nissa b3 by Paoloestathe

Format: Commander

Commander: Nissa, Leyline Tamer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a four-color Landfall-Polymorph powerhouse commanded by Nissa, Leyline Tamer. By excluding all low-mana creatures and running exactly 13 massive bombs in the 99, every Landfall trigger from Nissa guarantees a high-impact threat directly onto the battlefield alongside card advantage. An exceptionally dense suite of 2-CMC mana rocks and rituals powers Nissa out ahead of schedule on Turn 4. Once Nissa resolves, playing lands and cracking instant-speed fetchlands rapidly deploys an overwhelming airborne board of terrifying threats including Valgavoth, Terror Eater, Archon of Cruelty, Gisela, Blade of Goldnight, and Serra's Emissary. Topdeck sculptors like Brainstorm ensure that hard-drawn monsters are tucked back into the library, while a robust package of free protection spells and efficient spot removal safeguards the board until combat damage closes out the table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darksteel Angel
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fatehold Charm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Grand Crescendo
  • 1 Hedron Archive
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perilous Landscape
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Seething Landscape
  • 1 Serra's Emissary
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sunfall
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 The Balrog of Moria
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Turbulent Shore
  • 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Whirlwind of Thought
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Worn Powerstone