Jin by user1436072

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper combat saboteur and tempo build helmed by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. Jin provides consistent card advantage and tactical versatility by granting lone attackers against each opponent either unblockability or double strike. The strategy focuses on establishing early mana acceleration through 2-CMC rocks, deploying Jin on Turn 3, and immediately converting combat connections into cards on Turn 4. The deck transitions into lethal pressure on Turn 5 by leveraging devastating combat payoffs like Unstoppable Slasher, Excalibur, Sword of Eden, Ninjutsu threats such as Fallen Shinobi, and powerful Equipment like Sword of Fire and Ice. While the deck generates immense card flow and boasts potent individual answers like Swords to Plowshares and Toxic Deluge, it lacks deterministic tutors and fast combo finishes. It relies on sequential multi-turn combat damage to eliminate opponents one by one over three response cycles, supported by extra-turn spells and resilient equipment protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aerial Extortionist
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Heist
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archetype of Imagination
  • 1 Archpriest of Shadows
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Capture of Jingzhou
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grasp of Fate
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho
  • 1 Obscura Storefront
  • 1 Orochi Soul-Reaver
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sakashima the Impostor
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Sword of War and Peace
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 Temporal Manipulation
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
  • 1 The Key to the Vault
  • 1 Thief of Sanity
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tymna the Weaver
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher