Nissa Is. by TurkeyChief

Format: Commander

Commander: Nissa, Leyline Tamer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a sans-green (WUBR) Landfall midrange list built around Nissa, Leyline Tamer. The deck accelerates in the early game using a dense package of two-mana artifacts and utility creatures like Walking Atlas. On Turn 5, it casts Nissa and immediately plays a land to draw a card and cheat a massive creature directly from the library onto the battlefield. The creature suite contains game-ending bombs including Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, Archfiend of Despair, Moraug, Fury of Akoum, and Archon of Cruelty, allowing the deck to rapidly close out the game through combat and life loss over two response cycles. It also features a game-winning two-card infinite combo between Astral Dragon and Cursed Mirror. Free protection spells like Fierce Guardianship and Flawless Maneuver defend the board once Nissa resolves, while topdeck cantrips ensure smooth draws and library setup.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absolute Virtue
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Astral Dragon
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Currency Converter
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Darksteel Angel
  • 1 Dazzling Theater // Prop Room
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Emeria Shepherd
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Havoc Festival
  • 1 Heartless Hidetsugu
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Corsair
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Neera, Wild Mage
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Void
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Proteus Staff
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Restless Spire
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Retreat to Hagra
  • 1 Roil Elemental
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spitfire Lagac
  • 1 Staff of the Storyteller
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Through the Breach
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Walking Atlas
  • 1 Wonderscape Sage
  • 1 Zell Dincht