Jin going to make you suck his Sakai by Rowdy_Runaround

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck executes a focused Esper Voltron strategy led by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The game plan revolves around deploying low-cost Equipment and Samurai support pieces in the early turns, casting Jin Sakai by turn 4, and utilizing his modal lone-attacker ability to grant either unblockable evasion or double strike. By stacking powerful modifiers like Colossus Hammer, Super State, or Sigil of Valor, Jin deals lethal commander damage to take down opponents one by one starting on turn 5. The deck maintains steady card advantage through Jin's combat damage trigger alongside engines like Rhystic Study and The Reality Chip. It reinforces its single-threat strategy with potent protective equipment like Conqueror's Flail and Hammer of Nazahn, while Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain acts as a redundant win condition capable of duplicating attached Equipment on modified creatures.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Ancestral Katana
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Armguard Familiar
  • 1 Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
  • 1 Brilliant Restoration
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Cloudsteel Kirin
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Cut Short
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Drumbellower
  • 1 Eiganjo Exemplar
  • 1 Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Essence Capture
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Hero's Blade
  • 1 Imperial Subduer
  • 1 Inventive Iteration // Living Breakthrough
  • 1 Invoke Justice
  • 1 Ironsoul Enforcer
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Konda, Lord of Eiganjo
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Masako the Humorless
  • 1 Mass Calcify
  • 1 Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Myojin of Cryptic Dreams
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Norika Yamazaki, the Poet
  • 1 O-Naginata
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 11 Plains
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Selfless Samurai
  • 1 Sensei Golden-Tail
  • 1 Seven-Tail Mentor
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Sigil of Valor
  • 1 Sky-Blessed Samurai
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Transfer
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Stoneforge Masterwork
  • 1 Summon: Yojimbo
  • 1 Super State
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takeno, Samurai General
  • 1 The Eternal Wanderer
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 The Wandering Emperor
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Toshiro Umezawa
  • 1 Towashi Guide-Bot
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Twisted Embrace
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty