isshin, deck final by tallyscn

Format: Commander

Commander: Isshin, Two Heavens as One

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Mardu combat engine helmed by Isshin, Two Heavens as One. The strategy revolves around deploying efficient creatures and artifacts with powerful attack triggers, then utilizing Isshin's static ability to double those triggers every combat phase. In the early turns, the deck establishes mana velocity using low-cost mana rocks and treasure-generating equipment before casting Isshin on Turn 3. On Turn 4, it deploys dedicated attack payoffs such as Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon, Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin, or Caesar, Legion's Emperor to flood the board with attacking tokens and draw cards. By Turn 5, the compounding token army and doubled drain effects from cards like Brutal Hordechief and Commissar Severina Raine, augmented by extra combat phases from Aurelia, the Warleader or Combat Celebrant, create an overwhelming clock. The deck backs up this aggressive game plan with comprehensive spot removal, flexible board sweepers, and instant-speed mass protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adriana, Captain of the Guard
  • 1 All-Out Assault
  • 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Audacious Thief
  • 1 Aurelia, the Law Above
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Auron, Venerated Guardian
  • 1 Axgard Armory
  • 1 Azula, On the Hunt
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Beamtown Beatstick
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bone-Cairn Butcher
  • 1 Boros Charm
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Brutal Hordechief
  • 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
  • 1 Campaign of Vengeance
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chivalric Alliance
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commissar Severina Raine
  • 1 Crackling Doom
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Diamond Pick-Axe
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Final Showdown
  • 1 Glimmer Lens
  • 1 Goblin Banneret
  • 1 Guardian of Faith
  • 1 Hanweir Battlements
  • 1 Hoarding Ogre
  • 1 Iroas, God of Victory
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
  • 1 Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Legion Loyalist
  • 1 Make a Stand
  • 1 Makindi Stampede // Makindi Mesas
  • 1 Merry, Esquire of Rohan
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mizzium Mortars
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Paladin Elizabeth Taggerdy
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Response // Resurgence
  • 1 Restless Bivouac
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Safe Passage
  • 1 Sandstorm Crasher
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sophina, Spearsage Deserter
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Sticky Fingers
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sunscorched Divide
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Thundering Raiju
  • 1 Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Windbrisk Heights
  • 1 Winds of Abandon