Nissa by Groove1401

Format: Commander

Commander: Nissa, Leyline Tamer

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a four-color landfall and polymorph engine commanded by Nissa, Leyline Tamer. Operating without green, the list leverages artifact acceleration, Talismans, and fetchlands to reach seven mana across White, Blue, Black, and Red. Once Nissa resolves, any land drop draws a card and triggers a pseudo-polymorph effect, revealing cards from the library to cheat a creature directly onto the battlefield. The creature suite features heavy-hitting threats such as Archon of Cruelty, Avacyn, Angel of Hope, Darksteel Colossus, and Moraug, Fury of Akoum. Auxiliary cheat outlets like Proteus Staff, Identity Echo, and Jace, Multiverse Architect provide redundancy using token generators like Felidar Retreat and Kher Keep. Supported by sweepers and premium spot removal, the deck aims to establish an overwhelming board of massive creatures and close the game through multi-turn combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Countersculpt
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Darksteel Angel
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
  • 1 Emeria Shepherd
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Identity Echo
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jace, Multiverse Architect
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Occult Epiphany
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Void
  • 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
  • 1 Overwrite the Multiverse
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Proteus Staff
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Roil Elemental
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shark Typhoon
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Theorist, Jace Beleren
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Venser, Fervent Forger
  • 1 Walking Atlas
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Zell Dincht