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Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
Tribal Aggro Competitive Blink Naya QR Code
G R W
- Naya
Created by  antho
Bracket
6.0 - 6.5
Bracket 3
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ANALYSIS

Overview:

Pantlaza Dinosaur tribal focuses on cheating out high-toughness Dinosaurs to fuel Discover value chains, with a secondary Food Chain combo finish. The deck leverages cost reduction and creature-based ramp to deploy threats ahead of curve while maintaining resilience through flicker effects and protection spells.

Primer:

Core Strategy: This deck aims to flood the board with massive Dinosaurs using Pantlaza's Discover engine, transitioning into either overwhelming combat damage or a Food Chain/Squee, the Immortal/Temur Sabertooth infinite mana combo. Key phases:

  1. Early Setup: Ramp with land tutors (Farseek, Topiary Stomper) and cost reducers (Rhythm of the Wild, The Great Henge). Prioritize casting Pantlaza by T3-4 using Sol Ring/Arcane Signet.
  2. Value Engine: Chain Dinosaurs like Regisaur Alpha and Etali, Primal Storm to trigger Discover, digging for combo pieces or threats. Use Roaming Throne (Dinosaur type) to double Pantlaza triggers.
  3. Win Conversion: Either:
    • Combat overkill via Xenagos, God of Revels pumps and Akroma's Will
    • Infinite mana with Food Chain -> cast entire deck via Discover loops
    • Wrathful Raptors + damage doublers/redirectors

Mulligan Priorities:

  • Keep hands with 3 lands + 2 ramp pieces (e.g., Farseek + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds)
  • Prioritize early Pantlaza enablers over high-CMC Dinosaurs
  • Reject hands without green sources or creature deployment

Key Tips:

  • Use Ghostway/Lae'zel's Acrobatics to dodge wipes and retrigger ETBs
  • Food Chain exiles tokens from The Skullspore Nexus for mana bursts
  • Defense of the Heart fetches Gishath, Sun's Avatar + Zacama, Primal Calamity

Weaknesses:

Critical:

  • No free counterspells to protect Food Chain combo
  • Limited graveyard recursion beyond The Skullspore Nexus

Moderate:

  • Vulnerable to Rest in Peace/Leyline of the Void disrupting Discover-fueled graveyard synergies
  • High average CMC (3.8) slows recovery from early interaction

Minor:

  • Some anti-synergy between Rampaging Ferocidon and token strategies

Most Important Cards:

  • Food Chain
  • The Great Henge
  • Cavern of Souls
  • Gishath, Sun's Avatar
  • Etali, Primal Conqueror
  • Xenagos, God of Revels
  • Zacama, Primal Calamity
  • Finale of Devastation
  • Defense of the Heart
  • Temur Sabertooth

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 6/10

  • Goldfish T6 via Food Chain combo or T7 combat overkill
  • Slower than cEDH but accelerates via Selvala, Heart of the Wilds/Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant

Resilience: 7/10

  • 8 protection spells (Heroic Intervention, Ghostway)
  • Flicker effects bypass targeted removal
  • Struggles against stacked counterspells

Consistency: 6/10

  • 6 tutors (Green Sun's Zenith, Finale of Devastation)
  • Discover provides card advantage but lacks combo redundancy
  • Relies on Pantlaza staying active for engine

Interaction: 5/10

  • 10 targeted answers (Swords to Plowshares, Beast Within)
  • Lacks stack interaction beyond Pyroblast
  • Farewell as nuclear reset button

Rating Justification:

Outpaces Casual/Precon (4.0-4.5) with combo potential and tutor density but lacks cEDH's free interaction and T3 consistency. Matches Optimized (6.0-6.5) benchmarks with:

  • Multiple T6-T7 win vectors
  • Moderate protection/resilience package
  • 10+ interaction pieces Falls short of 7.0 due to no T5 locks and vulnerability to fast combo disruption.

Power level: 6.0 - 6.5

DECK LIST
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
Battle: 1
($9.11)
1
Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
X G G
Creature: 29
($207.76)
1
Bighorner Rancher
4 G
1
Bonehoard Dracosaur
3 R R
1
Carnage Tyrant
4 G G
1
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
4 R W
1
Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
3 G G G
1
Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
5 R R
1
Etali, Primal Storm
4 R R
1
Ghalta, Primal Hunger
10 G G
1
Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
5 G G G
1
Gishath, Sun's Avatar
5 R G W
1
Huatli, Poet of Unity // Roar of the Fifth People
2 G
1
Luminous Broodmoth
2 W W
1
Polyraptor
6 G G
1
Rampaging Ferocidon
2 R
1
Ravenous Tyrannosaurus
4 R G
1
Regisaur Alpha
3 R G
1
Roaming Throne
4
1
Sawhorn Nemesis
3 R
1
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
1 G G
1
Squee, the Immortal
1 R R
1
Temur Sabertooth
2 G G
1
Topiary Stomper
1 G G
1
Tyrranax Rex
4 G G G
1
Vaultborn Tyrant
5 G G
1
Wayward Swordtooth
2 G
1
Wrathful Raptors
4 R
1
Xenagos, God of Revels
3 R G
1
Zacama, Primal Calamity
6 R G W
1
Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus
5 G G
Artifact: 5
($69.65)
1
Arcane Signet
2
1
Monster Manual // Zoological Study
3 G
1
Sol Ring
1
1
The Great Henge
7 G G
1
The Skullspore Nexus
6 G G
Enchantment: 13
($124.2)
1
Defense of the Heart
3 G
1
Food Chain
2 G
1
Garruk's Uprising
2 G
1
Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
2 G
1
Monstrous Vortex
3 G
1
Rhythm of the Wild
1 R G
1
Rising of the Day
2 R
1
Smothering Tithe
3 W
1
Spelunking
2 G
1
Sylvan Library
1 G
1
Tribute to the World Tree
G G G
1
Warstorm Surge
5 R
1
Welcome to . . . // Jurassic Park
1 G G
Instant: 11
($29.37)
1
Akroma's Will
3 W
1
Beast Within
2 G
1
Generous Gift
2 W
1
Ghostway
2 W
1
Heroic Intervention
1 G
1
Lae'zel's Acrobatics
3 W
1
Path to Exile
W
1
Pyroblast
R
1
Return of the Wildspeaker
4 G
1
Stroke of Midnight
2 W
1
Swords to Plowshares
W
Sorcery: 9
($89.13)
1
Another Round
X X 2 W
1
Blasphemous Act
8 R
1
Decimate
2 R G
1
Farewell
4 W W
1
Farseek
1 G
1
Finale of Devastation
X G G
1
Green Sun's Zenith
X G
1
Rishkar's Expertise
4 G G
1
Savage Order
2 G G
Land: 31
($184.47)
1
Arid Mesa
1
Bonders' Enclave
1
Boseiju, Who Endures
1
Cavern of Souls
1
Clifftop Retreat
1
Command Tower
1
Commercial District
1
Elegant Parlor
5
Forest
1
Game Trail
1
Hushwood Verge
1
Inspiring Vantage
1
Jungle Shrine
1
Karplusan Forest
1
Kessig Wolf Run
1
Mosswort Bridge
1
Mountain
1
Plains
1
Rogue's Passage
1
Sacred Foundry
1
Scattered Groves
1
Stomping Ground
1
Sunpetal Grove
1
Temple Garden
1
Thornspire Verge
1
Windswept Heath
1
Wooded Foothills

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