Art: Magali Villeneuve · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
WRGLegendary Creature — Human Warrior · from $0.32
Haste
{2}{G}, {T}: Target creature you control fights another target creature. This ability costs {2} less to activate if it targets two creatures you control.
If a creature you control being dealt damage causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
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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Combos with Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
The 10 most popular of 12 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Cacophodon + Wayta, Trainer Prodigy + Permanent tapping to deal damage to any target
Infinite damage · Infinite mana permanents you control can produce
Boros Reckoner + Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
Infinite damage
Brash Taunter + Cacophodon + Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
Infinite damage
Cacophodon + Siegehorn Ceratops + Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Cacophodon + Polyraptor + Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
Infinite creature tokens · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB
Spitemare + Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
Infinite damage
Boros Reckoner + Rite of Passage + Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures · Infinite damage
Blazing Sunsteel + Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
Infinite damage
Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger + Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
Infinite damage
Rite of Passage + Spitemare + Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures · Infinite damage
Top finishes
One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 15th of 31 — Commander Pride - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggJun 13, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Daniel Rodríguez
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.