Ink-Trader by user5121811

Format: Commander

Commander: Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck functions as a 'Secret Commander' strategy helmed by Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge designed to reliably cheat Ink-Treader Nephilim onto the battlefield. By limiting the creature suite in the 99 to only Nephilim and Avacyn, Angel of Hope, the Bridge guarantees immediate access to a creature that turns inexpensive single-target cantrips into massive draw spells. Once Nephilim is in play, casting 1-mana targeting instants draws cards for every creature on the board. The deck leverages this massive card velocity to draw into Threaten effects like Kari Zev's Expertise or Traitorous Greed, which replicate across every opposing creature to steal the entire board. Trample and power buffs like Ancestral Anger and Fists of Flame then scale with the newly drawn hand to wipe out the table in a single overwhelming attack.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancestral Anger
  • 1 Aphotic Wisps
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Bandage
  • 1 Blacksmith's Skill
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Charge Through
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloak of Feathers
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confront the Unknown
  • 1 Croaking Counterpart
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Defiant Strike
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Edge of Autumn
  • 1 Enter the Unknown
  • 1 Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expedite
  • 1 Expel from Orazca
  • 1 Faith's Shield
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Blessing
  • 1 Geistwave
  • 1 Grim Bounty
  • 1 Ink-Treader Nephilim
  • 1 Irresistible Prey
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kari Zev's Expertise
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Leap
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mythos of Illuna
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nighthaze
  • 1 Niveous Wisps
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Razor Barrier
  • 1 Reality Scramble
  • 1 Renegade Tactics
  • 1 Renegade's Getaway
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Search for Tomorrow
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Shelter
  • 1 Sheltering Light
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Simic Charm
  • 1 Slip Through Space
  • 1 Song-Mad Treachery // Song-Mad Ruins
  • 1 Spawning Breath
  • 1 Startle
  • 1 Sudden Breakthrough
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swell of Growth
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Traitorous Greed
  • 1 Transmogrify
  • 1 Twisted Image
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viridescent Wisps
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills