Final Boss (Jin Sakai) by Casmu

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper tempo-reanimator build commanded by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The strategy leverages Jin Sakai's solo-attacker trigger to grant unblockability or double strike to high-impact saboteurs and reanimated behemoths. Early turns focus on resource acceleration and sculpturing the graveyard using cards like Entomb, Buried Alive, and cheap looting creatures. On Turns 3 to 4, the deck deploys Jin Sakai or reanimates devastating threats such as Archfiend of Despair, Unstoppable Slasher, or Summon: Primal Odin. Jin's combat triggers turn these creatures into lethal one-shot or two-shot threats by multiplying combat damage and halving opponent life totals. Supported by a robust suite of cheap countermagic and targeted removal, the deck defends its board state while methodically knocking out opponents across consecutive turns or finishing the table instantly with Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absolute Virtue
  • 1 Abstergo Entertainment
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expedition Map
  • 1 Faerie Dreamthief
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Ghostly Pilferer
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Karai, Future of the Foot
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Metamorphosis Fanatic
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Orochi Soul-Reaver
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pip-Boy 3000
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Psychic Frog
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider-Sense
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Waterlogged Teachings // Inundated Archive
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival