Yisan by pHoXter

Format: Commander

Commander: Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-green creature toolbox and Elfball strategy piloted by Yisan, the Wanderer Bard. The early game focuses on deploying low-cost mana dorks like Llanowar Elves and Priest of Titania to cast Yisan ahead of curve. Once online, Yisan's repeatable tutor ability climbs the mana curve, beginning with Sylvan Safekeeper at Verse 1 to protect key permanents at zero mana cost. As the game develops, scaling mana dorks like Circle of Dreams Druid and Elvish Archdruid generate substantial mana reserves, allowing the deck to flood the board and leverage engines like Guardian Project. The deck closes games around Turn 6 through Turn 8 by fetching or casting overwhelming overrun effects, most notably Craterhoof Behemoth, Ezuri, Renegade Leader, or Overwhelming Stampede, trampling through opposing defenses over sequential combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acidic Slime
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Archetype of Endurance
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Circle of Dreams Druid
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Elder Gargaroth
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Piper
  • 1 Emerald Medallion
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 30 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Fresh Meat
  • 1 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghost Quarter
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Gyre Sage
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Immaculate Magistrate
  • 1 Imperious Perfect
  • 1 Joraga Warcaller
  • 1 Karametra's Acolyte
  • 1 Kenrith's Transformation
  • 1 Kinetic Ooze
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Lifestream's Blessing
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loyal Guardian
  • 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
  • 1 Mask of Avacyn
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Nylea, God of the Hunt
  • 1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Overrun
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Praetor's Counsel
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Primordial Hydra
  • 1 Primordial Sage
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reverent Hunter
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
  • 1 Siege Behemoth
  • 1 Silkguard
  • 1 Silklash Spider
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Terastodon
  • 1 Thunderfoot Baloth
  • 1 Ulvenwald Tracker
  • 1 Unravel the Aether
  • 1 Wild Beastmaster
  • 1 Yeva, Nature's Herald
  • 1 Yisan, the Wanderer Bard