Now you can’t leave! by Crashpoint88

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 65

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper tempo-combo strategy commanded by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. Jin Sakai sits in the command zone as an efficient card-advantage engine and combat enabler, granting solo attacking creatures either unblockable status or double strike while drawing cards upon dealing combat damage. The early game focuses on deploying efficient mana rocks, tax pieces like Esper Sentinel and Drannith Magistrate, and utilizing Jin's combat triggers to dig through the library. The primary win condition is a compact Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation combo that closes the game on Turn 4. Supporting protection spells like Silence, Grand Abolisher, and Ranger-Captain of Eos ensure the combo resolves without interference. As a secondary avenue, the deck can generate infinite mana using Isochron Scepter and Dramatic Reversal, or eliminate opponents through lethal combat synergies with Bloodletter of Aclazotz and Unstoppable Slasher.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Eiganjo Castle
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Fractured Identity
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Leveler
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Loyal Retainers
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Redirect
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Seraph
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Watery Grave