Jin Facts by RinLoch

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Voltron and Saboteur strategy commanded by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The game plan revolves around deploying Jin Sakai, equipping him with powerful weapons, and attacking alone to grant him either double strike (Standoff) or unblockability (Ghost). Connecting with combat damage triggers repeatable card draw and potent saboteur effects like land untaps from Sword of Feast and Famine and extra combat steps from Genji Glove. A dedicated equipment tutor package and cheat enablers like Puresteel Paladin and Sigarda's Aid ensure fast, consistent assembly by turn 4. To control the pace of the game, the deck runs pillow-fort and stax pieces like Silent Arbiter and Blind Obedience, which break parity by restricting opponents to single attackers. High-grade protection spells like Teferi's Protection and Flawless Maneuver keep the commander safe while closing out the table by turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
• 1 Armored Skyhunter
• 1 Aura of Silence
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Baleful Strix
• 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
• 1 Blind Obedience
• 1 Borne Upon a Wind
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Choked Estuary
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Dawn's Truce
• 1 Divine Reckoning
• 1 Donatello, Gadget Master
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Eiganjo Castle
• 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fabricate
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 General's Kabuto
• 1 Genji Glove
• 1 Ghostly Flicker
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Go for the Throat
• 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
• 1 Grim Hireling
• 1 Hammer of Nazahn
• 1 Heartseeker
• 1 Infernal Grasp
• 5 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 1 Mystic Gate
• 1 Nazgûl Battle-Mace
• 1 Norn's Annex
• 1 Notion Thief
• 1 Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho
• 1 Open the Armory
• 1 Open the Vaults
• 1 Path to Exile
• 7 Plains
• 1 Port Town
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Puresteel Paladin
• 1 Quietus Spike
• 1 Ratonhnhaké꞉ton
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Shadowspear
• 1 Shineshadow Snarl
• 1 Shipwreck Marsh
• 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
• 1 Sigarda's Aid
• 1 Silent Arbiter
• 1 Silent Clearing
• 1 Slip Out the Back
• 1 Smothering Tithe
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
• 1 Steelshaper's Gift
• 1 Stoneforge Mystic
• 1 Stubborn Denial
• 1 Sunken Ruins
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1 Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Teferi's Protection
• 1 Three Steps Ahead
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Unstoppable Slasher
• 1 Vorpal Sword
• 1 Zur the Enchanter