Jeska Striker 3 by pmoe2003

Format: Commander

Commander: Shiko and Narset, Unified

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Jeskai spellslinger and token swarm strategy led by Shiko and Narset, Unified. The game plan revolves around deploying low-cost mana acceleration and redundant creature payoffs, such as Monastery Mentor, Third Path Iconoclast, and Guttersnipe, before using cheap cantrips to trigger flurry, prowess, and magecraft abilities. The commander acts as a reliable card advantage and spell-duplication engine, rewarding you for casting two spells each turn. During the mid-game, the deck leverages cost reducers and mana engines like Storm-Kiln Artist and Mana Geyser to chain multiple noncreature spells in a single turn. This explosive velocity generates massive token armies buffed by Jeskai Ascendancy while burning opponents directly. A robust suite of efficient countermagic and spot removal protects your board on critical turns. While vulnerable to board sweepers before its tokens can attack, the deck recovers quickly thanks to high functional redundancy and deep card draw.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Adaptive Training Post
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Aligned Heart
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancestral Vision
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage of Runes
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baral's Expertise
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Caldera Pyremaw
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Compulsive Research
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deep Analysis
  • 1 Dismantling Wave
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Expansion // Explosion
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 Hinata, Dawn-Crowned
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jeskai Ascendancy
  • 1 Jeskai Charm
  • 1 Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mind's Eye
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Narset of the Ancient Way
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Narset, Enlightened Exile
  • 1 Narset, Enlightened Master
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismari Command
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Shiko and Narset, Unified
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulfire Grand Master
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taigam, Master Opportunist
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Temple of Enlightenment
  • 1 Temple of Epiphany
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 Third Path Iconoclast
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Veyran, Voice of Duality
  • 1 Voracious Bibliophile
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 Will of the Jeskai
  • 1 Young Pyromancer