Paragon by user9553397

Format: Commander

Creator: user9553397

Commander: Shiko, Paragon of the Way

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 80

Deck overview

This deck is a high-speed competitive Jeskai combo list helmed by Shiko, Paragon of the Way. It focuses on assembling compact, deterministic game-ending combos by turn 3. The primary win condition leverages Underworld Breach, Lion's Eye Diamond, and Brain Freeze to mill the library and win via Thassa's Oracle or table-wide mill. As a backup, the deck runs the Dualcaster Mage and Twinflame infinite token combat line. The commander acts as a powerful recursive engine and combo facilitator: if an essential combo piece or blink spell lands in the graveyard, Shiko's enter-the-battlefield ability can exile, copy, and immediately cast it without paying its mana cost. The list maintains premier resilience using free counterspells like Force of Will and proactive protection such as Silence and Ranger-Captain of Eos. Supported by top-tier mana velocity and card advantage engines, this deck executes its game plan with blistering speed and exceptional consistency.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Delayed Blast Fireball
  • 1 Displacer Kitten
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Ghostly Pilferer
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Intuition
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Merchant Scroll
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Mirrormade
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Momentary Blink
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Pull from Eternity
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Recruiter of the Guard
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scrollshift
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shiko, Paragon of the Way
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Step Through
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi, Time Raveler
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Wooded Foothills