Lightning Sacrifice by oshiwan

Format: Commander

Commander: Isshin, Two Heavens as One

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Isshin, Two Heavens as One deck is an aggressive Mardu build that weaponizes attack triggers, doubling every "whenever a creature attacks" ability across the table. The primary plan is to flood the board with tokens-via Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin, Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, and the Mobilize creatures-then bury opponents under repeated combat damage and drain effects such as Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat. Extra combat steps from Aurelia, the Warleader and Karlach, Fury of Avernus accelerate the clock, while a robust suite of protection (Flawless Maneuver, Akroma's Will, Duty Beyond Death) keeps the army intact through wipes. The deck also runs a small aristocrats package using Ashnod's Altar and Pitiless Plunderer to generate mana and death triggers, and several one-shot draw spells to refuel. With Isshin, Two Heavens as One as the force multiplier, every attack becomes a devastating value swing.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Aurelia, the Law Above
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avenger of the Fallen
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bone-Cairn Butcher
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Captain America's Shield
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Chorale of the Void
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Cloud's Limit Break
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commissar Severina Raine
  • 1 Company Commander
  • 1 Dalkovan Packbeasts
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Duty Beyond Death
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Emeria's Call // Emeria, Shattered Skyclave
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fighter Class
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Lightning, Army of One
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Ratadrabik of Urborg
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sothera, the Supervoid
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunbaked Canyon
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Teysa Karlov
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Venerated Stormsinger
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Warping Wail
  • 1 Windcrag Siege
  • 1 Woe Strider
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat