Menacing Samurai by THEWIZARRRRRRRRD

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper combat-focused saboteur and Voltron strategy commanded by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The core plan revolves around attacking with single unblocked creatures to exploit Jin's versatile trigger, alternating between unblockable infiltration (Ghost) and devastating double strike damage (Standoff). Jin's innate combat-damage card draw refills the hand while enabling ninjutsu swaps, lethal equipment scaling, and reanimation lines. By pairing evasive combat triggers with powerful saboteurs like Fallen Shinobi, Silent-Blade Oni, and Unstoppable Slasher, the deck applies continuous pressure on individual life totals. The supporting shell provides resilient interaction via premier Esper removal such as Void Rend and Anguished Unmaking, alongside protective tools like Lightning Greaves and Restoration Magic. While formidable in individual combat engagements, the deck's sequential single-target damage clock requires multiple turn rotations to close out a full four-player pod.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Agonizing Remorse
  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archpriest of Shadows
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Cathedral of War
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eiganjo Castle
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Flitterwing Nuisance
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel
  • 1 Higure, the Still Wind
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
  • 1 Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
  • 1 Karai, Future of the Foot
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ninja's Blades
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Selfless Samurai
  • 1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Splinter, Radical Rat
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Staggering Insight
  • 1 Starwinder
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 The Key to the Vault
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Void Rend