Toph, the First Metalbender by Ranma

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Naya lands and artifact-animation strategy helmed by Toph, the First Metalbender. Toph converts all nontoken artifacts into lands and earthbends every end step, placing +1/+1 counters on lands and granting them haste alongside built-in death/exile recursion. The deck accelerates through low-curve land and artifact ramp to deploy Toph on Turn 3–4. Once operational, it scales its board through +1/+1 counter multipliers like Branching Evolution, card draw engines like Terrasymbiosis, and massive landfall generators such as Scute Swarm and Field of the Dead. High-impact threats including Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender, Bumi, Unleashed, and Craterhoof Behemoth translate these animated lands into lethal combat steps around Turn 6. With robust protection spells and natural land resilience, the deck recovers swiftly from disruption while overwhelming opponents in combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abandoned Air Temple
• 1 All-Fates Scroll
• 1 Annie Joins Up
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
• 1 Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender
• 1 Avenger of Zendikar
• 1 Ba Sing Se
• 1 Badgermole Cub
• 1 Blossoming Tortoise
• 1 Branching Evolution
• 1 Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender
• 1 Bumi, Unleashed
• 1 Buried Ruin
• 1 Canopy Vista
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Conduit of Worlds
• 1 Constant Mists
• 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1 Crop Rotation
• 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
• 1 Elvish Reclaimer
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Evolution Sage
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Expedition Map
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Field of the Dead
• 4 Forest
• 1 Fortified Village
• 1 Furycalm Snarl
• 1 Game Trail
• 1 Great Divide Guide
• 1 Great Furnace
• 1 Haywire Mite
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Hylda's Crown of Winter
• 1 Ichor Wellspring
• 1 Inventors' Fair
• 1 Jungle Shrine
• 1 Kuldotha Forgemaster
• 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• 1 Liquimetal Torque
• 1 Mountain
• 1 Mycosynth Lattice
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Origin of Metalbending
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Perilous Vault
• 1 Peter Parker's Camera
• 2 Plains
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Resourceful Defense
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Scute Swarm
• 1 Secret Tunnel
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Song of the Dryads
• 1 Springheart Nantuko
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Strionic Resonator
• 1 Sunpetal Grove
• 1 Survey Mechan
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1 Sylvan Scrying
• 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 Temple Garden
• 1 Terra Eternal
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Terrasymbiosis
• 1 The Earth Crystal
• 1 The Great Henge
• 1 The Ozolith
• 1 The Stasis Coffin
• 1 Thespian's Stage
• 1 Tireless Provisioner
• 1 Tireless Tracker
• 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
• 1 Toph, Greatest Earthbender
• 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
• 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
• 1 Triumph of the Hordes
• 1 Unwinding Clock
• 1 Urza's Saga
• 1 Vesuva
• 1 Wooded Foothills
• 1 Wrenn and Realmbreaker
• 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
• 1 Zuran Orb