Don't Be a Sisay

Commander / EDH* Casual GW (Selesnya)

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Control (10)

• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Final Judgment
• 1x Glissa Sunseeker
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x The Immortal Sun
• 1x Tocatli Honor Guard
• 1x Urza's Ruinous Blast

DrawEngine (2)

• 1x Reki, the History of Kamigawa
• 1x Selvala, Explorer Returned

Graveyard (2)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter

Land (36)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Elfhame Palace
• 1x Emergence Zone
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 8x Plains
• 1x Razorverge Thicket
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Stirring Wildwood
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath

LegendValue (3)

• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Protection (8)

• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Hammer of Nazahn
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Sigarda, Heron's Grace
• 1x Sigarda, Host of Herons
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Ramp (18)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Karametra, God of Harvests
• 1x Marwyn, the Nurturer
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Sol Ring
• 2x Thran Dynamo

Tutor (10)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

WinCon (10)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 1x Kamahl's Druidic Vow
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Shaman of Forgotten Ways
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Vizier of Remedies
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Commander (1)

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Deck Concept

This deck is simple but has a ton of toolbox features. The goal is to ramp out your commander, Captain Sisay , protect her if possible, and then tutor up a number of different Legendary spells using her ability. This deck has an answer to most problems in the form of a legendary creature, sorcery, or artifact, provided you have the mana available. Your typical goal is to play a bunch of value legendary permanents that eventually are protected via hexproof, indestructibility, or both. This deck is very resilient to board wipes thanks to potentially playing Avacyn to protect all of your permanents or keeping a relatively full hand thanks to mostly playing cards searched up by Sisay or other tutor abilities.

Control

With all of the creature tutors in this deck and Captain Sisay , you'll almost always have an answer to just about any strategy another deck will throw at you. Playing a planeswalker heavy opponent with Aminatou, the Fateshifter as their commander? Search up The Immortal Sun to lock down their effects with additional value to boot. Playing against another Sisay search deck? Tutor up Aven Mindcensor to stunt the library search effects. Artifact heavy deck? Grab Glissa Sunseeker . Counter and control heavy deck? Snag a Dosan the Falling Leaf early in the game or Dragonlord Dromoka later on to help free up your turns from disruption. Linvala, Keeper of Silence is also great for stunting opposing mana ramp and creature ability win cons. If the game has gotten out of hand then you can search up Urza's Ruinous Blast and do a partial board wipe, with a lot of your permanents surviving the process thanks to their Legendary status.

Protecting Captain Sisay

One of the hardest parts of playing a Captain Sisay deck is that she's one of those commanders that most opponents will focus all their attention on until she's back in the commander zone. How do we stop that from happening? By providing her with enough protection that we'll be able to go off before she's killed or we dissuade people from bothering to remove her in the first place. This is achieved through a variety of methods. Avacyn, Angel of Hope is obviously the best play, giving all of your permanents including Sisay indestructible. She's more of a late game play unless your ramp goes off. Lightning Greaves or Swiftfoot Boots is usually your best bet, giving Sisay shroud and letting her tutor the first turn she's played. We have Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith and Stoneforge Mystic who can both tutor up the Lightning Greaves / Swiftfoot Boots as well. Hammer of Nazahn is another good, relatively cheap play and makes Sisay indestructible. The hammer can also be tutored up by Sisay and you can get a two-for-one if you search Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith which will get you the Hammer of Nazahn into play and equipped for free. Shalai, Voice of Plenty is an ideal play since her second ability combos well with some of our infinite mana outlets and she protects most of our permanents including Sisay with hexproof. Sigarda, Heron's Grace functions similarly to Shalai in that it gives hexproof to Sisay. We also have a lot of other Human creatures in the deck that she will protect as well and her secondary ability can give us hexproof blockers in a pinch. Mother of Runes is a decent protector as well. You can often get Avacyn, Angel of Hope + Shalai, Voice of Plenty on the board together by turn 6 thanks to all the ramp and tutor functions of the deck. If that happens, nothing short of a roundabout removal ability or exile board wipe can deal with your creatures.

Combos

Devoted Druid + Vizier of Remedies can provide you with infinite mana. So can a 4+ power pumped up Marwyn, the Nurturer + Umbral Mantle . Sisay can tutor Marwyn directly and can tutor Nazahn to get you the Umbral Mantle or Blackblade Reforged , turning Marwyn into a massive mana ramp. You can search up Kamahl's Druidic Vow using Captain Sisay and play it with the infinite mana or just a ton of mana to play essentially your entire deck in one turn. Akroma's Memorial will give your creatures haste so you can finish the game that turn.

There are many cards in the deck that can search up Devoted Druid and Vizier of Remedies including Yisan, the Wanderer Bard (can be fetched by Sisay), Fauna Shaman , Chord of Calling , Tooth and Nail , etc.

Helm of the Host combos with a bunch of different legendary creatures for a variety of powerful effects and can be searched up by Sisay. Helm of the Host + Iona, Shield of Emeria can quickly lock an opponent out of playable colors. Helm of the Host + Nazahn, Revered Bladesmith means you can fetch a different artifact every turn and allows you tap more and more of the opponents creatures each time you attack. Helm of the Host + Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite will quickly make it impossible for the opponents creatures to survive on the battlefield.

Maybeboard

1x Abundance #DrawEngine 1x Admonition Angel #Control 1x Altar of Bone 1x Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit 1x Azor's Gateway 1x Baird, Steward of Argive #Control 1x Beast Whisperer #DrawEngine 1x Blasting Station #WinCon 1x Blazing Archon #Control 1x Bonds of Mortality #Control 1x Bow of Nylea #LegendValue 1x Bruna, the Fading Light F #Legend 1x Commander's Sphere #Ramp 1x Danitha Capashen, Paragon #LegendValue 1x Darksteel Mutation #Control 1x Dosan the Falling Leaf #Control 1x Dragon Throne of Tarkir 1x Eladamri's Call 1x Eladamri's Call #Tutor 1x Elvish Archdruid #WinCon 1x Emmara, Soul of the Accord 1x Gaddock Teeg 1x Garruk Wildspeaker #Planeswalker 1x Gisela, the Broken Blade F #Legend 1x Glissa Sunseeker 1x Heroes' Podium #DrawEngine 1x Jhoira's Familiar #Ramp 1x Karn, the Great Creator #Control 1x Kitchen Finks 1x Kytheon, Hero of Akros F #LegendValue 1x Legion's Landing #LegendValue 1x Leyline of Sanctity #Protection 1x Lieutenant Kirtar #Control 1x Loreseeker's Stone 1x Loyal Retainers #Graveyard 1x Major Teroh #Control 1x Mana Crypt #Ramp 1x Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist #Control 1x Novablast Wurm 1x Oversoul of Dusk 1x Paradox Engine #WinCon 1x Path to Exile #Control 1x Patron of the Orochi 1x Reveillark 1x Reya Dawnbringer #Graveyard 1x Rhys the Redeemed #LegendValue 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade #Ramp 1x Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary 1x Selvala, Explorer Returned 1x Shanna, Sisay's Legacy #LegendValue 1x Shapers' Sanctuary 1x Shield of the Oversoul 1x Sigarda, Host of Herons #LegendValue 1x Stoneforge Mystic #Tutor 1x Sun Titan #Graveyard 1x Swiftfoot Boots 1x Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle #Graveyard 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben #Control 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar #Control 1x Thran Temporal Gateway 1x Tolsimir Wolfblood #LegendValue 1x Traxos, Scourge of Kroog #LegendValue 1x Vivid Grove #Land 1x Vivien's Arkbow #Tutor 1x Weatherlight 1x Wilt-Leaf Liege 1x Yomiji, Who Bars the Way #Graveyard

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Key combos	Devoted Druid + Vizier of Remedies Marwyn, the Nurturer + Umbral Mantle Avacyn, Angel of Hope + Shalai, Voice of Plenty
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.66
Tokens	Ashaya, the Awoken World, City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Human Soldier 1/1 W