Saskia the Unyielding by Agb9210

Format: Commander

Commander: Saskia the Unyielding

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 56

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity 4-color combat deck piloted by Saskia the Unyielding. It accelerates aggressively during the first two turns using efficient mana dorks and fast rocks to establish all four colors on curve. By Turn 3 or 4, the deck deploys Saskia alongside explosive combat enablers, such as extra-combat creatures (Karlach, Fury of Avernus, Aurelia, the Warleader) or severe damage multipliers (Bloodletter of Aclazotz, Archfiend of Despair). Saskia's ability duplicates combat damage directly onto a designated opponent, allowing the pilot to eliminate one player while attacking another. The deck protects its lethal combat steps using proactive silence effects like Grand Abolisher, Voice of Victory, and Ranger-Captain of Eos, which prevent opponents from interacting on critical turns. Robust card draw engines (The One Ring, Toski, Bearer of Secrets) ensure hand replenishment, while overrun effects like Craterhoof Behemoth and Akroma's Will close out remaining opponents on Turn 5.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghalta, Primal Hunger
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Natural Order
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Quartzwood Crasher
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Razorverge Thicket
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Saskia the Unyielding
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Tyrranax Rex
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground