Art by Justyna Dura
Saved commander deck
Nissa, Leyline Tamer
Trigger landfall using non-green land synergies and topdeck manipulation to cheat devastating high-mana creatures directly onto the battlefield while maintaining card advantage and board control.
Prompt: Nissa, Leyline Tamer commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Nissa, Leyline Tamer
{3}{W}{U}{B}{R}Legendary Creature — Elf Wizard
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
11 cards
Card Draw
9 cards
Esper Sentinel
{W}Artifact Creature — Human Soldier
early game card draw on opponents' spells
Brainstorm
{U}Instant
puts huge creatures from hand on top of the library to cheat out
Removal
11 cards
Threats/Wincons
22 cards
Serra's Emissary
{4}{W}{W}{W}Creature — Angel
huge flying bomb that grants complete card-type protection
Archon of Cruelty
{6}{B}{B}Creature — Archon
devastating enters-the-battlefield trigger cheated off Nissa
Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
{4}{R}{R}{R}Legendary Creature — Dragon
heavy board control and damage on attack
Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
{5}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
counters opponents' key spells and copies your own
Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
{8}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
decimates opposing hands while refilling your own
Toxrill, the Corrosive
{5}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Slug Horror
rapidly wipes opposing boards and creates slug tokens
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
{5}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
sweeps opposing small creatures and massively buffs the team
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
{4}{W}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
doubles entering triggers and shuts off opponents
Aurelia, the Warleader
{2}{R}{R}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — Angel
provides an additional combat step immediately
Gisela, Blade of Goldnight
{4}{R}{W}{W}Legendary Creature — Angel
doubles dealt damage while halving incoming damage
Hullbreaker Horror
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken Horror
uncounterable threat that bounces spells and permanents
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
{U}{U}{U}{R}{R}{R}Legendary Creature — Dragon Wizard
turns card draw into board control and damage
Razaketh, the Foulblooded
{5}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Demon
massive flying demon that tutors key cards at will
Sheoldred, Whispering One
{5}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
forces opposing creature sacrifices and reanimates threats
Vilis, Broker of Blood
{5}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Demon
draws overwhelming amounts of cards while killing creatures
Lord of the Void
{4}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Demon
steals the best creature from an opponent's library
Etali, Primal Storm
{4}{R}{R}Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
casts free spells from everyone's library on attack
Ancient Brass Dragon
{5}{B}{B}Creature — Elder Dragon
reanimates large creatures upon dealing combat damage
Ancient Silver Dragon
{6}{U}{U}Creature — Elder Dragon
draws massive hands with d20 roll on connection
Ancient Gold Dragon
{5}{W}{W}Creature — Elder Dragon
creates a massive dragon army on combat connection
Moraug, Fury of Akoum
{4}{R}{R}Legendary Creature — Minotaur Warrior
converts landfall triggers into multiple extra combat steps
Combustible Gearhulk
{4}{R}{R}Artifact Creature — Construct
either draws three cards or deals massive damage given high average CMC
Utility
9 cards
Weathered Wayfarer
{W}Creature — Human Nomad Cleric
tutors any land to hand to ensure consistent landfall
Walking Atlas
{2}Artifact Creature — Construct
puts extra lands onto the battlefield at instant speed
Ruin Crab
{U}Creature — Crab
incidental mill trigger off landfall to fill graveyards
Retreat to Coralhelm
{2}{U}Enchantment
untaps Walking Atlas or scrys when lands enter
Lightning Greaves
{2}Artifact — Equipment
protects Nissa and gives cheated threats haste
Swiftfoot Boots
{2}Artifact — Equipment
gives hexproof and haste to keep Nissa alive
Sensei's Divining Top
{1}Artifact
reorders topdeck to control exactly what Nissa reveals
Scroll Rack
{2}Artifact
puts uncastable bomb creatures from hand directly onto top of library
Brainstone
{1}Artifact
second brainstorm effect to set up Nissa free-cast triggers
