N(er)issa by Dosso_Dossi

Format: Commander

Commander: Nissa, Leyline Tamer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This four-color Commander deck centers on Nissa, Leyline Tamer as a cheat engine and card advantage source. The 99 contains a dense package of two-mana artifact ramp alongside a curated creature suite composed exclusively of high-impact payoffs such as Archon of Cruelty, Hullbreaker Horror, Stormtide Leviathan, and Zetalpa, Primal Dawn. Ramping aggressively in the early turns allows the deck to cast Nissa on Turn 5 and immediately trigger landfall with a land drop. Because the creature density is restricted to major threats, every landfall reveal reliably cheats a massive permanent onto the battlefield while drawing a card. The rest of the list supports this plan with efficient spot removal, versatile countermagic, defensive enchantments like Propaganda and High Noon, and mass board sweepers. The deck wins by accumulating large evasive beaters and overwhelming the table across multiple combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Confounding Conundrum
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Darksteel Angel
  • 1 Day of Judgment
  • 1 Deadly Cover-Up
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elixir of Immortality
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fatehold Charm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Ghost Vacuum
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Great Hall of the Biblioplex
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 High Noon
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Illusionist's Gambit
  • 1 Inevitable Defeat
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeskai Revelation
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Nowhere to Run
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Pull from Eternity
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Restless Spire
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Stormtide Leviathan
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 The Regalia
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn