GoS (Incomplete) by Glac1er

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This Esper deck combines a Voltron strategy with Ninja and Samurai combat-damage triggers under Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The primary plan accelerates into Jin Sakai on Turn 3 using 2-CMC mana rocks, equips him with high-impact weapons such as Blackblade Reforged, Excalibur, Sword of Eden, or Buster Sword on Turn 4, and attacks on Turn 5. Jin Sakai's modal trigger provides flexibility, granting unblockability via Ghost to secure card draw or double strike via Standoff to threaten rapid commander-damage knockouts. A dense suite of protective Equipment and cheap counterspells defends the commander during combat. Because the deck eliminates opponents one by one through combat damage without extra combats or combo finishes, it closes the game around Turn 8 across three opponent response cycles. Alternate payoffs like Shredder, Shadow Master and Fallen Shinobi provide resilient backup pressure if the commander is removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Covert Technician
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Donatello, Gadget Master
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eiganjo Castle
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Endless Foot Assault
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Higure, the Still Wind
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Kaito Shizuki
  • 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
  • 1 Leonardo, Sewer Samurai
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Restless Anchorage
  • 1 Restless Reef
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Selfless Samurai
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Sheltered by Ghosts
  • 1 Shredder's Technique
  • 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 1 Super-Soldier Serum
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Sinew and Steel
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Key to the Vault
  • 1 The Reality Chip
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Ultima Weapon
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Valgavoth's Lair
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yuriko, Blade of the Mighty