhelming board presence. Secondary engines like Pantlaza, Sun-Favored and Garruk's Uprising provide card advantage and discover cascades to maintain pressure. The deck closes games through massive trample damage amplified by Unnatural Growth and Beastmaster Ascension, typically eliminating opponents over two combat rotations by Turn 7. While vulnerable to early spot removal on Gishath and lacking stack interaction, the deck's sheer creature density and independent stompy backup lines provide robust combat inevitability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Annoyed Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atla Palani, Nest Tender
  • 1 Atzocan Seer
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Colossadactyl
  • 1 Colossal Dreadmaw
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cryptic Gateway
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Drover of the Mighty
  • 1 Earthshaker Dreadmaw
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Ghalta the Immovable
  • 1 Ghalta the Unstoppable
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Gigantosaurus
  • 1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Hull Breach
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kindred Judgment
  • 1 Kinjalli's Caller
  • 1 Knight of the Stampede
  • 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
  • 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
  • 1 Make a Stand
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Naturalize
  • 1 Obelisk of Urd
  • 1 Otepec Huntmaster
  • 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Pugnacious Hammerskull
  • 1 Quakestrider Ceratops
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Radiant Destiny
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Ranging Raptors
  • 1 Regal Behemoth
  • 1 Regal Imperiosaur
  • 1 Regisaur Alpha
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Sheltering Landscape
  • 1 Sky Terror
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tail Swipe
  • 1 Temple Altisaur
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thrashing Brontodon
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Thunderherd Migration
  • 1 Triumphant Chomp
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Verdant Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Vigorbloom Charm
  • 1 Warg Tactics
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn