Green at home (combat) by karna80

Format: Commander

Commander: Nissa, Leyline Tamer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power battlecruiser strategy built around Nissa, Leyline Tamer. By leveraging dense 2-CMC artifact ramp, a flawless dual-and-fetch mana base, and cheap cantrips, the deck accelerates to 7 mana by Turn 5. Once Nissa enters the battlefield, any land drop draws a card and polymorphs directly into one of twelve massive flying bombs, including Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, Archfiend of Despair, and Terror of the Peaks. Fetchlands let Nissa trigger on opposing turns, multiplying board presence at instant speed. The deck protects its setup with free interaction like Deflecting Swat and Flawless Maneuver, alongside phasing from Clever Concealment. If opponents remove Nissa, backup reanimation spells like Reanimate and Necromancy immediately re-establish dominant threats. The game closes across Turns 6 and 7 through overwhelming combat damage and damage-doubling triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Akroma, Vision of Ixidor
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ashen Rider
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sneak Attack
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Thawing Glaciers
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wear // Tear
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills