Nissa Leyline Tamer by user6121199

Format: Commander

Commander: Nissa, Leyline Tamer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power 4-color ({W}{U}{B}{R}) big-mana landfall cheat strategy commanded by Nissa, Leyline Tamer. Leveraging a dense suite of 2-drop mana rocks, fetchlands, and landcyclers, the deck rapidly accelerates to cast its 7-mana commander by Turn 5. Once Nissa is established, every subsequent land drop draws a card and polymorphs the top of the library into a powerful creature. The payoff suite features format-ending behemoths including Blightsteel Colossus, Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur, Archon of Cruelty, Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, and Moraug, Fury of Akoum. Supported by free and efficient countermagic like Force of Will alongside dedicated protection spells such as Flawless Maneuver and Dawn's Truce, the deck shields its commander and key board states from opposing disruption. While vulnerable to anti-cheat stax pieces and commander removal, the deck's sheer mana velocity and high individual threat quality allow it to hardcast its bombs or overwhelm opponents with combat damage by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absolute Virtue
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Debtors' Knell
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Eagles of the North
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fatehold Charm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Corsair
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mister Negative
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nicol Bolas
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Oliphaunt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Relic of Sauron
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tamiyo, Upriser Crowned
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Troll of Khazad-dûm
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Walking Atlas
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble