Basim, Drawn In A Flash by Archeon

Format: Commander

Commander: Basim Ibn Ishaq

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Basim Ibn Ishaq is a low-to-the-ground historic-value engine: every historic spell draws a card and makes him unblockable, while combat damage builds +1/+1 counters. The deck layers an artifact ramp/equipment shell under an Assassin subtheme, using tutors and transmute to assemble a finisher. Options are Cyberdrive Awakener alpha strike, infect through Grafted Exoskeleton/Phyresis, Vorpal Sword + Ramses assassin-lord win, or slow Saga sweeps. It is heavily artifact-dependent, so protection and instant-speed answers are concentrated around the combo turn. There is no single hidden commander; Ramses, Etrata, and Mari are supporting Assassin legends.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Denied
  • 1 Aethersnatch
  • 1 Aetherspouts
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Argivian Restoration
  • 1 Artificer Class
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Basim Ibn Ishaq
  • 1 Blitzball
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cloud Key
  • 1 Clutch of the Undercity
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Creeping Tar Pit
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Cyberdrive Awakener
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Desynchronization
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
  • 1 Dream-Thief's Bandana
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Empowered Autogenerator
  • 1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Etrata, Deadly Fugitive
  • 1 Evacuation
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fishing Gear
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Leyline of Anticipation
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Perplex
  • 1 Phyresis
  • 1 Phyrexian Scriptures
  • 1 Prying Blade
  • 1 Ramses, Assassin Lord
  • 1 River of Tears
  • 1 Rogue's Gloves
  • 1 Shimmer Myr
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Tale's End
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 The Indomitable
  • 1 The Key to the Vault
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Transit Mage
  • 1 Tribute Mage
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Trophy Mage
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vedalken Orrery
  • 1 Vorpal Sword
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Worn Powerstone