The Ghost Good by user7073374

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Voltron and equipment strategy led by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The primary plan leverages Jin Sakai's modal attack trigger to grant either unblockability ('Ghost') or double strike ('Standoff') to solo attackers, turning equipped threats into lethal combat machines while generating card advantage on connection. With ten 1–2 CMC mana rocks, the deck consistently deploys Jin on Turn 3 and begins attacking on Turn 4. By Turn 5, massive equipment like Excalibur, Sword of Eden, Blackblade Reforged, and Genji Glove establish single-hit elimination clocks, finishing the table sequentially by Turn 7. The strategy is reinforced by robust equipment tutors, cost-cheating enablers like Puresteel Paladin and Sigarda's Aid, and a resilient protection suite featuring Flawless Maneuver, Conqueror's Flail, and efficient countermagic to safeguard its primary attackers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archpriest of Shadows
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brave the Sands
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eiganjo Castle
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Hold the Line
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Kusari-Gama
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lost Jitte
  • 1 Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 1 Summon: Yojimbo
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Key to the Vault
  • 1 The Wandering Rescuer
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tymna the Weaver
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yuriko, Blade of the Mighty