Altair by Chains96

Format: Commander

Commander: Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a thematic Mardu Assassin tribal deck commanded by Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. The primary game plan fills the graveyard with lethal Assassin creatures through combat trades, looting spells like Faithless Looting, and sacrifice effects. Once Altaïr enters the battlefield and attacks, he exiles these Assassins with memory counters, creating temporary tapped-and-attacking token copies of each exiled card every combat step. As the exile pile grows, payoffs like Bayek of Siwa grant double strike while Arno Dorian buffs power, turning every attack into a massive burst of combat damage. The deck features a solid low-curve mana rock package, reliable spot removal, and backup reanimation spells such as Behold the Sinister Six! and Victimize. While vulnerable to instant-speed spot removal on Altaïr and dedicated graveyard hate, the deck steadily overwhelms opponents through snowballing combat pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abstergo Entertainment
• 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
• 1 Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
• 1 Arbaaz Mir
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arno Dorian
• 1 Assassin Initiate
• 1 Aya of Alexandria
• 1 Bayek of Siwa
• 1 Behold the Sinister Six!
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Brotherhood Headquarters
• 1 Brotherhood Regalia
• 1 Call of the Death-Dweller
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Combustion Man
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Cori-Steel Cutter
• 1 Deadly Dispute
• 1 Desmond Miles
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Ezio, Brash Novice
• 1 Faithless Looting
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fleshtaker
• 1 Grim Hireling
• 1 Guildsworn Prowler
• 1 Haunted Ridge
• 1 Haystack
• 1 Hidden Blade
• 1 Hidden Footblade
• 1 Hookblade
• 1 Impact Tremors
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Kassandra, Eagle Bearer
• 1 Layla Hassan
• 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
• 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
• 1 Merciless Harlequin
• 1 Mortify
• 6 Mountain
• 1 Murder
• 1 Nekrataal
• 1 Nomad Outpost
• 1 Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
• 1 Origin of the Hidden Ones
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 5 Plains
• 1 Plumb the Forbidden
• 1 Poison-Blade Mentor
• 1 Queen Marchesa
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Rest in Peace
• 1 Royal Assassin
• 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1 Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Shay Cormac
• 1 Smoke Bomb
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 8 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Temple of Malice
• 1 Temple of Silence
• 1 Temple of Triumph
• 1 Terminate
• 1 The Animus
• 1 The Revelations of Ezio
• 1 The Spear of Leonidas
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Thunder of Unity
• 1 Vanquisher's Banner
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Victimize
• 1 What Must Be Done