Nissa by user1142571

Format: Commander

Commander: Nissa, Leyline Tamer

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck uses Nissa, Leyline Tamer to cheat massive, game-ending creatures directly onto the battlefield through Landfall triggers. Supported by a robust 41-land mana base, the deck ensures consistent land drops and color fixing across four colors. Early turns focus on developing mana through Treasure generators like Smothering Tithe and setting up defensive enchantments such as Ghostly Prison and Propaganda to deter early aggression. Once Nissa enters on Turn 6, playing a land immediately draws a card and puts a powerful creature like Blightsteel Colossus, Avacyn, Angel of Hope, or Ancient Silver Dragon into play. The deck controls opposing creature strategies using Linvala, Keeper of Silence and Drana and Linvala while protecting its board with Teferi's Protection and Fierce Guardianship. It closes games through overwhelming combat damage amplified by Gisela, Blade of Goldnight or extra combat phases from Aurelia, the Warleader.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Silver Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Aurelia, the Law Above
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brilliant Ultimatum
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Cruel Ultimatum
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Emeria Shepherd
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gisa, Glorious Resurrector
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kinzu of the Bleak Coven
  • 1 Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
  • 1 Lightning, Army of One
  • 1 Liliana of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Linvala, Keeper of Silence
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Olivia, Mobilized for War
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Void
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vela the Night-Clad
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills