Ishai by user9682378

Format: Commander

Commander: Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Azorius flying-aggro and combat-control strategy built around Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker. The game plan establishes early mana acceleration to deploy Ishai on turn three, quickly capitalizing on opponents' spell casts to grow the commander into a lethal evasive threat. Asymmetric combat locks such as Magus of the Moat and Windborn Muse neutralize opposing ground armies, while taxing pieces like Archon of Emeria and Karn, the Great Creator disrupt spell velocity and artifact engines. The deck fuels its hand through combat damage triggers like Bident of Thassa and Tide Skimmer, drawing cards to find reactive counterspells and removal. When Ishai or wide flying swarms are empowered by anthems like Gravitational Shift and Kangee, Sky Warden, the deck closes the game through evasive aerial damage while defending its board with Clever Concealment and countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absorb
  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Agatha's Soul Cauldron
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Archon of Redemption
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Axis of Mortality
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Banishing Light
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Castle Vantress
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Coastal Tower
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Condemn
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Barricade
  • 1 Dazzling Angel
  • 1 Diluvian Primordial
  • 1 Dissipate
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Emeria Angel
  • 1 Empyrean Eagle
  • 1 Ever-Watching Threshold
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 1 Favorable Winds
  • 1 Fog Bank
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gravitational Shift
  • 1 Hanged Executioner
  • 1 Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Jubilant Skybonder
  • 1 Kangee, Sky Warden
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Magus of the Moat
  • 1 Meandering River
  • 1 Moorland Haunt
  • 1 Mu Yanling, Celestial Wind
  • 1 Murder of Crows
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Pilgrim's Eye
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Rally of Wings
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Remorseful Cleric
  • 1 Sejiri Refuge
  • 1 Seraph Sanctuary
  • 1 Shrike Force
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Skycat Sovereign
  • 1 Skyscanner
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Snare
  • 1 Sphinx of New Prahv
  • 1 Sphinx's Revelation
  • 1 Storm Herd
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Tempest of Light
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thunderclap Wyvern
  • 1 Tide Skimmer
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Tranquil Cove
  • 1 Vow of Duty
  • 1 Warden of Evos Isle
  • 1 Windborn Muse
  • 1 Windreader Sphinx
  • 1 Winged Words