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Atla Palani, Nest Tender

WRG

Legendary Creature — Human Shaman · from $1.14

{2}, {T}: Create a 0/1 green Egg creature token with defender. Whenever an Egg you control dies, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

57 of 100 at $5 or less · 42 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swords to Plowshares	Instant	1	$0.98
7	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
8	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
9	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
10	Path to Exile	Instant	1	$0.71
11	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
12	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
13	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
14	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
15	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
16	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
17	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
18	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
19	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
20	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
21	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
22	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
23	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
24	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
25	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
26	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
27	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
28	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
29	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
30	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
31	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
32	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
33	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
34	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
35	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
36	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
37	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
38	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
39	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
40	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
41	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
42	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
43	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
44	Generous Gift	Instant	3	$0.93
45	Smothering Tithe	Enchantment	4	$56.09
46	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
47	Sacred Foundry	Land	0	$10.28
48	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
49	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
50	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
51	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
52	Clifftop Retreat	Land	0	$0.19
53	Esper Sentinel	Creature	1	$58.03
54	Temple Garden	Land	0	$6.57
55	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
56	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
57	Cinder Glade	Land	0	$0.25
58	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
59	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
60	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
61	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
62	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
63	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
64	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
65	Canopy Vista	Land	0	$0.22
66	Teferi's Protection	Instant	3	$34.90
67	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
68	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
69	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
70	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
71	Battlefield Forge	Land	0	$0.20
72	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
73	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
74	Enlightened Tutor	Instant	1	$21.99
75	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
76	Rootbound Crag	Land	0	$0.23
77	Sunpetal Grove	Land	0	$0.28
78	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
79	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
80	Big Score	Instant	4	$0.41
81	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
82	Abrade	Instant	2	$0.17
83	Delighted Halfling	Creature	1	$25.91
84	Talisman of Conviction	Artifact	2	$0.35
85	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
86	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
87	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
88	Lightning Bolt	Instant	1	$0.75
89	Ghostly Prison	Enchantment	3	$5.72
90	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
91	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
92	Spectator Seating	Land	0	$5.71
93	Worldly Tutor	Instant	1	$26.58
94	Austere Command	Sorcery	6	$0.33
95	Flawless Maneuver	Instant	3	$9.24
96	Farewell	Sorcery	6	$4.44
97	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
98	Return of the Wildspeaker	Instant	5	$1.51
99	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
100	Boros Charm	Instant	2	$4.50

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Most played with Atla Palani, Nest Tender

The 25 most-played cards in 7 settled top-16 lists running Atla Palani, Nest Tender at 16+ player events since Apr 30, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Arcane Signet	100% · 7 of 7	2
2	Command Tower	100% · 7 of 7	2
3	Sol Ring	100% · 7 of 7	2
4	Deafening Silence	86% · 6 of 7	2
5	Dinosaur Egg	86% · 6 of 7	2
6	Fanatical Devotion	86% · 6 of 7	2
7	Goblin Bombardment	86% · 6 of 7	2
8	Nature's Lore	86% · 6 of 7	2
9	Red Elemental Blast	86% · 6 of 7	2
10	Swords to Plowshares	86% · 6 of 7	2
11	Talisman of Unity	86% · 6 of 7	2
12	Three Visits	86% · 6 of 7	2
13	Veil of Summer	86% · 6 of 7	2
14	Arid Mesa	71% · 5 of 7	2
15	Ashnod's Altar	71% · 5 of 7	2
16	Blasting Station	71% · 5 of 7	1
17	Boseiju, Who Endures	71% · 5 of 7	2
18	Carpet of Flowers	71% · 5 of 7	2
19	Chrome Mox	71% · 5 of 7	2
20	Deflecting Swat	71% · 5 of 7	2
21	Enlightened Tutor	71% · 5 of 7	2
22	Fellwar Stone	71% · 5 of 7	1
23	Gemstone Caverns	71% · 5 of 7	2
24	Jinxed Idol	71% · 5 of 7	1
25	Jinxed Ring	71% · 5 of 7	1

Combos with Atla Palani, Nest Tender

The 10 most popular of 135 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Ashnod's Altar + Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Maskwood Nexus
Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite colorless mana · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Put all creature cards in your library onto the battlefield, then into your graveyard
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Goblin Bombardment + Maskwood Nexus
Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite damage · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Put all creature cards in your library onto the battlefield, then into your graveyard
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Ashnod's Altar + Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Thornbite Staff
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
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Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Maskwood Nexus + Phyrexian Altar
Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite colored mana · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Put all creature cards in your library onto the battlefield, then into your graveyard
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Ashnod's Altar + Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Life Finds a Way
Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
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Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Mirror Entity + Worldspine Wurm
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB
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Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Goblin Bombardment + Life Finds a Way
Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
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Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Blasting Station + Maskwood Nexus
Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite damage · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Put all creature cards in your library onto the battlefield, then into your graveyard
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Altar of Dementia + Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Maskwood Nexus
Near-infinite creature ETB · Near-infinite creature LTB · Near-infinite death triggers · Near-infinite mill · Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Near-infinite self-mill · Put all creature cards in your library onto the battlefield, then into your graveyard
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Atla Palani, Nest Tender + Life Finds a Way + Phyrexian Altar
Put all creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
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Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 9 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

3rd of 22 — Magic Event Budget 100 Setiembre on Topdeck.ggSep 26, 2026 · 2–1–1 · by Jorge Corigliano
8th of 21 — MCL Shuffle n Cut 48-Open - CEDH Melbourne Aug 2026 on Topdeck.ggAug 22, 2026 · 1–3–1 · by Jonathan Cattermole
1st of 51 — YGG: CEDH Commander Tournament for Mox Diamond (Hp) on Topdeck.ggAug 15, 2026 · 5–1–1 · by Jacob Bickel
16th of 32 — MCL Shuffle n Cut 48-Open - CEDH Melbourne July 2026 on Topdeck.ggJul 18, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Jonathan Cattermole
12th of 22 — La Competència | Full Focus Budget 100 on Topdeck.ggMay 31, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Albert Cerdà Fernandez
16th of 34 — YGG: CEDH Commander Tournament for a Revised Taiga on Topdeck.ggMay 9, 2026 · 0–4–1 · by Jacob Bickel
12th of 18 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggMay 4, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Iván
5th of 32 — BigBird Events Swiss cEDH Tournament - Tussle For a Tundra on Topdeck.ggMay 2, 2026 · 1–0–3 · by August Shrader

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Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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