Temur () is where instinct meets intellect. These colors fuse ramp, draw, and aggression into one explosive formula mimicking a blend of nature's fury and calculated chaos. Temur decks ramp like Green, react like Blue, and finish like Red which means this is often done in spectacular, table-shaking fashion.

Here are the five best Temur commanders that capture that primal brilliance.

5. Maelstrom Wanderer

The original Temur showstopper, Maelstrom Wanderer still feels like a mic drop whenever it hits the stack. Two cascades mean two free spells, and haste across your entire board ensures those spells pay off immediately. Even if your opponents counter Wanderer, the cascades still resolve which demonstrates how this Elemental has a built-in guarantee of value and drama.

You can build Wanderer in two directions: big beasties or big spells. Go creature-heavy with ETB monsters and top-end haymakers, or lean into extra turn spells, ramp, and value cascades. Either way, every cast feels like opening a booster pack mid-game - you never know what you'll hit, but it's going to be loud.

Key Cards:

• Avenger of Zendikar - immediate army + haste equals lethal.
• Apex Devastator - four cascades, because two clearly wasn't enough.
• Genesis Ultimatum - Temur's favorite lottery ticket.
• Risen Reef - passive card and land advantage to feed the chaos.
• Averna, the Chaos Bloom - get a land in there too!

4. Eshki, Temur's Roar

Eshki, Temur's Roar takes Temur's creature theme and turns it into a value and damage engine all at once. She rewards you for casting creatures with +1/+1 counters, draws cards for power four or greater, and pings every opponent when that power hits six or more.

She's a hybrid between scaling efficiency and pressure - the more you cast, the more she snowballs. Eshki naturally curves into Temur fatties, hasty dragons, or even storm-style chains of cheap creatures. She's efficient, explosive, and versatile - all the best Temur traits rolled into one warrior.

Key Cards:

• Beast Whisperer - draws you more cards for doing what your deck is built for.
• Guardian Project - ensures every creature replaces itself.
• Rhythm of the Wild - gives your team haste to push Eshki's burn trigger.
• Thundermaw Hellkite - a classic finisher that immediately hits power six.
• Temur Battlecrier - makes things more affordable to cast.

3. Kalamax, the Stormsire

Kalamax, the Stormsire embodies the spell-slinger side of Temur through a storm engine that copies your first instant each turn when tapped, and then grows stronger for doing it. Once you've set up a few cheap instants and a way to tap Kalamax safely, the deck starts chaining spells into infinite damage or draw.

He's flexible enough to play fair (tempo-value with copied spells) or unfair (combo finishers with Twincast, Reverberate, and Expansion // Explosion loops). Kalamax is at his best when you build around interaction that doubles as advantage - drawing cards, copying removal, and outpacing the entire table through precision.

Key Cards:

• Twincast / Reverberate - copy-the-copy combo enablers.
• Fierce Guardianship - free protection that can be copied.
• Opt / Consider - cheap cantrips that feed triggers every turn.
• Ral, Storm Conduit - infinite combo partner with double copies.
• Thousand-Year Elixir - taps Kalamax instantly for instant-speed setup.

2. Animar, Soul of Elements

Animar, Soul of Elements is a Commander classic that still defines creature-combo gameplay. Every creature you cast grows him and discounts future ones, creating an exponential feedback loop of value. Add protection from White and Black (the two biggest removal colors) and Animar becomes an untouchable engine of efficiency.

His secret weapon is colorless synergy. Artifact creatures, Eldrazi, and morph cards all benefit from his cost reduction, letting you chain massive threats like Artisan of Kozilek or Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger far earlier than you should. In capable hands, Animar doesn't just ramp - he erupts.

Key Cards:

• Ancestral Statue - infinite bounce combo with Animar.
• Cloudstone Curio - repeat ETBs for endless triggers.
• Soul of the Harvest - draw engine for every creature you cast.
• Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre - cast trigger removal that becomes free.
• Temur Sabertooth - value recursion and protection for Animar.

1. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm

It's hard to top Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm a.k.a the Dragon queen of value. She's a 6/6 flyer with ward 2 that copies every non-token Dragon you play - and those copies aren't legendary. The result is a deck that doubles its power with every cast, snowballing into skies filled with twin dragons and doubled triggers.

Miirym decks combine ramp, tribal synergy, and explosion better than almost any commander in Temur. She turns Dragons like Terror of the Peaks and Ancient Copper Dragon into instant win conditions. If you love spectacle and power in equal measure, Miirym is the definitive apex predator of Temur.

Key Cards:

• Ancient Copper Dragon - double the treasures you amass from each hit.
• Terror of the Peaks - lethal with double triggers.
• Dragon Tempest - turns every Dragon into immediate burn.
• Kindred Discovery - obscene draw engine in tribal shells.
• Korlessa, Scale Singer - play Dragons off the top of your deck.

Temur Explodes

Temur decks don't wait for the perfect hand - they make it happen. They ramp, cascade, copy, and flood the board with overwhelming energy. Each commander here channels a different face of that chaos, aggression, and evolution that coalesces into Temur's unique philosophy and playstyle.

Together, they prove one truth about Temur: you can't contain nature - you can only ride the storm.