GRIMLOCK, DINOSAUR COMMANDER

Commander / EDH Dinosaurs Ixalan Multiplayer RGW (Naya)

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Dinosaurs (32)

• 1x Apex Altisaur
• 1x Bonehoard Dracosaur
• 1x Bronzebeak Foragers
• 1x Carnage Tyrant
• 1x Curious Altisaur
• 1x Earthshaker Dreadmaw
• 1x Etali, Primal Conqueror  ^Flip
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Gishath, Sun's Avatar
• 1x Hulking Raptor
• 1x Hunting Velociraptor
• 1x Kinjalli's Sunwing
• 1x Marauding Raptor
• 1x Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
• 1x Pugnacious Hammerskull
• 1x Quartzwood Crasher
• 1x Rampaging Ferocidon
• 1x Ravenous Tyrannosaurus
• 1x Regisaur Alpha
• 1x Restless Ridgeline
• 1x Ripjaw Raptor
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Shifting Ceratops
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Thundering Spineback
• 1x Trumpeting Carnosaur
• 1x Vaultborn Tyrant
• 1x Wakening Sun's Avatar
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x Zacama, Primal Calamity
• 1x Zetalpa, Primal Dawn
• 1x Zilortha, Strength Incarnate

Enablers (6)

• 1x Huatli, Poet of Unity  ^Flip
• 1x Otepec Huntmaster
• 1x Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Welcome to ...  ^Flip
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

Paleontology (3)

• 1x Dino DNA
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Intrepid Paleontologist

Lands (34)

• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Game Trail
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Overgrown Farmland
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Restless Ridgeline
• 10x Snow-Covered Forest
• 7x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 5x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Sunpetal Grove

Draw (12)

• 1x Bonders' Enclave
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Ripjaw Raptor
• 1x Runic Armasaur
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Vaultborn Tyrant
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Removal (9)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Get Lost
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Trumpeting Carnosaur
• 1x Wakening Sun's Avatar
• 1x Welcome to ...  ^Flip
• 1x Zacama, Primal Calamity

Tutors (5)

• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Forerunner of the Empire
• 1x Savage Order

Commander (1)

 ^Flip

Ramp (13)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Drover of the Mighty
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Intrepid Paleontologist
• 1x Ixalli's Lorekeeper
• 1x Otepec Huntmaster
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Impulse
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Tokens (10)

• 1x Bonehoard Dracosaur
• 1x Dino DNA
• 1x Huatli, Poet of Unity  ^Flip
• 1x Life Finds a Way
• 1x Quartzwood Crasher
• 1x Regisaur Alpha
• 1x The Skullspore Nexus
• 1x Thundering Spineback
• 1x Vaultborn Tyrant
• 1x Welcome to ...  ^Flip

Combat (5)

• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x The Skullspore Nexus
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

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Sideboard

Dinosaurs (1)

• 1x Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

Enablers (1)

• 1x Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

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This is a list painstakingly curated and researched to equate existing (as of 17/10/2024) dinosaur species/specimens to fictional card arts/designs in Magic the Gathering, from across the planes but mostly Ixalan.

I have willingly stayed away from just the big toothy carnivorous theropods and tried to have a diverse array of these wonderful various Dinosauria as it is more representative of the extinct reptiles. I will update every 6 months if there are new dinosaurs/enablers for the deck but am currently satiated. Each of the physical cards I own has been altered to have its scientific name written under the cardname as to enjoy and share their real-world correspondents and hopefully teach players about them.

Species in the Menagerie (matched up to what they resemble/are inspired by:

CARNIVORES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

ALBERTOSAURUS SARCOPHAGUS - [Carnage Tyrant]

ALLOSAURUS FRAGILIS - [Trumpeting Carnosaur]

AUSTRORAPTOR CABAZAI - [Pantlaza, Sun-Favoured]

CARCHARODONTOSAURUS SAHARICUS - [Gishath, Sun's Avatar]

CERATOSAURUS NASICORNUS - [Godzilla, King of the Monsters//Zilortha, Strength Incarnate]

DASPLETOSAURUS TOROSUS - [Regisaur Alpha]

DROMAEOSAURUS ALBERTENSIS - [Marauding Raptor]

GORGOSAURUS LIBRATUS - [Earthshaker Dreadmaw]

IRRITATOR CHALLENGERI - [Vaultborn Tyrant]

NEOVENATOR SALERI - [Wayward Swordtooth]

PIATNITZKYSAURUS FLORESI - [Ripjaw Raptor]

SPINOSAURUS AEGYPTIACUS//SPINOSAURUS PHYRESIS - [Etali, Primal Conqueror//Etali, Primal Sickness]

TARBOSAURUS BATAAR - [Hulking Raptor]

TYRANNOSAURUS REX - [Ghalta, Primal Hunter], [Ravenous Tyrannosaurus] KILL COUNT: 3

3X BLACK TYRANNOSAURUS REX SPECIMENS [BLACK BEAUTY, PETER, BARBARA] - [Zacama, Primal Calamity]

UTAHRAPTOR OSTROMMAYSORUM - [Rampaging Ferocidon]

VELOCIRAPTOR MONGOLIENSIS - [Hunting Velociraptor]

HERBIVORES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

APATOSAURUS AJAX - [Curious Altisaur] KILL COUNT: 1

BOREALOPELTA MARKMITCHELLI ROYAL TYRELL SPECIMEN - [Restless Ridgeline]

BRONTOSAURUS EXCELSUS - [Thrashing Brontodon]

BRACHIOSAURUS ALTITHORAX - [Apex Altisaur]

DIABLOCERATOPS EATONI - [Bronzebeak Foragers]

IGUANODON BERNISSARTENSIS - [Thundering Spineback]

KOSMOCERATOPS RICHARDSONI - [Quartzwood Crasher]

LAMBEOSAURUS LAMBEI - [Crested Herdcaller]

PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS GRANGERI - [Pugnacious Hammerskull]

STEGOSAURUS STENOPS - [Runic Armasaur]

STYRACOSAURUS ALBERTENSIS - [Wakening Sun's Avatar]

TRICERATOPS HORRIBUS - [Shifting Ceratops]

FLYING 'DINOSAURS' (carnivorous)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

DIMORPHODON MACRONYX - [Bonehoard Dracosaur]

QUETZALCOATLUS NORTHROPI - [Zetalpa, Primal Dawn]

PTERANODON LONGICEPS - [Kinjalli's Sunwing]

Hope you can appreciate the way I've coded the differing species I presume inspired a lot of the Ixalan dinosaur designs in MTG, this is based off cues in their depiction I see (I am not a paleontologist yet) so will inherently be biased.

Enjoy and hope you were intruiged enough to have a look at some of the latin names next to the cards.

TO OBTAIN: Nothing at present : )

Date added	1 year
Last updated	3 days
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 1 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.08
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Dinosaur 3/1 R, Dinosaur 3/1 R, Dinosaur 3/3 G, Dinosaur 3/3 G w/ Trample, Dinosaur 3/3 G w/ Trample, Dinosaur 3/3 G, Dinosaur Beast X/X G, Dinosaur X/X G, Elephant 3-3 G, Fungus Dinosaur, Map, Treasure, Treasure