Current Shiko by user7865379

Format: Commander

Commander: Shiko, Paragon of the Way

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a Jeskai blink and spellslinger list commanded by Shiko, Paragon of the Way. The deck leverages enters-the-battlefield creatures and instant-speed flicker spells to generate ongoing card advantage, control the board, and set up a combo finish. Shiko serves as a powerful midgame engine piece, copying and casting high-impact low-cost spells straight out of the graveyard on entry. The deck features deep redundancy among flicker effects such as Ephemerate and Ghostly Flicker, which double as defensive tools to dodge opposing spot removal. While it can produce significant board presence with token generators like Monastery Mentor and Kykar, Wind's Fury, its primary path to victory is generating unbounded mana via Peregrine Drake paired with Deadeye Navigator or looped through Archaeomancer. That mana is then poured into a lethal Crackle with Power or burn loops to eliminate all three opponents on Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Acrobatic Maneuver
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Another Round
  • 1 Archaeomancer
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Brago, King Eternal
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Curse of Silence
  • 1 Deadeye Navigator
  • 1 Displace
  • 1 Dour Port-Mage
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Eerie Interlude
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Essence Flux
  • 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Gandalf the Grey
  • 1 Gandalf the White
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kykar, Wind's Fury
  • 1 Kykar, Zephyr Awakener
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Loran of the Third Path
  • 1 Momentary Blink
  • 1 Monastery Mentor
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Narset, Enlightened Exile
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Personify
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Pull from Eternity
  • 1 Reflector Mage
  • 1 Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Shiko and Narset, Unified
  • 1 Shiko, Paragon of the Way
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulherder
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Starfall Invocation
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Sunbaked Canyon
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Swarm Intelligence
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Teleportation Circle
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Three Blind Mice
  • 1 Turbulent Steppe
  • 1 Twinning Staff
  • 1 Vega, the Watcher
  • 1 Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow