At a glance
- Format: Brawl (100-card)
- Commander: Gishath, Sun’s Avatar
- Colors: Red / Green / White (RGW)
- Archetype: Naya Dinosaurs ramp/stompy (budget)
- Power tier: competitive
- Competitive Brawl: ✅ Legal
Strategy
Same gameplan as the power build, done with commons and uncommons: ramp hard on green dorks (Llanowar Elves, Elvish Mystic, Ilysian Caryatid, Paradise Druid, Druid of the Anima) plus Cultivate and Migration Path so Gishath lands turn 4-5, then swing to flip free Dinosaurs off the top. Otepec Huntmaster and Rhythm of the Wild give the fatties haste (and dodge counters) so a connect matters the turn Gishath arrives. The enrage core (Raptor Hatchling, Ranging Raptors, Frilled Deathspitter, Sun-Crowned Hunters, Bellowing Aegisaur) turns your own bite spells and Forerunner of the Empire pings into free value, while Colossal Majesty, Garruk’s Uprising, and Elemental Bond refill the hand. Overcome and Goring Ceratops close games when the board’s wide, and cheap removal (Swords, bolts, fight spells) keeps blockers off the ground until the dinos take over.
Upgrade path
This is the playable-now build: the only rare/mythic craft is the commander itself (Gishath, Sun’s Avatar, currently unowned) — everything else is owned or a common/uncommon you can craft freely. It swaps the ideal’s unaffordable payoffs for in-role budget pieces: the Marauding Raptor + Polyraptor combo and premium exile suite (Path, Get Lost, Prismatic Ending, Leyline Binding, Skyclave) are cut for cheap burn and fight removal; The Great Henge / Craterhoof / Zacama / the Etalis / Ghalta / Trapjaw top-end becomes a fat wall of uncommon and common Dinosaurs (Charging Monstrosaur, Raging Swordtooth, Crested Herdcaller, Annoyed Altisaur, Belligerent Brontodon, Titanoth Rex) that Gishath is just as happy to cheat in. Upgrade path toward the ideal: craft the removal suite and marquee mythic dinos (Great Henge, Craterhoof, Xenagos, Regisaur Alpha, Ghalta, both Etalis, Pantlaza) as wildcards allow.
Cards
Decklist
Paste straight into MTG Arena (or Moxfield/Archidekt):
Commander
1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
Deck
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Elvish Mystic
1 Ilysian Caryatid
1 Paradise Druid
1 Druid of the Anima
1 Arcane Signet
1 Cultivate
1 Migration Path
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Kinjalli's Caller
1 Otepec Huntmaster
1 Rhythm of the Wild
1 Ixalli's Lorekeeper
1 Colossal Majesty
1 Garruk's Uprising
1 Elemental Bond
1 Anthem of Champions
1 Commune with Dinosaurs
1 Bond of Flourishing
1 Shock
1 Lightning Strike
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Abrade
1 Plasma Bolt
1 Banishing Light
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Reckless Rage
1 Rabid Bite
1 Savage Stomp
1 Drover of the Mighty
1 Raptor Hatchling
1 Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath
1 Regal Leosaur
1 Relentless Raptor
1 Sky Terror
1 Ranging Raptors
1 Frilled Deathspitter
1 Ravenous Daggertooth
1 Territorial Hammerskull
1 Thrashing Brontodon
1 Forerunner of the Empire
1 Raging Regisaur
1 Bonded Horncrest
1 Needletooth Raptor
1 Charging Monstrosaur
1 Charging Tuskodon
1 Raging Swordtooth
1 Crested Herdcaller
1 Gigantosaurus
1 Sun-Crowned Hunters
1 Bellowing Aegisaur
1 Colossal Dreadmaw
1 Cavern Stomper
1 Thundering Spineback
1 Nurturing Bristleback
1 Annoyed Altisaur
1 Belligerent Brontodon
1 Goring Ceratops
1 Rampaging Brontodon
1 Titanoth Rex
1 Overcome
1 Ram Through
1 Command Tower
1 Secluded Courtyard
1 Karn's Bastion
1 Stomping Ground
1 Thornspire Verge
1 Temple Garden
1 Hushwood Verge
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Sunbillow Verge
8 Mountain
16 Forest
4 Plains
Ideal build (upgrade target)
The power-ceiling build (multi-agent workflow output) — every premium payoff and the full combo/synergy package. The current list is the playable-now budget version; craft toward this as your wildcards come in.
Crafts to reach the ideal: 39 (14 mythic, 24 rare, 1 uncommon)
- Mythic: Bonehoard Dracosaur, Carnage Tyrant, Cavern of Souls, Chaos Warp, Craterhoof Behemoth, Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant, Pantlaza, Sun-Favored, Polyraptor, The Great Henge, Trapjaw Tyrant, Vaultborn Tyrant, Wakening Sun’s Avatar, Xenagos, God of Revels, Zacama, Primal Calamity
- Rare: Birds of Paradise, Deathgorge Scavenger, Etali, Primal Conqueror, Etali, Primal Storm, Get Lost, Guardian Project, Heroic Intervention, Icon of Ancestry, Jetmir’s Garden, Kinjalli’s Sunwing, Leyline Binding, Marauding Raptor, Path to Exile, Prismatic Ending, Regal Imperiosaur, Regisaur Alpha, Return of the Wildspeaker, Ripjaw Raptor, Runic Armasaur, Siegehorn Ceratops, Skyclave Apparition, Topiary Stomper, Trumpeting Carnosaur, Wayward Swordtooth
- Uncommon: Rogue’s Passage
Full ideal list (paste into Arena):
Commander
1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
Deck
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Elvish Mystic
1 Ilysian Caryatid
1 Paradise Druid
1 Drover of the Mighty
1 Arcane Signet
1 Cultivate
1 Migration Path
1 Topiary Stomper
1 Wayward Swordtooth
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Otepec Huntmaster
1 Regisaur Alpha
1 Xenagos, God of Revels
1 Rhythm of the Wild
1 Marauding Raptor
1 Polyraptor
1 Forerunner of the Empire
1 The Great Henge
1 Guardian Project
1 Return of the Wildspeaker
1 Colossal Majesty
1 Garruk's Uprising
1 Elemental Bond
1 Icon of Ancestry
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Path to Exile
1 Get Lost
1 Prismatic Ending
1 Leyline Binding
1 Skyclave Apparition
1 Banishing Light
1 Abrade
1 Lightning Strike
1 Shock
1 Chaos Warp
1 Heroic Intervention
1 Siegehorn Ceratops
1 Raptor Hatchling
1 Ranging Raptors
1 Frilled Deathspitter
1 Ripjaw Raptor
1 Trapjaw Tyrant
1 Deathgorge Scavenger
1 Runic Armasaur
1 Kinjalli's Sunwing
1 Regal Imperiosaur
1 Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath
1 Gigantosaurus
1 Goring Ceratops
1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
1 Etali, Primal Storm
1 Carnage Tyrant
1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
1 Vaultborn Tyrant
1 Etali, Primal Conqueror
1 Wakening Sun's Avatar
1 Craterhoof Behemoth
1 Zacama, Primal Calamity
1 Command Tower
1 Secluded Courtyard
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Rogue's Passage
1 Stomping Ground
1 Thornspire Verge
1 Temple Garden
1 Hushwood Verge
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Sunbillow Verge
1 Jetmir's Garden
7 Mountain
14 Forest
5 Plains
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