Pantlaza, Sun-Favored is a mythic Legendary Creature — Dinosaur from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander, mana cost {2}{R}{G}{W}. Its rules...
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored is a mythic Legendary Creature — Dinosaur from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander, mana cost {2}{R}{G}{W}. Its rules text reads: "Whenever Pantlaza or another Dinosaur you control enters, you may discover X, where X is that creature's toughness. Do this only once each turn. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with that mana value or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)" It is legal in Legacy, Commander.
Why players build around Pantlaza
A commander earns its place in the command zone when its text changes how the whole deck is built, and this one does exactly that. Read the rules text again: every clause is a deckbuilding instruction. The cards you choose should either trigger what your commander does, protect it, or convert its advantage into a win. Cards that do none of those three jobs are the first cuts, however much you like them.
The core package
Start with the cards that interact directly with your commander's text — the enablers that make its ability fire every turn cycle rather than once in a while. Add redundancy in that role before you add variety: consistency is what separates a commander guide from a pile of good cards. Then add protection, because a commander this central will be targeted; the table can read its text as well as you can.
Ramp, draw, and the unglamorous thirds
Roughly a third of a working Commander deck is infrastructure: lands that match the color identity (G, R, W), ramp that fixes those colors, and card draw that does not depend on your commander already working. Build that base first in MTGBrew's AI deck builder and the exciting cards slot in afterwards without breaking the mana.
Common mistakes
The classic mistake with this commander is building entirely around the best-case turn — the game where it lands early, sticks, and runs. Real games include removal, board wipes, and opponents who goldfish faster. Include answers, include a plan for the game where your commander costs two more mana than printed, and include at least one win condition that does not need it on the battlefield at all.
Where to go next
Check the exact wording of every card mentioned here in the MTGBrew card database before you buy or slot anything — oracle text is the final word. Then brew the list in MTGBrew's AI deck builder, which respects your budget as a hard cap and explains how the deck's strength is measured against that budget.
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