Life is hard, landfall is harder by DemonGoldfish

Format: Commander

Commander: Nissa, Leyline Tamer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a four-color Landfall Polymorph engine commanded by Nissa, Leyline Tamer. The primary strategy accelerates mana in the opening turns using efficient two-mana rocks and ramp creatures, reaching seven mana by Turn 5 to cast Nissa. When lands enter the battlefield, Nissa draws cards and automatically cheats the top creature of the library into play on the first trigger of each turn. Using top-deck manipulators like Brainstorm and Scroll Rack, the deck ensures that Nissa immediately deploys high-impact game-enders such as Archon of Cruelty, Avacyn, Angel of Hope, Roil Elemental, and Moraug, Fury of Akoum. Instant fetchlands allow Nissa to trigger on opponents' turns as well, rapidly multiplying board presence. Free protection spells like Deflecting Swat and Flawless Maneuver defend the engine while massive evasive attackers eliminate the table by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashen Rider
  • 1 Astral Dragon
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Cavalier of Gales
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Cosmic Intervention
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Elemental Augury
  • 1 Emeria Shepherd
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Geode Rager
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 3 Island
  • 1 It That Betrays
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Momentary Blink
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Void
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patron of the Moon
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 1 Peter Parker's Camera
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Proteus Staff
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Reinforcements
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Roil Elemental
  • 1 Ruin Ghost
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Sepulchral Primordial
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Valakut Exploration
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
  • 1 Walking Atlas
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zell Dincht