EDH - Nissa, Leyline Tamer - Russian Roulette by inCiAMPA

Format: Commander

Commander: Nissa, Leyline Tamer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck utilizes Nissa, Leyline Tamer as a non-green 4-color ({W}{U}{B}{R}) Landfall engine that draws cards and cheats overwhelming creature bombs directly into play. Supported by a robust mana rock suite, 10 fetchlands, and utility land manipulators like Walking Atlas and Ghost Town, the deck ramps into its 7-mana commander by Turn 6. Upon casting Nissa, any land entering the battlefield triggers a free creature deployment from the top of the library, rapidly flooding the board with asymmetric powerhouses such as Toxrill, the Corrosive, Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Blightsteel Colossus, and Moraug, Fury of Akoum. The deck controls opposing tempo with efficient counterspells, targeted exile removal, and combat tax enchantments while building a lethal board state that closes out the game around Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absolute Virtue
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Claim Jumper
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Darksteel Angel
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eclipsed Steppe
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Emeria Shepherd
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
  • 1 Geode Rager
  • 1 Ghost Town
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Void
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patron of the Moon
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Retreat to Hagra
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roil Elemental
  • 1 Ruin Ghost
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Toxrill, the Corrosive
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Walking Atlas
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Zell Dincht