Of the Sun Empire

Commander / EDH Dinosaurs Humans RGW (Naya) Tokens Vorthos

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The Main Course (25)

• 1x Apex Altisaur
• 1x Bellowing Aegisaur
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm *f-pre*
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger
• 1x Gishath, Sun's Avatar
• 1x Goring Ceratops
• 1x Kinjalli's Sunwing
• 1x Marauding Raptor *f-pre*
• 1x Polyraptor
• 1x Raging Swordtooth
• 1x Rampaging Ferocidon *f-pre*
• 1x Ranging Raptors
• 1x Regisaur Alpha
• 1x Ripjaw Raptor *f-pre*
• 1x Runic Armasaur *f-pre*
• 1x Silverclad Ferocidons *f-pre*
• 1x Snapping Sailback
• 1x Temple Altisaur
• 1x Tranquil Frillback
• 1x Trapjaw Tyrant *f-pre*
• 1x Verdant Sun's Avatar *f-pre*
• 1x Wakening Sun's Avatar *f-pre*
• 1x Wayward Swordtooth *f-pre*
• 1x Zacama, Primal Calamity
• 1x Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Cooking Utensils (3)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Immortal Sun
• 1x Traveler's Amulet

The GM who does it all. (3)

• 1x Huatli, Dinosaur Knight
• 1x Huatli, Radiant Champion *f-pre*
• 1x Huatli, Warrior Poet *f-pre*

Lands (32)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 9x Forest
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Naya Panorama
• 6x Plains
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag *f-pre*
• 1x Stone Quarry
• 1x Sunpetal Grove *f-pre*
• 1x Unclaimed Territory

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Colossal Majesty
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x New Horizons
• 1x Path of Discovery *f-pre*
• 1x Shapers' Sanctuary *f-pre*
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation *f-pre*

Wait Staff (8)

• 1x Atzocan Seer
• 1x Drover of the Mighty
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Forerunner of the Empire
• 1x Jadelight Ranger *f-pre*
• 1x Kinjalli's Caller
• 1x Otepec Huntmaster
• 1x Priest of the Wakening Sun *f-pre*

Commander (1)

Instants (10)

• 1x Blinding Fog
• 1x Dual Shot
• 1x Fiery Cannonade
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Pounce
• 1x Reckless Rage
• 1x Settle the Wreckage *f-pre*
• 1x Shake the Foundations
• 1x Sheltering Light
• 1x Verdant Rebirth

Sorceries (9)

• 1x Commune with Dinosaurs
• 1x Enter the Unknown
• 1x Hunt the Weak
• 1x Rile
• 1x Savage Stomp
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Slaughter the Strong *f-pre*
• 1x Star of Extinction *f-pre*
• 1x Thunderherd Migration

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Sideboard

Other (4)

• 1x Deeproot Wayfinder
• 1x Etali, Primal Conqueror *f-pre*  ^Flip
• 1x Ghalta and Mavren
• 1x Invasion of Ixalan  ^Flip

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Welcome... To Ixalan. A plane seemingly forgotten by time, if not having yet caught up to the age we most often are used to seeing from other planes. Dinosaurs, Pirates, Vampires, Merfolk. We're all very aware of these threats, and I myself am quite keen on trying to construct a flavorful deck for those prior mentioned tribes. Like this deck, I strive to construct something entirely lore friendly. A deck featuring cards with Ixalan dinosaurs (for this deck), not Ikoria, or Dominaria, nothing beyond what the plane and MTG story has directly shown or printed with direct involvement from the plane of Ixalan. There are a couple discrepancies in regards to cards like Exploration and Doubling Season which I namely used the most lore-friendly arts for; selecting what appeared the most fitting and intended to reference Ixalan which had just come out when the borderless art for Doubling Season was shown (Similar to the new Hardened Scales borderless and Eternal Witness .)

I often am very strict on myself when it comes to building decks with as much flavor as I possibly can add to them. Using cards, like Garruk's Uprising isn't as satisfying as using Colossal Majesty because you can tell the dinosaurs present are from Ixalan in the latter, while the former just depicts your standard big mamas, probably from Dominaria if you look at their Allosaurs. I compare it to trying to only build a team from GEN 1 pokemon, it just feels... right? It's difficult to explain I suppose, but mixing creatures from other sets into a "tribe" when those dudes would have never interacted prior to my deck's construction, feels off? It's like depicting the Clone Wars from Starwars with the Ewoks instead of the aforementioned "Clones" as the War would suggest, would be present. It's similar to the argument people had in regards to the Warhammer 40k, Street Fighter, and Walking Dead cards; I don't want to one day tap a "Gandalf the Grey" so that my "Optimus Prime, Cybertronian Hero" can deal additional damage or what have you, it feels similar if I don't use cards from the same plane. Like how Zendikar, Ixalan, Ravnica, and Innistrad vampires are all different aesthetically. Historically, to boot.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 31 - 4 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.91
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Dinosaur 3/3 G, Dinosaur X/X G, Egg 0/1 G, Emblem Huatli, Radiant Champion, Vampire 1/1 W
Folders	From the Planes of MTG: Ixalan