The Ghost by JB999

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is an Esper combat-tempo deck helmed by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima that weaponizes "one creature per player" attack constraints. Whenever a lone attacker tags a player, Jin grants either double strike or unblockable, turning every skirmish into a high-leverage swing while Jin himself draws on connect. The 99 backs this with an Equipment package (Buster Sword, Genji Glove, Sword of Feast and Famine, Mask of Memory), Ninjutsu threats (Fallen Shinobi, Ninja of the Deep Hours), and combat-damage engines (Bident of Thassa, Grim Hireling, Unstoppable Slasher). There are no infinite combos; wins come from multi-prong combat, commander damage, half-life finishers, and the occasional Tainted Strike infect kill. A dense instant-speed interaction suite keeps the board and stack honest while the voltron pieces reassemble after wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Arvad the Cursed
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkness
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eiganjo Castle
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Final Showdown
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Gríma, Saruman's Footman
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Muraganda Raceway
  • 1 Necropolis Regent
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Ninja's Blades
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Procrastinate
  • 1 Psychic Frog
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sephiroth, Planet's Heir
  • 1 Shay Cormac
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider-Woman, Stunning Savior
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom // Sygg, Wanderbrine Shield
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torpor Orb
  • 1 Ultimecia, Temporal Threat
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Vexilus Praetor
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wraith, Vicious Vigilante