Ixalan Park [Pet]

Commander / EDH Aggro Battlecruiser Dinosaurs Midrange Ramp RGW (Naya)

J_Lambing

Creature (33)

• 1x Apex Altisaur
• 1x Atzocan Seer
• 1x Bellowing Aegisaur
• 1x Burning Sun's Avatar
• 1x Carnage Tyrant
• 1x Deathgorge Scavenger
• 1x Drover of the Mighty
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Forerunner of the Empire
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Goring Ceratops
• 1x Kinjalli's Sunwing
• 1x Marauding Raptor
• 1x Polyraptor
• 1x Raging Regisaur
• 1x Raging Swordtooth
• 1x Rampaging Brontodon
• 1x Ranging Raptors
• 1x Regisaur Alpha
• 1x Ripjaw Raptor
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Shifting Ceratops
• 1x Siegehorn Ceratops
• 1x Silverclad Ferocidons
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x Temple Altisaur
• 1x Thundering Spineback
• 1x Trapjaw Tyrant
• 1x Verdant Sun's Avatar
• 1x Wakening Sun's Avatar
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x Zacama, Primal Calamity
• 1x Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Land (38)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 2x Forest
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 2x Plains
• 1x Rith's Grove
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Domri Rade
• 1x Vivien Reid

Commander (1)

Instant (8)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Settle the Wreckage
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Pyrohemia
• 1x Rite of Passage
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Decimate
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Single Combat
• 1x Spoils of Victory
• 1x Winds of Abandon

Artifact (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Urza's Incubator

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Artifact (7)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Impulse
• 1x Talisman of Unity

Instant (1)

• 1x Flawless Maneuver

Land (6)

• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Taiga

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Mirri's Guile

Creature (4)

• 1x Quartzwood Crasher
• 1x Titanoth Rex
• 1x Yidaro, Wandering Monster
• 1x Zilortha, Strength Incarnate

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INTRODUCTION

When the spoilers for Ixalan were "released" early, and I saw the dinosaurs, I knew I just had to make a dinosaur deck. I have always been a fanboy of dinosaurs since I was a child. Growing up I actually wanted to be paleontologist (but I grew out of that and now I am an Armed Messanger for Brinks). As more and more spoilers were released for Ixalan, my inner child just grew out of control. Dinosaurs are a very powerful tribe that are a lot of fun to play.

My only complaint about dinosaurs is that they weren't Jund. Naya colors are good, but I like black with all the tutors, but I can make Naya colors work. A friend of mine is a Naya commander, and he has helped me out greatly in learning the philosophy behind Naya and how works great together.

WHY GISHATH? Show

Do you really have to ask?!? Gishath gives me access to all the colors I need in a dinosaur tribal deck (). She has trample, vigilance, and haste! And her ability to call other dinosaurs from the top of my deck to the battlefield is just too much! Oh did I forget to say that she is a 7/6 powerhouse! If she is not your commander for you dinosaur army, then please explain to me why she isn't? Is it because of her high CMC? Well you can fix that easily since you have access to green, which is known to ramp hard.

With Rivals of Ixalan out, Zacama challenged Gishath as my deck's commander. However, Zacama didn't feel right as a Dinosaur tribal commander, so Gishath managed to keep her spot as top Dino Commander, but Zacama has not been forgotten and is in the 99.

Grimlock, Dinobot Leader   was another option, however, he is a $100 card and would be considered an Un-card. Therefore is not legal in Commander. I also was not a huge fan of giving my board state only a +2/+0 and nothing else. So I wouldn't even put him in the 99.

Atla Palani, Nest Tender was a huge consideration, however, she did not pull out as many dinosaurs as I would have liked. So I opted to keep Gishath who also has sentimental value to me.

WELCOME TO THE PARK Show

DINO

This is a dinosaur tribal deck, so of course my main attraction will be the dinosaurs!

• Verdant Sun's Avatar: Will give me tons of life every time a creature enters my field.
• Kinjalli's Sunwing: This flying lizard will slow my opponents down.
• Burning Sun's Avatar: Two lightning bolts on a massive 6/6. What could go wrong?
• Carnage Tyrant: Can't be countered or targeted by spells and has trample.
• Goring Ceratops: Has double strike and gives all my dinosaurs double strike.
• Raging Swordtooth: Sets off all my enrage triggers and clears the field of 1/1s.
• Bellowing Aegisaur: Makes all my other dinosaurs bigger with each enrage trigger.
• Ripjaw Raptor: Lets me draw a card with each enrage trigger.
• Taurean Mauler: Not exactly a dinosaur, but he counts for every creature type, so Gishath can call him to fight by her side.
• Etali, Primal Storm: A 6/6 elder dinosaur that when it attacks I get to exile cards off everyone's deck and use those cards as I see fit.
• Wakening Sun's Avatar: A tribal board wipe on a 7/7 creature.
• Regisaur Alpha: Gives all my dinosaurs haste and creatures a 3/3 token.
• Thundering Spineback: A good dinosaur lord that poops out 3/3 dinosaur tokens.
• Ranging Raptors: A dinosaur that when enraged lets me search for a basic land.
• Siegehorn Ceratops: A enrage dinosaur that gets two +1/+1 counters and it's a 2 drop.
• Polyraptor: A crazy enrage dinosaur that makes a copy of itself. 1 makes 2, 2 makes 4, and it just keeps going.
• Zetalpa, Primal Dawn: A big dinosaur with a bunch of key words.
• Zacama, Primal Calamity: A dinosaur good enough to challenge Gishath. A 9/9 with three very strong abilities and an enter the battlefield ability that can change the tide of battle.
• Deathgorge Scavenger: Helps with graveyard control.
• Ghalta, Primal Hunger: A 12/12 Elder Dino that can come down early and without warning.
• Raging Regisaur: A 4 drop that can kill a 1/1 or ping a enrage dinosaur.
• Silverclad Ferocidons: A enrage dinosaur that acts as removal.
• Trapjaw Tyrant: An enrage dinosaur that acts as removal.
• Wayward Swordtooth: A dinosaur that allows me to play an extra land each turn and gives me the city's blessing. A 5/5 for 3 is not bad, and city's blessing will be easy to hit with this deck.
• Runic Armasaur - A 2/5 for three and it helps me draw.
• Rampaging Brontodon - A nice 7/7 for 7, with trample, but it gets bigger for each land I control when it attacks. So if it's cast, and gets to attack, that's 14/14 or more.
• Apex Altisaur - A 10/10 for 8 CMC that can take out most big threats. Give Apex indestructibility and it is a board wipe on a huge beater.

TRIGGER

These are cards that either trigger Enrage or help support it.

• Forerunner of the Empire: A nice tutor on a stick, and an enrage enabler.
• Pyrohemia: A good enrage enabler or board wipe.

PROTECTION

These are cards that help protect my board state.

• Domri Rade: His +1 lets me get a free creature to my hand if it's on top, - 2 lets my creatures fight, but his -7 is what I need. He gives my creatures double strike, trample, hexproof, and haste.
• Heroic Intervention: Makes my creatures pretty much immortal. Indestructible and hexproof.
• Privileged Position: Gives everything hexproof.
• Teferi's Protection: Protects everything for a turn, including me.
• Vivien Reid: Her +1 is a creature draw effect, her -3 is removal, but her ULT is what I want. Giving all my creatures indestructible.

TUTORS

I don't run a lot of tutors, but I do run a few. All of which put a creature on top of my deck so I can cheat them out with Gishath.

• Congregation at Dawn: Get's me three creatures on top of my library.
• Worldly Tutor: Get's one creature on top of my library.

DRAW

These are the spells that help keep my hand full. I do not rely so much on card advantage as most decks, but it helps to have some.

• Guardian Project: I feel that this card should be a staple in any deck running green and is creature based. Being able to draw when a nontoken enters the field is really good.
• Domri Rade: His +1 lets me get a free creature to my hand if it's on top, - 2 lets my creatures fight, but his -7 is what I need. He gives my creatures double strike, trample, hexproof, and haste.

REMOVAL

These are my single and mass removal spells. I try to exile targets over just destroying them. This way they cannot come back to haunt me.

• Single Combat: Removes all but one creature or planeswalker for each player. IF Gishath is on the field, I can easily swarm.
• Path to Exile: Removes a creature, but my opponent gets a land.
• Swords to Plowshares: Removes a creature, but my opponent gains life equal to its power.
• Decimate: I get to destroy a artifact, a creature, a enchantment, AND a land.
• Settle the Wreckage: Remove any threat that might kill me. Gives opponent lands, but exiles all attackers.
• • Domri Rade: His +1 lets me get a free creature to my hand if it's on top, - 2 lets my creatures fight, but his -7 is what I need. He gives my creatures double strike, trample, hexproof, and haste.

ACCEL

I normally follow the advice of the Professor and run 8 accel cards. However, with such high costing creatures and being a three color deck, I go a little crazy with accel spells.

• Smothering Tithe: By far the most powerful ramp spell white has to offer.
• Sol Ring: Because it's Sol Ring! It is a must in any Commander deck.
• Arcane Signet: Because it's Arcane Signet! IT is a must in any Commander deck.
• Spoils of Victory and Farseek: Lets me search for any land so long as it is either a Mountain, Plains, or Forest.
• Nature's Lore: Lets me get ANY land from my deck.
• Urza's Incubator: Makes my dinosaurs less to play, which really helps get them out faster.
• Herald's Horn: Makes my dinosaurs less to play, which helps get them out faster.
• Chromatic Lantern: In my opinion, this is mana fixing at its best. Makes all my lands tap for any color, and it itself taps for any color.
• Marauding Raptor: Makes my creatures cheaper.
• Drover of the Mighty: Taps for any color and can become a 3/3
• Atzocan Seer: Taps for any color and if I lose a good dinosaur, can sac him to get it back to my hand.

