Dinosaur 2.0 by sniggs2002

Format: Commander

Commander: Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Naya Dinosaur deck is commanded by Pantlaza, Sun-Favored, focusing on tribal synergy, cost reduction, and continuous card velocity through the Discover mechanic. The primary strategy ramps in the early turns using cost reducers like Otepec Huntmaster and Kinjalli's Caller before casting Pantlaza on Turn 4 to trigger an immediate Discover 4. On Turn 5, dropping massive prehistoric threats like Gishath, Sun's Avatar, Etali, Primal Conqueror, or Regisaur Alpha triggers high-value Discover chains that rapidly flood the board with trample and haste damage. Combat damage accumulates over Turns 5 and 6, closing the game around Turn 7 via overwhelming creature power, Quartzwood Crasher trample tokens, or an unblockable push from Akroma's Will. While vulnerable to mass sweepers and lacking stack counterplay, the deck boasts immense threat redundancy, strong engine recovery, and several independent game-ending bombs.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atla Palani, Nest Tender
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Bronzebeak Foragers
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curious Altisaur
  • 1 Darksteel Mutation
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
  • 1 Don't Move
  • 1 Earthshaker Dreadmaw
  • 1 Echoing Deeps
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Forerunner of the Empire
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Hulking Raptor
  • 1 Hunting Velociraptor
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kinjalli's Caller
  • 1 Kinjalli's Sunwing
  • 1 Knight of the Stampede
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Otepec Huntmaster
  • 1 Palani's Hatcher
  • 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Polyraptor
  • 1 Pugnacious Hammerskull
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Rampaging Ferocidon
  • 1 Ravenous Tyrannosaurus
  • 1 Regal Imperiosaur
  • 1 Regisaur Alpha
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Ripjaw Raptor
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Savage Order
  • 1 Scion of Calamity
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunfrill Imitator
  • 1 Sungrass Prairie
  • 1 Sunken Citadel
  • 1 Swooping Pteranodon
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Altisaur
  • 1 Thrashing Brontodon
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Topiary Stomper
  • 1 Tyrranax Rex
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth
  • 1 Welcome to . . . // Jurassic Park
  • 1 Wrathful Raptors
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn