Ikra // Tymna - Upgrading by Extalicon

Format: Commander

Commander: Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper and Tymna the Weaver

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Abzan partner deck combines Tymna the Weaver and Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper into a resilient lifegain and combat engine. Tymna provides early card advantage by drawing extra cards when cheap creatures connect in combat. Ikra turns combat damage into life totals by gaining life equal to each attacker's toughness. The deck weaponizes this life buffer into direct damage, massive creature buffs, and continuous token generation. Payoffs like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose and Sanguine Bond convert lifegain into life loss for opponents, while Blossoming Bogbeast and Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn convert life gains into overwhelming trample power. Supported by flexible removal, graveyard recursion, and incidental tax pieces like Blind Obedience, the deck grinds through opposing interaction, maintains a full hand, and closes out games through coordinated combat waves and drain triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accomplished Alchemist
  • 1 Ad Nauseam
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Angelic Accord
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beledros Witherbloom
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blossoming Bogbeast
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celestine, the Living Saint
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crested Sunmare
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dawn of a New Age
  • 1 Eladamri's Call
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Fumigate
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
  • 1 Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Krav, the Unredeemed
  • 1 Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn
  • 1 Life Insurance
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lorcan, Warlock Collector
  • 1 Madame Null, Power Broker
  • 1 Mortality Spear
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 7 Plains
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Regna, the Redeemer
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resplendent Angel
  • 1 Rodolf Duskbringer
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Savanti Romero, Time's Exile
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Selvala, Explorer Returned
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Stronghold Arena
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 Tivash, Gloom Summoner
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trelasarra, Moon Dancer
  • 1 Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
  • 1 Twilight Prophet
  • 1 Tymna the Weaver
  • 1 Valentin, Dean of the Vein // Lisette, Dean of the Root
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of the Blessed
  • 1 Wall of Reverence
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Willowdusk, Essence Seer