Art by Eilene Cherie
Commander deckGRW
Toph, the First Metalbender
Generate Treasure tokens and massive artifact creatures to trigger Toph's ability, using evasion and protection to finish opponents with metalbending combat damage.
Asked for“An artifact earthbend deck, commander is toph, the first metalbender, about 300$.”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 61 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Toph, the First Metalbender
1RGWLegendary Creature — Human Warrior Ally
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
16
Goldvein Pick
2Artifact — Equipment
Generates Treasures via combat, representing metalbending mining.
Professional Face-Breaker
2RCreature — Human Warrior
Converts combat into Treasures and card advantage.
Gala Greeters
1GCreature — Elf Druid
Provides flexibility with Treasure creation on creature ETB.
Kodama's Reach
2GSorcery — Arcane
Essential green ramp to hit the commander early.
Foundry Inspector
3Artifact Creature — Construct
Reduces cost of all artifact spells.
Jhoira's Familiar
4Artifact Creature — Bird
Reduces cost of historic spells including artifacts.
Card Draw
7
Shamanic Revelation
3GGSorcery
Excellent draw when building a board of artifact creatures.
Toski, Bearer of Secrets
3GLegendary Creature — Squirrel
Consistent card draw on creature combat damage.
Beast Whisperer
2GGCreature — Elf Druid
Draws cards for casting the deck's many artifact creatures.
Soul's Majesty
4GSorcery
Draw cards based on the power of your metalbending creatures.
Removal
13
Reclamation Sage
2GCreature — Elf Shaman
Creature-based utility for destroying artifacts.
Bane of Progress
4GGCreature — Elemental
Massively counters artifact/enchantment heavy boards.
Duplicant
6Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
Removal that exiles and copies power/toughness.
Threats/Wincons
13
Steel Hellkite
6Artifact Creature — Dragon
Iconic artifact threat that provides removal.
Myr Battlesphere
7Artifact Creature — Myr Construct
High power payload that enters with several tokens.
Ancient Stone Idol
10Artifact Creature — Golem
Massive golem that fits the earthbending theme.
Wurmcoil Engine
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Resilient artifact creature with Lifelink and Deathtouch.
Hangarback Walker
XXArtifact Creature — Construct
Scalable threat that leaves tokens behind.
Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
4Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon Construct
Synergizes with high volume of history/artifacts.
Shared Animosity
2REnchantment
Massive buff when attacking with many tokens of the same type.
Stonecoil Serpent
XArtifact Creature — Snake
Flexible X-cost artifact with several keywords.
Darksteel Juggernaut
5Artifact Creature — Juggernaut
Indestructible threat that scales with your metal count.
Karn, Scion of Urza
4Legendary Planeswalker — Karn
Generates huge Construct tokens.
Etali, Primal Storm
4RRLegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
High-impact threat that generates value on attack.
Terror of the Peaks
3RRCreature — Dragon
Converts creature ETBs into direct damage.
Utility
12
Inspiring Statuary
3Artifact
Allows artifacts to help cast non-artifact spells via Improvise.
Solemn Simulacrum
4Artifact Creature — Golem
Mana fixing and card draw on an artifact body.
Sarkhan's Unsealing
3REnchantment
Rewards casting large creatures with board damage.
Swiftfoot Boots
2Artifact — Equipment
Necessary protection for a commander-centric deck.
Panharmonicon
4Artifact
Doubles the triggers of artifact creatures entering the battlefield.
Scrapyard Recombiner
3Artifact Creature — Construct
Tutors for important artifact threats.
Grateful Apparition
1WCreature — Spirit
Proliferates +1/+1 counters on your artifact constructs.
Forsaken Monument
5Legendary Artifact
Buffs colorless creatures and ramps colorless mana.
Rhythm of the Wild
1RGEnchantment
Makes creatures uncounterable and adds haste/counters.
