Tide Goes In, Triggers Come Out 🌊 by Grizzlegrom

Format: Commander

Commander: Katara, the Fearless

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant Ally tribal strategy led by Katara, the Fearless, who acts as a Panharmonicon in the command zone for all Ally triggered abilities. The deck establishes early mana acceleration through low-cost ramp spells and explosive tribal producers like Harabaz Druid and Three Tree City. Once Katara is deployed on Turn 3, every subsequent Ally triggers twice, rapidly inflating power with +1/+1 counter engines, generating token armies via Aang and Katara, and filtering through the library with top-deck cast engines like Hakoda, Selfless Commander and Realmwalker. The deck establishes a critical must-answer board state by Turn 5 using massive overrun effects like Coat of Arms or unblockable swings enabled by Kabira Evangel and Raise the Palisade. It finishes all three opponents by Turn 6 while protecting its board with premier defensive instants like Teferi's Protection and Clever Concealment.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aang and Katara
  • 1 Aang, Airbending Master
  • 1 Aang, Swift Savior // Aang and La, Ocean's Fury
  • 1 Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior
  • 1 Abandoned Air Temple
  • 1 Airbender Ascension
  • 1 Ally Encampment
  • 1 Appa, Steadfast Guardian
  • 1 Ascend from Avernus
  • 1 Avatar Enthusiasts
  • 1 Avatar's Wrath
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Earth King's Lieutenant
  • 1 Earth Kingdom Jailer
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Great Divide Guide
  • 1 Hada Freeblade
  • 1 Hakoda, Selfless Commander
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Harabaz Druid
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Haru, Hidden Talent
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Invasion Reinforcements
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jasmine Dragon Tea Shop
  • 1 Jet, Rebel Leader
  • 1 Kabira Evangel
  • 1 Katara, Water Tribe's Hope
  • 1 Katara, Waterbending Master
  • 1 Katara, the Fearless
  • 1 Kazandu Blademaster
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mutable Explorer
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Oran-Rief Survivalist
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sakashima the Impostor
  • 1 Sea Gate Loremaster
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Sokka's Charge
  • 1 Sokka, Lateral Strategist
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 South Pole Voyager
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Tale of Katara and Toph
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Earth King
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
  • 1 United Front
  • 1 Unsettled Mariner
  • 1 Urban Retreat
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Waterbender's Restoration
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth