2) With Honor by armando.ortega1015

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Voltron build piloted by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The strategy accelerates into Jin by Turn 3, leveraging cost-reducers, equipment tutors, and free-equip engines like Sigarda's Aid, Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist, and Puresteel Paladin. Jin's modular combat triggers allow him to pivot dynamically between Ghost (unblockable) to bypass stalemates and Standoff (double strike) to trigger his combat damage card draw twice per turn and output lethal burst damage. Heavy equipment such as Colossus Hammer and Blackblade Reforged combines with life-halving threats like Bloodletter of Aclazotz and Quietus Spike to dispatch opponents sequentially. Supported by a robust suite of cheap countermagic, targeted removal, and tutor-accessible protective equipment like Commander's Plate and Mithril Coat, the deck shields its primary threat while methodically executing the table over successive combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 All That Glitters
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Cid, Freeflier Pilot
  • 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
  • 1 Colossus Hammer
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Danitha Capashen, Paragon
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lion Sash
  • 1 Mantle of the Ancients
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Open the Armory
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Robe of Stars
  • 1 Selfless Samurai
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Sigarda's Aid
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Staggering Insight
  • 1 Steelshaper's Gift
  • 1 Stoneforge Mystic
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wound Reflection