Sneaky Samurai by Oversol

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This Esper deck leverages Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima as a versatile combat engine and voltron centerpiece. By attacking solitary defending players, Jin grants either unblockable evasion ('Ghost') or double strike ('Standoff') while drawing cards upon dealing combat damage. The list capitalizes on this flexibility through a dense package of saboteur creatures and potent equipment. Threats like Unstoppable Slasher, Excalibur, Sword of Eden, and Sword of Feast and Famine deliver catastrophic damage and massive resource swings when doubled or made unblockable. The mana curve is accelerated by low-cost mana rocks and Treasure generators like Grim Hireling, while elite tutors ensure key equipment are assembled rapidly. Protection spells such as Fierce Guardianship, Force of Will, and Lightning Greaves safeguard the aggressive clock, and extra-turn spells like Capture of Jingzhou compress combat steps to close games decisively.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archpriest of Shadows
• 1 Blade of Selves
• 1 Bleachbone Verge
• 1 Buster Sword
• 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
• 1 Capture of Jingzhou
• 1 Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Deserted Beach
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Enduring Curiosity
• 1 Enlightened Tutor
• 1 Esper Sentinel
• 1 Excalibur, Sword of Eden
• 1 Fallen Shinobi
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fierce Guardianship
• 1 Flooded Strand
• 1 Floodfarm Verge
• 1 Force of Will
• 1 Glacial Fortress
• 1 Gloomlake Verge
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Grasp of Fate
• 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
• 1 Gregor, Shrewd Magistrate
• 1 Grim Hireling
• 1 Hallowed Fountain
• 1 Hammer of Nazahn
• 3 Island
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
• 1 Marsh Flats
• 1 Mask of Memory
• 1 Mistblade Shinobi
• 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
• 1 Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 4 Plains
• 1 Polluted Delta
• 1 Prairie Stream
• 1 Prismatic Vista
• 1 Puresteel Paladin
• 1 Raffine's Tower
• 1 Rankle, Master of Pranks
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
• 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1 Sakashima the Impostor
• 1 Sea of Clouds
• 1 Shipwreck Marsh
• 1 Sigarda's Aid
• 1 Silent-Blade Oni
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spark Double
• 1 Squall, SeeD Mercenary
• 1 Stoneforge Mystic
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 3 Swamp
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Temporal Manipulation
• 1 Temporal Mastery
• 1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1 The Key to the Vault
• 1 Thief of Sanity
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Turbulent Moor
• 1 Turbulent Wetlands
• 1 Tymna the Weaver
• 1 Umezawa's Jitte
• 1 Unstoppable Slasher
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Vault of Champions
• 1 Watery Grave