LANDS

I follow the Professor's advice and run 38 lands. I don't run any lands that enter tapped (and if they do, they have an option of not entering tapped). A lot of the lands will hurt me in the long run, but since I will be giving my dinosaurs lifelink or trying to finish the games quickly, that shouldn't be an issue.

• Rith's Grove: It's a lair that taps for my colors. It does not come out tapped, and all I have to do is return a land to my hand. With Exploration on the field, this will not set me back at all.
• Evolving Wilds and Terramorphic Expanse: They search for my basics lands.
• Wooded Foothills, Windswept Heath, and Arid Mesa: They search for two of my three land types.
• The Temples: I run the three Temples of my two color combos for the Scry the comes with them to help set up the top of my deck.
• Stomping Ground, Sacred Foundry, and Temple Garden: They count as two of my three land types. They enter tapped, but I can pay 2 life to have them come in untapped.
• Sunpetal Grove, Clifftop Retreat, and Rootbound Crag: They count as two of my three colors, and will almost never enter tapped.
• Karplusan Forest, Battlefield Forge, and Brushland: Painlands that tap for two of my three colors. They don't enter tapped and only ping me for 1 life.
• Cavern of Souls: Taps for any color, and it makes the creature unable to be counter.
• Command Tower: Taps for my commander identity.
• City of Brass: Taps for any color, and pings me for 1 life.
• Forbidden Orchard: Taps for any color, and gives someone a 1/1 spirit. Good political chip.
• Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion: Helps push damage by giving a dino double strike.
• Rogue's Passage: Helps push damage by making a creature unblockable.
• Unclaimed Territory: Taps for or for any color for my dinosaurs.
• Path of Ancestry: Taps for my colors, and if the creature I play shares a type with my commander, I get to scry 1.
• Ancient Tomb: Taps for for two life. Great ramp, and after pulling it from Ultimate Masters and talking to Jolt, I knew I needed to put it in my deck.

NOTABLE EXCLUSIONS Show

• The Signets: I don't like filter cards, notice I didn't add filter lands to the deck. I just don't know why, but I really don't like them. Paying mana for more mana is something I just never enjoyed doing. I know that sounds stupid, and it is.

• Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, and Explosive Vegetation: I don't run a lot of basic lands, so I run ramp spells that can fetch non-basic lands AND basic lands. It really helps when I need my Rouge's Passage or a dual land.

• Filter Lands: Much like the Signets, I don't run filter lands. Its not even the price tag on them, but the fact that I don't like sinking mana to make more mana. I don't mind paying on time to get something like Sol Ring but to have to pay every time to get more mana just doesn't appeal to me.

• Tap Lands: Any land (except for shock and temples) that enter tap you will never see in any of my deck willingly. Right now I run the tap lands in the deck as fillers until I can get the Original Dual Lands.

COMBO BREAKER Show

- Polyraptor + Forerunner of the Empire OR Marauding Raptor = Infinite Token

• Infinite Token combo + Impact Tremors OR Warstorm Surge = Infinite Damage

• Polyraptor + Rite of Passage = LOTS of +1/+1 Counters

PROS VS. CONS Show

PRO

• Great for the Timmys out there
• Has great dinosaur value
• Gets big dinosaurs out fast

CON

• Not so fun for the Johnnys
• Is not that competitive
• Mana base is EXPENSIVE!

SPECIAL THANKS Show

I want to thank everyone on PucaTrade who has helped me get this deck built.

dkings967

• Ashnod's Altar

GoVeganPlease

• Apex Altisaur

Chris Powell

• Thrash of Raptors
• Sun-Crowned Hunters
• Snapping Sailback
• Shining Aerosaur
• Ravenous Daggertooth
• Raptor Hatchling
• Otepec Huntmaster
• Kinjalli's Caller
• Colossal Dreadmaw

Ryudjinni

• Carnage Tyrant

RustBeltGames

• Thundering Spineback
• Sky Terror
• Imperial Aerosaur
• Charging Monstrosaur
• Bellowing Aegisaur

Jason Nakakuni

• Titanic Ultimatum (First Trade)
• Kinjalli's Sunwing (Second Trade)

FROGCHICKY

• Deathgorge Scavenger

Eric MtG

• Unclaimed Territory

Jhasty

• Congregation at Dawn
• Genesis Wave

MYSTICALBRENT

• Pyrohemia

King Authur

• Polyraptor
• Trapjaw Tyrant
• Wayward Swordtooth

Sorin Claus

• Siegehorn Ceratops

TrinketMage

• Etali, Primal Storm

Trevathecleva

• Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Hebert Harttie

• Raging Regisaur
• Silverclad Ferocidons

AlwaysFireABT

• Forerunner of the Empire
• Frilled Deathspitter
• Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• Knight of the Stampede

Ori

• Chromatic Lantern
• Samut, the Tested

Top Ranked	Achieved #3 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Battlecruiser 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Combo 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Dinosaurs 1 year ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.31
Tokens	3/3 Dinosaur, Treasure, Copy Clone, City's Blessing, Domri, 1/1 Spirit, Vivien
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