Jin Sakai by user1903998

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 64

Deck overview

This Esper deck pairs Jin Sakai's solo-attacker combat triggers with a resilient equipment suite and a compact Demonic Consultation plus Thassa's Oracle win condition. In the early game, the deck accelerates mana using efficient rocks like Sol Ring and Chrome Mox while deploying continuous draw engines such as Esper Sentinel, Mystic Remora, and Rhystic Study. Jin Sakai pressures opponents by granting himself or equipped threats double strike or unblockability, drawing cards on combat damage and triggering equipment payoffs like Buster Sword and Sword of Feast and Famine. The deck can close out games through aggressive combat damage, infect from Grafted Exoskeleton, or by assembling its primary combo: casting Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation with open mana for free counterspell protection. A deep reactive suite featuring Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, and Deadly Rollick ensures the deck can disrupt fast opposing strategies while safeguarding its own path to victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eiganjo Castle
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fireshrieker
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flowering of the White Tree
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gleaming Bastion
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Inkmoth Nexus
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
  • 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Super State
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Swordsman's Steel
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave