The Last Samurai by Jotzumka

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper combat tempo and saboteur deck commanded by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The strategy leverages Jin Sakai's unique ability to grant either Standoff (double strike) or Ghost (unblockability) to any creature attacking a player alone. By sending individual attackers at multiple opponents, the deck extracts maximum value from combat damage triggers, drawing cards with Jin while cheating in high-impact Ninjas via Ninjutsu. The creature suite features powerhouse saboteurs such as Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow, Fallen Shinobi, and Silent-Blade Oni, supported by robust evasive enablers like Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive. A lean instant-speed interaction package protects key plays, with Voice of Victory and Force of Will shielding crucial turns. While it lacks infinite combos, the deck applies relentless combat pressure and closes games around turn 8 via Akroma's Will or cumulative unblockable combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Day of Judgment
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Eiganjo Castle
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Higure, the Still Wind
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Kaito Shizuki
  • 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 March of Swirling Mist
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Orochi Soul-Reaver
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sakashima the Impostor
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snow-Covered Island
  • 1 Snow-Covered Plains
  • 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 The Wandering Emperor
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
  • 1 Yuriko, Blade of the Mighty
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow