New Untitled Deck by Unsung_Thermostat

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper aggro-control and saboteur strategy commanded by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The primary plan capitalizes on Jin's ability to grant either unblockability (Ghost) or double strike (Standoff) to solitary attackers. This transforms saboteur creatures—such as Virtus the Veiled, Unstoppable Slasher, and Jin himself—into devastating combat threats that draw cards, generate mana, and rapidly halve or deplete life totals. The deck accelerates in the early turns with efficient mana rocks and equipment tutors like Stoneforge Mystic and Steelshaper's Gift. By Turn 4, the engine is fully operational, establishing a must-answer lethal clock on Turn 5 using powerhouse Equipment like Excalibur, Sword of Eden and Sword of Feast and Famine. An elite suite of cheap counterspells, versatile exile removal, and phasing protection (including Robe of Stars and Clever Concealment) defends the board while systematically eliminating opponents across consecutive combat phases, closing the game around Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Sanctum
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
• 1 Buster Sword
• 1 Clever Concealment
• 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Eiganjo Castle
• 1 Enduring Curiosity
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fallen Shinobi
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Forge Anew
• 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
• 1 Genji Glove
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grand Abolisher
• 1 Grim Hireling
• 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Hammer of Nazahn
• 4 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
• 1 Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
• 1 Mana Drain
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Medomai the Ageless
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 1 Morphic Pool
• 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
• 1 Myriad Landscape
• 1 Open the Armory
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Path to Exile
• 4 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Psychic Frog
• 1 Puresteel Paladin
• 1 Raffine's Tower
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
• 1 Robe of Stars
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Shadowspear
• 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1 Sigarda's Aid
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
• 1 Steelshaper's Gift
• 1 Stoneforge Mystic
• 1 Summon: Primal Odin
• 1 Super State
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1 Sword of Wealth and Power
• 1 Sword of the Animist
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Tymna the Weaver
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Unstoppable Slasher
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Virtus the Veiled
• 1 Voice of Victory
• 1 Void Rend
• 1 Watery Grave
• 1 Willie Lumpkin, Postman
• 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow