Ghost of Tsushima by SIXX6VI

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Voltron and saboteur aggro-control strategy piloted by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The primary plan focuses on attacking with a single creature to trigger Jin Sakai's modal ability, granting either unblockability through Ghost or double strike through Standoff. Early turns establish mana rocks and cheap equipment. On Turn 4, Jin enters the battlefield and immediately attacks to draw cards. On Turn 5, high-impact enhancements like Colossus Hammer, All That Glitters, or Quietus Spike turn Jin or partner creatures into lethal threats capable of knocking out opponents in single combat steps. A dense suite of efficient counterspells and spot removal defends the Voltron threat and answers critical opposing plays, while Propaganda and Ghostly Prison deter wide counterattacks as the deck eliminates opponents across consecutive turns.

Decklist (103 cards)

  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archpriest of Shadows
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bloodforged Battle-Axe
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Cathedral of War
  • 1 Cephalid Constable
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Divine Reckoning
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eater of Virtue
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Ethereal Armor
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Idolized
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mask of Riddles
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Needle Specter
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Selfless Samurai
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sovereigns of Lost Alara
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steel of the Godhead
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Key to the Vault
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Vorpal Sword
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak