Toph by Shades146

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck leverages Toph, the First Metalbender to turn artifacts into lands and animate lands into resilient, growing attackers via the Earthbend mechanic. Supported by early ramp like Lotus Cobra, Exploration, and Delighted Halfling, the deck deploys Toph early and curves into powerful landfall and counter amplifiers such as Bristly Bill, Spine Sower, Bumi, Unleashed, and Toph, Greatest Earthbender. Earthbent lands offer inherent protection against standard removal since they return to the battlefield tapped when destroyed or exiled, ensuring continuous land drop triggers and mana stability. Combat damage serves as the primary win condition, culminating in overwhelming swings backed by double strike and extra combat steps. While the deck boasts immense ramp and board resilience, its interaction suite is lean, requiring proactive pressure to race faster combo opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altar of the Brood
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Bumi, Unleashed
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dosan the Falling Leaf
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Exploration Broodship
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Giggling Skitterspike
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Hexhaven Invigorator
  • 1 Horizon Explorer
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Loxodon Gatekeeper
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Mountain Valley
  • 1 Natural Affinity
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Quest for Renewal
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Sapling Nursery
  • 1 Savage Summoning
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serra Redeemer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Summoner's Pact
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Tale of Katara and Toph
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Stasis Coffin
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Tifa Lockhart
  • 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
  • 1 Toph, Greatest Earthbender
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Toph, the Blind Bandit
  • 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
  • 1 Traveling Chocobo
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zuran Orb