Jin Sakai, 1.0 by LaBoiteAPet

Format: Commander

Creator: LaBoiteAPet

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper saboteur and Ninja-tribal aggro deck commanded by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The strategy relies on casting early evasive attackers, deploying Jin Sakai to grant them unblockability via Ghost or lethal scaling through Standoff's double strike, and drawing substantial cards whenever combat damage connects. The deck converts high card throughput into massive battlefield swings using Ninjutsu and Sneak payoffs, such as Fallen Shinobi, Silent-Blade Oni, and Shredder, Shadow Master. Defensive enchantments like Propaganda and Ghostly Prison guard against crackbacks while pillowforting the pilot. While the deck boasts immense card draw and devastating saboteur triggers, its mana acceleration is modest and its win condition is strictly fair combat damage across all three opponents. Consequently, it requires multiple combat steps to close out games, leaving it open to well-timed board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Archpriest of Shadows
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Celestial Armor
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Continue?
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Dimir Cutpurse
  • 1 Disenchant
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fateful Absence
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
  • 1 Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
  • 1 Karai, Future of the Foot
  • 1 Leonardo's Technique
  • 1 Lich's Relic
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nezumi Prowler
  • 1 Norika Yamazaki, the Poet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Satoru, the Infiltrator
  • 1 Selfless Samurai
  • 1 Shark Shredder, Killer Clone
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shredder's Technique
  • 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Splinter, Radical Rat
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 The Key to the Vault
  • 1 The Last Ronin's Technique
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Turtles Forever
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Wrexial, the Risen Deep
  • 1 Yuriko, Blade of the Mighty
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow