Prowess Voltron by jjhey

Format: Commander

Commander: Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest pilots a Jeskai tempo-voltron hybrid. The primary plan is to deploy Shu Yun early, chain cheap noncreature spells for prowess triggers, then pay his double-strike cost and use power doublers like Bulk Up or Legion Leadership to one-shot a player with 21 commander damage. Secondary paths include an equipment suite with Hard-Won Jitte, Astor, Forge Anew, and Godo, plus a token/aggro backup from Kykar, Third Path Iconoclast, and Whirlwind of Thought. Elsha and Kykar act as lieutenant engines rather than a true hidden commander. The deck has no infinite combo; it wins through repeated, increasingly lethal commander swings.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Adagia, Windswept Bastion
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Angelfire Ignition
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Astor, Bearer of Blades
  • 1 Balmor, Battlemage Captain
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Blacksmith's Talent
  • 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
  • 1 Bonehoard
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Burst Lightning
  • 1 Celestial Armor
  • 1 Chainsaw
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Crash Through
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Drake Hatcher
  • 1 Elsha of the Infinite
  • 1 Emeritus of Ideation // Ancestral Recall
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Glittering Massif
  • 1 Godo, Bandit Warlord
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hard-Won Jitte
  • 1 Iguana Parrot
  • 1 Infantry Shield
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Kykar, Wind's Fury
  • 1 Legion Leadership // Legion Stronghold
  • 1 Leyline Axe
  • 1 Lorehold Charm
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Mirran Banesplitter
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Needle Spires
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 One Last Job
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Raubahn, Bull of Ala Mhigo
  • 1 Razorgrass Ambush // Razorgrass Field
  • 1 Razortide Bridge
  • 1 Reckless Handling
  • 1 Red Mage's Rapier
  • 1 Sami, Wildcat Captain
  • 1 Samurai's Katana
  • 1 Scytheclaw
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shelter
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Short Bow
  • 1 Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest
  • 1 Sidequest: Play Blitzball // World Champion, Celestial Weapon
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Slickshot Show-Off
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Sprite Dragon
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Tempest Angler
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Triton Wavebreaker
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Wandering Fumarole
  • 1 Weapons Vendor
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 Wizard's Staff