Death By 3 Cuts by York24

Format: Commander

Commander: Basim Ibn Ishaq

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This Dimir deck utilizes Basim Ibn Ishaq at the helm to generate early card advantage and unblockable attackers through historic spells. The core strategy revolves around deploying evasive Assassins, building pressure through saboteur triggers, and finding key win conditions. The primary path to victory involves deploying Ramses, Assassin Lord alongside burst damage cards such as Hatred or Tainted Strike, which eliminate a single opponent in combat and immediately trigger Ramses for an instant table win. If Ramses is removed or unavailable, the deck pivots into alternate game-closing engines including infect damage with proliferation, life-halving saboteur effects via Virtus the Veiled and Quietus Spike, or activated kills using Vorpal Sword. A compact suite of ward equipment, counterspells, and phasing spells shields the combo during execution, while efficient interaction handles opposing threats.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Achilles Davenport
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artful Dodge
  • 1 Aspirant's Ascent
  • 1 Assassin Initiate
  • 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Brotherhood Headquarters
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Callidus Assassin
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cruel Tutor
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Impostor
  • 1 Desmond Miles
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eagle Vision
  • 1 Etrata, the Silencer
  • 1 Evie Frye
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Ezio, Blade of Vengeance
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hatred
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Infectious Inquiry
  • 1 Interceptor, Shadow's Hound
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jacob Frye
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kiku, Night's Flower
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lydia Frye
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Mask of Riddles
  • 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Phyresis
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prologue to Phyresis
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Ramses, Assassin Lord
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Restart Sequence
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Royal Assassin
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Serum Snare
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Silver Shroud Costume
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Slip Through Space
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Virtus the Veiled
  • 1 Vorpal Sword
  • 1 Vraska's Fall
  • 1 Wash Away
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whisper of the Dross
  • 1 Winged Boots