Nissa by beesk

Format: Commander

Commander: Nissa, Leyline Tamer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a four-color Polymorph strategy helmed by Nissa, Leyline Tamer. The deck completely excludes small utility creatures, reserving creature slots exclusively for sixteen game-ending bombs such as Archon of Cruelty, Serra's Emissary, Archfiend of Despair, and Astral Dragon. The early game focuses on deploying two-mana artifact ramp and creating noncreature token fodder through engines like Skrelv's Hive, Dreadhorde Invasion, and Lingering Souls. On Turn 5, the deck leverages mass cheat spells like Mass Polymorph and Synthetic Destiny, or casts Nissa with an immediate land drop, to bypass casting costs and flood the board with massive threats. In addition to overwhelming combat steps amplified by Aurelia, the Warleader, the deck harbors an instant win through Astral Dragon copying Cursed Mirror for infinite hasty Dragon tokens. High-density removal and defensive enchantments ensure the deck survives against aggressive opposition while executing its decisive mid-game transitions.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Absolute Virtue
• 1 Aminatou, the Fateshifter
• 1 Angel of the Ruins
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archfiend of Despair
• 1 Archon of Cruelty
• 1 Ashen Rider
• 1 Astral Dragon
• 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Brainsurge
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Contaminated Landscape
• 1 Currency Converter
• 1 Cursed Mirror
• 1 Darksteel Angel
• 1 Despark
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fact or Fiction
• 1 Fatehold Charm
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fetid Heath
• 1 Flawless Maneuver
• 1 Ginger, Queen of Sweets
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Grand Crescendo
• 3 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Izzet Signet
• 1 Jace, Multiverse Architect
• 1 Jhoira, Weatherlight Corsair
• 1 Kher Keep
• 1 Lingering Souls
• 1 Mass Polymorph
• 1 Maximum Carnage
• 1 Memnarch, the Warden
• 2 Mountain
• 1 Mystic Gate
• 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
• 1 Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
• 1 Occult Epiphany
• 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Perilous Landscape
• 3 Plains
• 1 Plan for All Outcomes
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Proteus Staff
• 1 Radiant Summit
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Restless Anchorage
• 1 Restless Spire
• 1 Secure the Wastes
• 1 Serra's Emissary
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Skrelv's Hive
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Song of Totentanz
• 1 Staff of the Storyteller
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 1 Sunfall
• 1 Sunken Ruins
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Synthetic Destiny
• 1 Talisman of Creativity
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Tamiyo, Upriser Crowned
• 1 Taunt from the Rampart
• 1 Teferi's Reproach
• 1 Turbulent Crater
• 1 Turbulent Shore
• 1 Turbulent Wetlands
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Whirlwind of Thought
• 1 White Sun's Twilight