Isu is or Isu ain't mah Babeh? by ZodiacSeeker

Format: Commander

Commander: Isu the Abominable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Bant midrange strategy built around snow permanents, +1/+1 counter amplification, and combat pressure led by Isu the Abominable. The game plan develops mana quickly using efficient 1- and 2-drop ramp spells before casting Isu on Turn 4. Once on the battlefield, Isu grants card velocity by casting snow spells and playing snow lands directly from the top of the library. Each snow permanent that enters empowers Isu with +1/+1 counters, heavily amplified by cards like Branching Evolution, Hardened Scales, and Innkeeper's Talent. Evasion enablers like Aqueous Form and Garruk's Uprising convert this massive stat growth into a lethal commander damage clock by Turn 6. The deck also includes high-impact alternate win conditions such as Body of Research, Simic Ascendancy, Marit Lage's Slumber, and an infinite mana combo with Incubation Druid and Freed from the Real.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abominable Treefolk
  • 1 Adarkar Valkyrie
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcum's Astrolabe
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blessing of Frost
  • 1 Blizzard Brawl
  • 1 Body of Research
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brokers Ascendancy
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Coldsteel Heart
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cone of Cold
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Druid Class
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faceless Haven
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Frost Augur
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Hibernation's End
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Ice-Fang Coatl
  • 1 Icebreaker Kraken
  • 1 Icy Blast
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Isu the Abominable
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marit Lage's Slumber
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Moritte of the Frost
  • 1 Nissa, Steward of Elements
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Ohran Viper
  • 1 On Thin Ice
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pilfering Hawk
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Replicating Ring
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Rime Tender
  • 1 Rimefeather Owl
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scrying Sheets
  • 1 Search for Glory
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 6 Snow-Covered Forest
  • 6 Snow-Covered Island
  • 2 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Spirit of the Aldergard
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tranquil Landscape
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast