Etali Casino [MOM](4) by skrimp

Format: Commander

Commander: Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Gruul stompy and theft engine piloted by Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness. The strategy focuses on accelerating mana through low-cost mana dorks, rocks, and red rituals to deploy Etali by Turn 4. Upon entering, Etali exiles and casts the top nonland card from each player's library for free, creating massive tempo swings and stealing game-winning resources. The deck leverages token copy spells like Twinflame, Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink, and Jaxis, the Troublemaker to trigger Etali multiple times in a single turn. To close the game, the deck can transform Etali into an 11/11 indestructible trampler that eliminates players with 10 poison counters, or assemble infinite creature mana through Food Chain and Squee, the Immortal to cast the entire library. A robust package of low-cost protection spells ensures the commander resolves and sticks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Autumn's Veil
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chandra, Torch of Defiance
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Devastating Onslaught
  • 1 Eldrazi Confluence
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Erratic Portal
  • 1 Escape to the Wilds
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Evolution Charm
  • 1 Evolutionary Leap
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings
  • 1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
  • 1 Hammer of Purphoros
  • 1 Heartwood Crafter // Soul Tether
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Konstrari Charm
  • 1 Konstrari Improviser // Soul Tether
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lightning Runner
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Marauding Raptor
  • 1 Meteor Crater
  • 1 Monstrous Vortex
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Raucous Audience
  • 1 Revive
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Squee, the Immortal
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tannuk, Steadfast Second
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zookeeper Mechan