00. Honor! by HeyHarby

Format: Commander

Creator: HeyHarby

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper tempo and saboteur deck commanded by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The strategy leverages Jin Sakai's combat trigger—granting a solo attacker either double strike via Standoff or unblockability via Ghost—to maximize the value of 'deals combat damage to a player' triggers. Early turns establish mana rocks and evasive utility creatures before deploying Jin Sakai on Turn 3 or 4. From there, the deck converts unblockable attacks into massive card advantage through coastal piracy effects while deploying devastating saboteurs like Virtus the Veiled and Unstoppable Slasher to chunk opponents' life totals. A deep package of Esper removal and phasing protection spells defends the board, though the plan ultimately wins via fair combat damage over several turn cycles rather than fast combo finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aerial Extortionist
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archpriest of Shadows
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bladegriff Prototype
  • 1 Breena, the Demagogue
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cephalid Facetaker
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dimir Cutpurse
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Rogue Class
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Shoreline Looter
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Skyhunter Strike Force
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
  • 1 Thief of Sanity
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Virtus the Veiled
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave