Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser

Legendary Creature — Human Detective

Vigilance

Whenever Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser attacks, suspect target creature. Then goad all suspected creatures. (A suspected creature has menace and can't block. Until your next turn, goaded creatures attack each combat if able and attack a player other than you if able.)

Whenever one or more creatures an opponent controls deal combat damage to one or more of your opponents, you and the controller of those creatures each draw a card.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (6)

Crow_Umbra on Arms Race (Boros Aikido)

2 weeks ago

I caught your most recent comment in passing on the main comment feed, ShieldOfHolyShadows. I think you're very spot on in terms of the different mentality profiles for how people tend to respond to strategies like these.

I recently put together Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser on kind of a whim, and because stuff like Kardur, Karazikar, & Breena have all seen varying levels of success in my meta. For the most part, people enjoyed taking advantage of the draw, especially since my main playgroup leans very aggro. One of my friends deeply dislikes "being told what to do" by Goad strats, and guns for whoever plays them.

Either way, I've grown to enjoy the interactive aspect and mind games of piloting a deck like this one.

Ricccochet on Director Isshin's Cut

2 months ago

Last_Laugh and Crow_Umbra I got some updates on my deck but looking forward to upgrade it more. Might consider the following in the long run:

Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser Skyhunter Strike Force Firemane Commando Take the Bait Breena, the Demagogue Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld

With most of the goad materials that I'm adding, the deck will be shifting towards a balance between offense and defense and with more card draw.

Crow_Umbra on two wind assault

2 months ago

Nice! Isshin is a lot of fun, and can quickly become arch-enemy, as I'm sure you've probably experienced. I think if you're going to move on from the Samurai, I'd suggest also trimming back on the equipment subtheme, as they can be pretty mana-intensive without additional equipment support.

I've personally had more experience with playing a more tokens go-wide take on Isshin, which I think can be pretty fun and dynamic. A few general suggestions if you do cut back on Samurai & Equipment, and decide to focus more on going wide:

• A few more creature token creators like Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon and Hero of Bladehold are pretty solid.

• Group slug effects that work with creature ETBs or as attack triggers are pretty helpful. Stuff like Impact Tremors, Warleader's Call, Brutal Hordechief, and Commissar Severina Raine are all solid options.

• Getting a bit more draw in your deck could be helpful. Chivalric Alliance, Breena, the Demagogue, & Firemane Commando are all pretty solid options. If you play in a more aggro meta, Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser and Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant can be some fun options to encourage or force your opponents to attack each other.

• Isshin thrives off maintaining board momentum, so anything to protect your board could be helpful: Reconnaissance, Dolmen Gate, & Clever Concealment can all be helpful. Reconnaissance can be especially helpful to save your creatures from unfavorable combat situations. This EDHRec article helps detail the timing if you're unfamiliar with it.

• Lastly, it might be helpful to trim out some of the creatures at the top end of your curve in the 7-9cmc range.

Just some quick ideas for how you could make use of those Samurai and Equipment slots if you decide to change them up. Hopefully these suggestions were helpful

Crow_Umbra on Isshin Semi-budget

2 months ago

No prob, happy to help! Do you have a general budget per card? I wanted to make sure that the stuff I recommended generally stuck within the budget the rest of the list seemed to have. Is there anything you have in mind for the type of effect you were looking for the 4 drop?

I'm generally a fan of keeping the curve trim for Isshin. I think most of what the deck wants tends to be mostly in the 2-4 cmc range. A few different 4 drop options:

• Bronzebeak Foragers - Basically a Grasp of Fate on a body that can be copied by Delina, Wild Mage

• Firemane Commando - Also complimentary to Breena & rewards you for attacking around the table.

• Mishra, Claimed by Gix  ^Meld - I wouldn't even bother with the Meld aspect. Mishra can be a pretty solid finisher option for group slug shenanigans.

• Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser - Newer tech from MKC. Can compliment the Breena you have in your 99 & be another draw source.

• Ogre Battledriver - Another haste anthem can be helpful for an aggro deck. The other benefit is getting that +2/+0 power buff for when creatures ETB, so it can definitely add a bit more punch to your tokens that ETB tapped & attacking.

Crow_Umbra on Director Isshin's Cut

3 months ago

I think you're pretty spot on with all of those Ricccochet, except maybe Tomik. I have kind of mixed feelings on effects liked new Tomik and stuff like Marchesa's Decree. I've tried some of them out in earlier versions of my Isshin deck, but ended up removing them all. Without Isshin on field, my opponents would just tank through the regular triggers, or remove the "pillow" effect.

New Agrus Kos is cool, but I think Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser is also worth a look, especially if you're running other Goad effects.

Since you're already running Karazikar, I'd recommend also taking a look at Breena, the Demagogue and/or Firemane Commando to round out your combat control suite. I've really liked Breena, since I play in a fairly aggro go-wide meta. My opponents tend to let her stick around since they benefit enough from her. Once she's big enough she can snipe people pretty easily. Breena or Firemane could probably be swaps for Audacious Thief. Flying for offensive & defense are helpful, & Breena can help grow the rest of your board.

Firemane Commando & Karazikar might get swapped out for New Aurelia & Nelly Borca in my list.

Crow_Umbra on Murders at Karlov Manor

3 months ago

I'm pretty excited for Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser. I like that even without Goad, she still encourages opponents to attack each other. My primary meta is pretty aggro leaning, so I've come to enjoy Breena, the Demagogue & Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant type of effects. Kardur, Doomscourge is another familiar face in the meta. If it isn't explicitly Monarch, giving opponents draw-based incentive to attack each other made our games much more dynamic.

I kind of wonder if the alt face commander will be some kind of Voltron leaning build, maybe something that gets a temporary buff for each Suspected creature that the defending opponent controls.

Now that I think about it, I kind of wish the Boros precon could have been a partner commander pairing that played off the "Good Cop/Bad Cop" trope with a pair of detectives.