Secret Commander: Sisay, Weatherlight Captain by Moji_C

Format: Commander

Commander: Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck leverages Sisay, Weatherlight Captain at the helm of a five-color toolbox that integrates the four kindred factions of Ixalan: Dinosaurs, Merfolk, Pirates, and Vampires. The strategy uses low-cost legendary creatures and enchantments to rapidly increase Sisay's power, enabling her {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} activated ability to search out game-altering bombs directly onto the battlefield. In parallel, the deck utilizes graveyard setup tools like Buried Alive and Faithless Looting to craft Throne of the Grim Captain or execute reanimation lines with Victimize and Dread Return. Once established, threats such as Etali, Primal Conqueror, Gishath, Sun's Avatar, and Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant generate overwhelming board presence and combat damage. While the mana base requires careful color sequencing and the list runs minimal stack protection, its high threat density, recursive lines, and tutor versatility allow it to pivot smoothly between proactive stompy pressure and value grind.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
  • 1 Admiral Beckett Brass
  • 1 Altar of the Wretched // Wretched Bonemass
  • 1 Angrath's Marauders
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Apex Altisaur
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Corpses of the Lost
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deceptive Landscape
  • 1 Dinosaur Egg
  • 1 Dire Fleet Ravager
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Forerunner of the Heralds
  • 1 Forerunner of the Legion
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Francisco, Fowl Marauder
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Ghalta and Mavren
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Gishath, Sun's Avatar
  • 1 Grim Captain's Call
  • 1 Grim Giganotosaurus
  • 1 Heroes' Podium
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Kiora, the Rising Tide
  • 1 Leyline of Transformation
  • 1 Leyline of the Guildpact
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Mephidross Vampire
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Nurturing Bristleback
  • 1 Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pirated Copy
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Port Razer
  • 1 Rampaging Spiketail
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
  • 1 Skeleton Crew
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spitting Dilophosaurus
  • 1 Squirming Emergence
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom // Sygg, Wanderbrine Shield
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 Thrashing Brontodon
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Throne of the Grim Captain // The Grim Captain
  • 1 Tinybones Joins Up
  • 1 Trumpeting Carnosaur
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
  • 1 Zoyowa's Justice