Knuckle Deep by Elfbane5

Format: Commander

Creator: Elfbane5

Commander: Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker and Jeska, Thrice Reborn

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This is a Jeskai competitive combo deck led by Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker and Jeska, Thrice Reborn. Its main plan is Underworld Breach, Lion's Eye Diamond, and Brain Freeze, using repeated escape casts to mill the library and then win with Thassa's Oracle. Fast mana, efficient tutors, cantrips, and a large free-counterspell package support a turn-5 operational window. The combo can finish on the same turn it becomes active, but it needs three graveyard cards, colored mana for Underworld Breach, and access to several distinct roles. Dualcaster Mage plus Twinflame is a separate creature-token loop when another creature is available as the initial target. The partner commanders provide access to colors and alternative combat pressure, but the list is not primarily a combat deck. Its main weaknesses are graveyard hate, fragmented tutor coverage, and slow recovery after the graveyard engine is disrupted.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Intuition
  • 1 Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jeska, Thrice Reborn
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Loran's Escape
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
  • 1 Surge of Salvation
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune