Overview:
A five-color legendary-matters deck that uses Sisay, Weatherlight Captain to tutor and deploy powerful legendary permanents, creating a toolbox strategy that can adapt to various game situations while building toward a value-based victory.
Primer:
The deck operates by establishing early ramp through efficient mana sources like Birds of Paradise, Sol Ring, and various land-based ramp spells to get Sisay, Weatherlight Captain out quickly. Once Sisay is on the battlefield, the deck leverages her ability to tutor for legendary permanents, with each new legendary permanent increasing her power and thus the range of cards she can fetch.
The strategy involves building a board state with valuable legendary creatures and planeswalkers while maintaining interaction through removal spells. Key pieces like Wilderness Reclamation and Storm the Vault provide additional mana generation, while threats like Old Gnawbone and Urza, Lord High Artificer generate significant advantage. The deck can pivot between aggressive creature strategies with Jetmir, Nexus of Revels or control elements with cards like Tivit, Seller of Secrets.
Weaknesses:
The deck is heavily dependent on its commander, making it vulnerable to repeated removal or effects that prevent activated abilities. The mana base, while robust, can be susceptible to Blood Moon effects. The deck can struggle against faster combo decks as it typically needs several turns to establish its engine, and graveyard strategies can be problematic due to limited graveyard interaction.
Most Important Cards:
- Birds of Paradise
- Chromatic Orrery
- Wilderness Reclamation
- Old Gnawbone
- Urza, Lord High Artificer
- The World Tree
- Heroic Intervention
- Storm the Vault
- Chromatic Lantern
- Lightning Greaves
Attribute Ratings:
- Speed: 6/10
- Resilience: 7/10
- Consistency: 7/10
- Interaction: 8/10
Rating Justification:
This deck sits comfortably in the 6.5-7.0 range due to its ability to consistently execute its strategy while maintaining interaction. While it lacks the explosive speed of higher-powered decks, it makes up for it with a robust toolbox strategy and strong interaction suite. The deck can typically establish a strong board presence by turns 6-7, which places it above casual builds but below truly competitive decks.
Final power level rating: 6.5 - 7.0
The deck features a well-tuned mana base with appropriate fetch lands and triomes, good interaction pieces, and a cohesive strategy, but lacks the fast mana and game-ending combos that would push it into higher power levels. It's stronger than typical focused decks (6.0) due to its optimization and interaction suite, but doesn't quite reach the consistency and speed of higher-powered builds (7.5+).
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain