Thick Boys by TomKatt181

Format: Commander

Commander: Mayael the Anima

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

Mayael the Anima leads a Naya big-creature strategy designed to bypass high mana costs by putting massive, high-impact threats directly onto the battlefield. The deck utilizes a dense suite of early ramp spells and mana dorks like Bloom Tender and Fanatic of Rhonas to establish early mana velocity. Once Mayael is deployed on Turn 3, the deck uses top-deck manipulation from Sylvan Library, Sensei's Divining Top, and Scroll Rack to ensure blind activations consistently reveal dominant 5+ power creatures. Redundant cheat enablers including Sneak Attack, Monster Manual, and Smuggler's Surprise provide strong resilience against commander removal. The threat suite blends overwhelming combat damage from Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant, Terror of the Peaks, and Fiendish Duo with asymmetric disruption from Void Winnower, Archon of Valor's Reach, and Ruric Thar, the Unbowed. Protective spells like Deflecting Swat and Flawless Maneuver shield key permanents as the board closes out games through lethal trample damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agonasaur Rex
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Archetype of Endurance
  • 1 Archon of Valor's Reach
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Cityscape Leveler
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dragonlord Atarka
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Farhaven Elf
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fiendish Duo
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Last March of the Ents
  • 1 Lush Portico
  • 1 Mayael the Anima
  • 1 Mirri's Guile
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth // Temple of Cultivation
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Oviya, Automech Artisan
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selvala's Stampede
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titan of Industry
  • 1 Turntimber Symbiosis // Turntimber, Serpentine Wood
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vaultborn Tyrant
  • 1 Void Winnower
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wood Elves
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Worldspine Wurm
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity