The Hills (Don't) Have Eyes

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is commanded by Toph, the First Metalbender, merging artifact ramp with lands and +1/+1 counter synergies. Toph turns all nontoken artifacts into lands and earthbends a land every end step, creating 2/2 creatures with haste that recur tapped if destroyed or exiled. The game plan leverages this continuous creature generation alongside landfall triggers like Koth, the Geomancer, Sabotender, and Tannuk, Memorial Ensign. Counter multiplication via Evolution Sage and Resourceful Defense scales earthbent lands into substantial combat threats. While the list lacks explosive fast mana and compact infinite combos, its core engine possesses natural resiliency against conventional creature wipes due to the earthbend recursion mechanic. Light stax elements like Dauntless Dismantler and God-Pharaoh's Statue provide tempo disruption while the deck builds toward a multi-turn combat finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abrade
• 1 All-Fates Scroll
• 1 Annie Joins Up
• 1 Apostle's Blessing
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archaeomancer's Map
• 1 Battered Golem
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Bender's Waterskin
• 1 Bitter Work
• 1 Bootleggers' Stash
• 1 Brushland
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Codex Shredder
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Dauntless Dismantler
• 1 Disruptor Flute
• 1 Earth Kingdom General
• 1 Evendo Brushrazer
• 1 Evolution Sage
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Felidar Retreat
• 9 Forest
• 1 Fortified Village
• 1 Furycalm Snarl
• 1 Game Trail
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Glittering Stockpile
• 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
• 1 Gogo, Mysterious Mime
• 1 Great Divide Guide
• 1 Haywire Mite
• 1 Ichor Wellspring
• 1 Jungle Shrine
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Koth, the Geomancer
• 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
• 1 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Liquimetal Torque
• 1 Makeshift Munitions
• 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
• 1 Mindslaver
• 1 Moonsilver Key
• 6 Mountain
• 1 Origin of Metalbending
• 1 Ornithopter
• 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1 Patrolling Peacemaker
• 1 Pithing Needle
• 9 Plains
• 1 Rampant Growth
• 1 Resourceful Defense
• 1 Retreat to Kazandu
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Sabotender
• 1 Secret Rendezvous
• 1 Seismic Sense
• 1 Sheltering Landscape
• 1 Sleeper Dart
• 1 Snakeskin Veil
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solemn Simulacrum
• 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1 Spine of Ish Sah
• 1 Sunpetal Grove
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Impulse
• 1 Talisman of Unity
• 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
• 1 Terra Eternal
• 1 The Stasis Coffin
• 1 Thrill of Possibility
• 1 Tomik, Distinguished Advokist
• 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble