Isshin by Creeptime

Format: Commander

Commander: Isshin, Two Heavens as One

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Mardu list is an Isshin attack-trigger swarm deck. The primary plan is to resolve Isshin, then attack with token producers such as Adeline, Hanweir Garrison, and Krenko so every attack trigger fires twice. Windcrag Siege in Mardu mode acts as a redundant doubler, tripling the best triggers. Secondary paths include drain effects from Brutal Hordechief, Commissar Severina Raine, and Within Range, plus the meld pair Mishra/Phyrexian Dragon Engine as a resilient threat. Aurelia, the Warleader supplies extra combats to convert a wide board into a kill. The commander is the engine; if he is removed, the deck still functions through Windcrag Siege and good attackers, but the clock slows sharply. No infinite combo exists; wins come from overwhelming token count and repeated combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1 Ainok Strike Leader
• 1 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
• 1 Arabella, Abandoned Doll
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Audacious Thief
• 1 Aurelia, the Law Above
• 1 Aurelia, the Warleader
• 1 Battlefield Forge
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Boros Charm
• 1 Breena, the Demagogue
• 1 Brutal Hordechief
• 1 Caesar, Legion's Emperor
• 1 Captain Lannery Storm
• 1 Caustic Bronco
• 1 Caves of Koilos
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Chivalric Alliance
• 1 Clifftop Retreat
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commissar Severina Raine
• 1 Damn
• 1 Despark
• 1 Dollmaker's Shop // Porcelain Gallery
• 1 Dolmen Gate
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Erode
• 1 Etali, Primal Storm
• 1 Excava, the Risen Past
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Farewell
• 1 Fervent Charge
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Godless Shrine
• 1 Goldspan Dragon
• 1 Hanweir Battlements
• 1 Hanweir Garrison
• 1 Hero of Bladehold
• 1 Iroas, God of Victory
• 1 Isolated Chapel
• 1 Isshin, Two Heavens as One
• 1 Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
• 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Long-Range Sensor
• 1 MacCready, Lamplight Mayor
• 1 Mardu Ascendancy
• 1 Mardu Siegebreaker
• 1 Minas Tirith
• 1 Mishra, Claimed by Gix
• 5 Mountain
• 1 Myrel, Shield of Argive
• 1 Nomad Outpost
• 1 Otharri, Suns' Glory
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Phyrexian Dragon Engine
• 5 Plains
• 1 Professional Face-Breaker
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Reconnaissance
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1 Sacred Foundry
• 1 Savai Triome
• 1 Shattered Sanctum
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Skyhunter Strike Force
• 1 Skyknight Vanguard
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 1 Sundown Pass
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Sword of the Animist
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Conviction
• 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1 Tibalt's Trickery
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Voice of Victory
• 1 Will of the Mardu
• 1 Windcrag Siege
• 1 Within Range