Leyline Taming by Abelvox

Format: Commander

Commander: Nissa, Leyline Tamer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a non-green (WUBR) Landfall Midrange strategy helmed by Nissa, Leyline Tamer. It uniquely adapts traditional green landfall mechanics into White-Blue-Black-Red by blending fetchland recursion, land sacrifice, and graveyard reanimation. The primary game plan focuses on deploying Nissa to convert land drops into immediate card advantage and free creature cheats. Mass landfall spells like Planar Birth and Nahiri's Lithoforming trigger direct-damage pingers such as Tunneling Geopede and Iridescent Vinelasher or fuel multiple extra combat phases with Moraug, Fury of Akoum. Robust recursion from cards like Crucible of Worlds, Sun Titan, and Sevinne's Reclamation ensures sustained momentum, while a dense suite of cheap counterspells and efficient spot removal protects the board and answers opposing threats.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Admonition Angel
  • 1 Akki Scrapchomper
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Angel of Indemnity
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aura Fracture
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Court of Ardenvale
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deprive
  • 1 Dreamscape Artist
  • 1 Emeria Angel
  • 1 Evendo Brushrazer
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hew the Entwood
  • 1 Highway Robbery
  • 1 Horn of Greed
  • 1 Iridescent Vinelasher
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kavaron, Memorial World
  • 1 Knight of the White Orchid
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Marwyn, the Clearcutter
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri's Lithoforming
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nesting Dragon
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Planar Birth
  • 1 Planetary Annihilation
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Lens
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Quest for the Necropolis
  • 1 Retreat to Hagra
  • 1 Sabotender
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serra Paragon
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shepherd of the Cosmos
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirit-Sister's Call
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Surveyor's Scope
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Lost and the Damned
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tunneling Geopede
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wonderscape Sage