Ghost of Tsushima by Skomoto

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Equipment Voltron and combat tempo deck commanded by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The strategy focuses on attacking with a solitary attacker to trigger Jin's modal Standoff (double strike) or Ghost (unblockable) abilities, turning combat connections into consistent card advantage and mana tempo. Early turns establish mana acceleration and fetch pivotal Equipment such as Sword of Feast and Famine, Buster Sword, and Shadowspear via dedicated tutors like Stoneforge Mystic and Cloud, Midgar Mercenary. Once Jin is equipped, damage-doubling engines like Delney, Streetwise Lookout and combat duplicators like Genji Glove rapidly escalate commander damage while drawing multiple cards per turn cycle. High-impact finishers such as Super State and clone effects like Sakashima of a Thousand Faces allow single-target Voltron pressure to damage the entire table simultaneously. The deck protects its aggressive engine with cheap counterspells, instant-speed indestructible granting effects, and Grand Abolisher.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archpriest of Shadows
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
  • 1 Eiganjo Castle
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Impostor Syndrome
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Selfless Samurai
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Super State
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Key to the Vault
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Tymna the Weaver
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow