Chishiro Nids by user1552494

Format: Commander

Commander: Chishiro, the Shattered Blade

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This is a Gruul +1/+1 counters and "modified" creatures deck helmed by Chishiro, the Shattered Blade. The primary strategy is to deploy a steady stream of Auras and Equipment, using Chishiro's triggered ability to create Spirit tokens with menace while his end-step trigger distributes counters across the board. The deck then leverages those counters through extra combat steps (Akki Battle Squad), damage multipliers (Fiery Emancipation), and direct damage (Mage Slayer) to overwhelm opponents. The list includes several Ravenous Tyranid creatures that enter with counters and provide card advantage, and a dense package of ramp and card-draw to keep the engine running. There are no infinite combos; the win condition is entirely combat-based, relying on overwhelming board presence and incremental counter growth.

Decklist (99 cards)

  • 1 Aberrant
  • 1 Akki Battle Squad
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atalan Jackal
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bone Sabres
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chishiro, the Shattered Blade
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Colossal Majesty
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concord with the Kami
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Death's Presence
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fertilid
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Greater Good
  • 1 Grumgully, the Generous
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Hull Breach
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Invigorating Hot Spring
  • 1 Klauth's Will
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Loyal Guardian
  • 1 Mage Slayer
  • 1 Magmaquake
  • 1 Mawloc
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Neverwinter Hydra
  • 1 New Horizons
  • 1 Old One Eye
  • 1 One with the Kami
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Orochi Merge-Keeper
  • 1 Overgrowth
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Purestrain Genestealer
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Shadow in the Warp
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Snake Umbra
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul's Majesty
  • 1 Sporocyst
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Tanuki Transplanter
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Termagant Swarm
  • 1 Tervigon
  • 1 The Red Terror
  • 1 Towashi Guide-Bot
  • 1 Tyrant Guard
  • 1 Tyrite Sanctum
  • 1 Unquenchable Fury