Jin Sakai by user4817089

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 54

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Equipment Voltron and combat saboteur strategy led by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The primary plan leverages Jin Sakai's solo-attacker trigger, granting either double strike (Standoff) or unblockability (Ghost) to maximize combat efficiency. By combining efficient Equipment tutors with cost-cheating permanents like Sigarda's Aid, Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist, and Forge Anew, the deck attaches game-ending weapons like Colossus Hammer and Excalibur, Sword of Eden ahead of curve. On Turn 4, Jin Sakai can eliminate an opponent with 24 commander damage in a single combat step while refilling hand cards on each hit. The list reinforces its aggressive clock with a premium suite of interaction, board wipes, and protective counterspells, closing out remaining opponents across consecutive combat turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Armored Skyhunter
  • 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Codsworth, Handy Helper
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eiganjo Castle
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Kíli the Resourceful
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychic Frog
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Silent Hallcreeper
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 1 Super State
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Key to the Vault
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave