Jin Sucky by Fredrikie

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Esper deck is built around Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima and the "lone attacker" game plan: attack with a single evasive creature, give it double strike or unblockable, and bury opponents in combat-damage triggers. The 99 is a dense web of combat-damage draw engines (Curiosity, Coastal Piracy, Bident of Thassa, Enduring Curiosity, Mask of Memory, Ninja's Blades) plus an equipment/aura suite that makes Jin unblockable, hexproof, and lethal. Secondary threats - Squall, SeeD Mercenary (double strike on attack alone), Arna Kennerud, Skycaptain (copies auras), Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign (free odd-MV spells), and Phage the Untouchable (instant kill on contact) - give the deck multiple angles. It wins through commander damage or accumulated combat damage across a wide board.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Beseech the Queen
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Castle Shimura
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Comeuppance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Containment Priest
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Daxos of Meletis
  • 1 Day of Judgment
  • 1 Demonic Embrace
  • 1 Deny the Witch
  • 1 Devastating Mastery
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Dispatch
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elegy Acolyte
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 Inquisitor Eisenhorn
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Muraganda Raceway
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Ninja's Blades
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phage the Untouchable
  • 1 Piko Piko Hammer
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Promise of Loyalty
  • 1 Protection Magic
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raffine, Scheming Seer
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ring of Xathrid
  • 1 Shardmage's Rescue
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Slaughter the Strong
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectra Ward
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign