Dinosaur 2 by ChrisMcCann0

Format: Commander

Commander: Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a Naya Dinosaur tribal stompy strategy led by Pantlaza, Sun-Favored. The primary game plan revolves around accelerating mana in the early turns using cost reducers and land ramp, casting Pantlaza on Turn 4, and chaining large, high-toughness Dinosaurs that trigger Discover for free spells and massive board presence. The deck rapidly establishes overwhelming combat boards featuring trample and haste via cards like Palani's Hatcher and Regisaur Alpha. It can also assemble an infinite damage combo with Marauding Raptor, Polyraptor, and Wrathful Raptors. Its main strengths lie in explosive mid-game value, natural resistance to damage-based sweepers, and immediate engine recovery when recasting the commander. Its primary vulnerabilities are a low density of instant-speed stack interaction and susceptibility to non-damage board wipes like exile and bounce.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 All-Fates Scroll
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atzocan Seer
  • 1 Balamb T-Rexaur
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commune with Dinosaurs
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curious Altisaur
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Earthshaker Dreadmaw
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kinjalli's Caller
  • 1 Kinjalli's Sunwing
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Marauding Raptor
  • 1 Migration Path
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Otepec Huntmaster
  • 1 Palani's Hatcher
  • 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polyraptor
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Quilled Greatwurm
  • 1 Rampaging Brontodon
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Regisaur Alpha
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Ripjaw Raptor
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scion of Calamity
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunfrill Imitator
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrashing Brontodon
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Tranquil Frillback
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Verdant Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Wakening Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth
  • 1 Wrathful Raptors
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn