Mardu Isshin

Format: Commander

Commander: Joshua Graham, Burned Man

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Mardu attack-trigger deck built to maximize Isshin, Two Heavens as One's doubling ability. Every creature that triggers on attacking - Skyknight Vanguard, Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Hero of Bladehold, Zurgo Thunder's Decree, Captain Lannery Storm, Professional Face-Breaker - fires twice, generating double tokens, double treasures, and double card advantage. The deck wins through overwhelming combat: a wide, evasive token swarm backed by doubled extra-combat effects from Aurelia, the Warleader and Scourge of the Throne, plus Zariel, Archduke of Avernus's emblem and Temporal Extortion for additional turns. Caesar, Legion's Emperor provides a burn finish, and a goad package (Kardur, Doomscourge, Shiny Impetus, Seifer, Balamb Rival) forces opponents into bad attacks. The plan is linear but explosive: cast Isshin, attack with as many trigger creatures as possible, and let the doubling snowball into a lethal board.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Absorb into Time
• 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
• 1 Anger
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1 Austere Command
• 1 Basilisk Collar
• 1 Bastion Protector
• 1 Bedevil
• 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Boros Signet
• 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
• 1 Captain Lannery Storm
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Champion's Helm
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Clever Concealment
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Conqueror's Flail
• 1 Cosmogrand Zenith
• 1 Darksteel Plate
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Dreadhorde Butcher
• 1 Elena, Turk Recruit
• 1 Enchanter's Bane
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fervent Charge
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Graven Cairns
• 1 Helitrooper
• 1 Hero of Bladehold
• 1 Iroas, God of Victory
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Joshua Graham, Burned Man
• 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Mask of Griselbrand
• 1 Mathas, Fiend Seeker
• 5 Mountain
• 1 Murder
• 1 Nomad Outpost
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
• 5 Plains
• 1 Professional Face-Breaker
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Reconnaissance
• 1 Rinoa, Angel Wing
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Rugged Prairie
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Scourge of the Throne
• 1 Secret Rendezvous
• 1 Seifer Almasy
• 1 Seifer, Balamb Rival
• 1 Shadowblood Ridge
• 1 Shiny Impetus
• 1 Skyknight Vanguard
• 1 Slayers' Stronghold
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Squall, Gunblade Duelist
• 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
• 1 Star Athlete
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 1 Sunscorched Divide
• 5 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Sword of the Animist
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Tainted Peak
• 1 Trailblazer's Boots
• 1 Triple Triad
• 1 Unfinished Business
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Vanquish the Horde
• 1 Vincent, Vengeful Atoner
• 1 Windcrag Siege
• 1 Witch's Clinic
• 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
• 1 Zariel, Archduke of Avernus
• 1 Zurgo Helmsmasher
• 1 Zurgo Stormrender
• 1 Zurgo, Thunder's Decree