Zacama, Primal Calamity
WRGLegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur · from $1.20
Reach, vigilance, trample
When Zacama enters, if you cast it, untap all lands you control.
{2}{R}: Zacama deals 3 damage to target creature.
{2}{G}: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
{2}{W}: You gain 3 life.
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 Zacama, Primal Calamity
The 10 most popular of 31 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Temur Sabertooth + Zacama, Primal Calamity
Infinite damage to creatures · Infinite enchantment destruction · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite storm count
Sanctum of Eternity + Zacama, Primal Calamity
Infinite damage to creatures · Infinite enchantment destruction · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite storm count
Monk Gyatso + Zacama, Primal Calamity
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite blinking · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite storm count · Infinite untap of lands you control
Stormfront Riders + Zacama, Primal Calamity
Infinite creature tokens · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite storm count
Panharmonicon + Whitemane Lion + Zacama, Primal Calamity
Infinite damage to creatures · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite storm count
Prize Pig + Zacama, Primal Calamity + Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers
Kor Skyfisher + Panharmonicon + Zacama, Primal Calamity
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite storm count
Panharmonicon + Stonecloaker + Zacama, Primal Calamity
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite storm count
Fleetfoot Panther + Panharmonicon + Zacama, Primal Calamity
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite storm count
Panharmonicon + Sparkcaster + Zacama, Primal Calamity
Infinite damage · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite storm count
Top finishes
3 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 2nd of 52 — Caballo MTG Quinta Edición (Bracket 3) ― Magic Palace on Topdeck.ggSep 27, 2026 · 3–2–0 · by Lautaro
- 14th of 17 — Liga Dark Ritual Jornada 2 on Topdeck.ggMay 31, 2026 · 0–2–1 · by [ÑOS] Alejandro Martín Alayón
- 15th of 32 — Superviviencia de los fuertes- cEDH Canarias on Topdeck.ggMay 9, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by [ÑOS] Alejandro Martín Alayón
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.