Nissa: Yore-Tiller Landfall by HydroPower

Format: Commander

Commander: Nissa, Leyline Tamer

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a non-green landfall and big-mana cheat deck led by Nissa, Leyline Tamer. The game plan accelerates through mana rocks and land drops to cast Nissa on Turn 5. Once on the battlefield, every land drop triggers Nissa to draw a card and put a creature directly onto the battlefield for free. The creature package is packed with game-ending bombs, including Praetors like Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur and Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, alongside protective heavyweights like Avacyn, Angel of Hope. Topdeck manipulators such as Scroll Rack and Brainstorm ensure high-impact hits, while free interaction like Fierce Guardianship and Flawless Maneuver protects the commander. The deck overwhelms the table through relentless card advantage, asymmetric stax attrition, and multi-turn combat damage from colossal threats. While vulnerable to early aggro and mass exile sweepers, its dense redundancy and alternative cheat outlets ensure powerful mid-to-late game resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Absolute Virtue
  • 1 Admonition Angel
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Crumbling Necropolis
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darksteel Angel
  • 1 Deep Gnome Terramancer
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Elven Passage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gandalf, Shadow's Foe
  • 1 Ghost Town
  • 1 Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mana Sculpt
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Nissa, Leyline Tamer
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
  • 1 Omnath, Locus of the Void
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Quicksilver Amulet
  • 1 Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Roil Elemental
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 Tragic Lesson
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Urabrask the Hidden
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Walking Atlas
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Weather Maker
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Zell Dincht