Isshin and Scratchin'

Commander / EDH RBW (Mardu)

Faux-Foe

Creature (30)

• 1x Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1x Archivist of Oghma
• 1x Archon of Cruelty
• 1x Balor
• 1x Battle Angels of Tyr
• 1x Breena, the Demagogue
• 1x Brutal Hordechief
• 1x Captain Lannery Storm
• 1x Cheering Fanatic
• 1x Coastline Marauders
• 1x Deep Gnome Terramancer
• 1x Delina, Wild Mage
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Elder Brain
• 1x Emberwilde Captain
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei
• 1x Hanweir Garrison  ^Meld
• 1x Hero of Bladehold
• 1x Hoarding Ogre
• 1x Hushbringer
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
• 1x Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
• 1x Laelia, the Blade Reforged
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Taunting Kobold

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Chains of Mephistopheles
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Deafening Silence
• 1x Fervent Charge
• 1x Legion Loyalty
• 1x Reconnaissance
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Smuggler's Share

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Nomad Outpost
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Thriving Bluff
• 1x Thriving Heath
• 1x Thriving Moor
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Vault of Champions

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Damn
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Ruinous Ultimatum
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Commander (1)

Instant (13)

• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Dire Tactics
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Flawless Maneuver
• 1x Fracture
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Wild Magic Surge

Artifact (12)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Hierarchy
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Trepanation Blade

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Sorcery (2)

• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Vanquish the Horde

Artifact (1)

• 1x Blade of Selves

Creature (2)

• 1x Iroas, God of Victory
• 1x Marton Stromgald

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Emblem of the Warmind

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Very basic Isshin combat triggers deck. Started with a base of Mana Rocks, Interaction, and a light dose of hatebear/stax. After that I added creatures while trying my best to keep mana costs low. I've likely failed in that goal. Several high cost creatures are in here because I am stubborn and want to live the double attack trigger dream.

I feel any Isshin deck without haste is doomed from the start, so I added a few enablers.

If a hatebear won't affect you, run it. Might get a tattoo of that.

If you don't run interaction, you don't get to complain about other people playing their decks effectively.

Deck will be getting tested over the next few weeks.

Had a hard choice when building this. If you have a theme, you have to go all in, lack of focus is a lack of results. Could have built it with a backdoor Godo-infinite combats theme. I felt that package increased the average mana value too much. Could Have built with Sneak Attack-Reanimation tactics, but too much graveyard hate in my meta. I settled for speed. Briefly floated the idea of Dungeons, but UBW is better at it. Briefly floated party, but that is better in changeling.

Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	20 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.03
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Copy Clone, Dragon Spirit 5/5 R, Goblin 1/1 R, Gold, Human 1/1 R, Human 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 C, Monarch Emblem, Treasure