Nissa-cessary Roughness by 666Thanatos666

Format: Commander

Commander: Nissa, Leyline Tamer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a 4-color powerhouse that combines landfall triggers with high-impact creature cheating. Led by Nissa, Leyline Tamer, the deck uses a dense package of low-mana rocks and land-drop enablers to quickly reach seven mana. Once Nissa enters the battlefield, every land drop draws a card and puts a powerful creature directly from the library onto the battlefield. The creature suite features devastating threats like Moraug, Fury of Akoum, Archon of Cruelty, Hullbreaker Horror, Consecrated Sphinx, and Avacyn, Angel of Hope. Topdeck manipulation from Scroll Rack and Brainstorm ensures high-cost payoffs enter play efficiently. A robust suite of cheap counterspells and instant-speed removal protects the board while disrupting opponents. The deck wins by generating insurmountable board advantage and executing decisive combat attacks across extra combat phases.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absolute Virtue
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deserted Temple
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Emeria Angel
  • 1 Emeria Shepherd
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
  • 1 Ghost Town
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Ground
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nahiri's Lithoforming
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Void
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Proteus Staff
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Roil Elemental
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Regalia
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Walking Atlas
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Zell Dincht