Don't call me a Sisay

Commander / EDH

ejikazuma

Creature (36)

• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 1x Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
• 1x Karametra, God of Harvests
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mangara of Corondor
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Reki, the History of Kamigawa
• 1x Reya Dawnbringer
• 1x Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant  ^Flip
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Selvala, Explorer Returned
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Sigarda, Host of Herons
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Surrak, the Hunt Caller
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Tolsimir Wolfblood
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Voyaging Satyr
• 1x Yeva, Nature's Herald
• 1x Yomiji, Who Bars the Way

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 10x Forest
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 10x Plains
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tree of Tales
• 1x Windswept Heath

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Mana Reflection

Commander (1)

Artifact (14)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Heroes' Podium
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Quicksilver Amulet
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Unity
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Umbral Mantle

Instant (4)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
• 1x Dragonscale General
• 1x Kytheon, Hero of Akros  ^Flip
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
• 1x Nissa, Voice of Zendikar

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Mirari's Wake

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Skyshroud Claim

Land (1)

• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord

Artifact (1)

• 1x Cauldron of Souls

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So the goal of this deck was to create an EDH deck that would be fun for my wife to play with against me and some of our other friends. My wife isn't much for control decks and generally likes to play creature decks, so while Sisay is full of fun options I wanted to stay away from some of the more oppressive control options that many STAX decks like to run. Cards like Linvala, Keeper of Silence, Thalia, Heretic Cathar and Iona, Shield of Emeria seemed like safe includes that could become more oppressive but I figured I'd like to see how they play out in the deck first as they don't seem inherently too oppressive. I like some of the combo-ability of Sisay personally, so I wanted to include some synergistic combo interactions in the deck for her to learn and see what she likes while playing.

The primary strategy of the deck is to use Sisay's tutoring ability to assemble a strong, resilient board-state and ramp into large game ending threats like Akroma's Memorial, Pathbreaker Ibex or Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger. The deck means to focus on Captain Sisay's interaction with Paradox Engine and Thousand-Year Elixir to tutor multiple times in each turn so you can always have creature answers for the current board-state.

Cards for Consideration

I'm still considering other popular options like Enlightened Tutor, Eladamri's Call, and Worldly Tutor... but I didn't want to OVERSATURATE the deck with tutors since combo is a lesser part of the focus of the deck. I personally really like the +1/+1 counter theme of Rishkar, Peema Renegade but I didn't want to get too cute and make it a major focus of the deck. If it does wind up playing well in the deck though I'm considering adding Ajani Goldmane, Nissa, Voice of Zendikar, or Ajani, Mentor of Heroes to improve the counter generation, or possibly Doubling Season. Another thing I considered playing with was Life from the Loam, I like the card, and it's interaction with stuff like Harrow, Windswept Heath, and Inventors' Fair. However, I'm just lacking a copy of Crucible of Worlds and think it's necessary to really make that theme work out. I would really like to use Titania, Protector of Argoth and she would work well with something like that, but I feel like it's too different than what the deck is already doing. Anyway, without further ado, we'll talk about what the deck CAN do currently.

Card Synergies, Combos and Win Conditions

Reusable Tutor Show

Captain Sisay + Paradox Engine: Tutor, play a spell, untap Sisay and tutor again.

Captain Sisay + Thousand-Year Elixir: Play Sisay to tutor instantly, tap elixir to untap sisay and tutor again.

Infinite Mana Show

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Umbral Mantle + : Equip Mantle to Selvala, requires a creature of 5 power or more. Also allows you to power up Silvala infinitely for a one shot swing or more if you also control Pathbreaker Ibex.

Rishkar, Peema Renegade + Gavony Township + Paradox Engine: Gavony lets you put +1/+1 on all of your creatures, allowing them all to tap for . Paradox Engine will then untap those creatures each time you use them to play a spell. Also, if you have Voyaging Satyr you can untap Gavony and pump your creatures for a one turn kill.

Draw your whole deck/Life Gain Show

Selvala, Explorer Returned + Umbral Mantle: Obviously depends on what Parlay reveals, but this will have everyone at the table draw out their decks and depending on what is revealed and how many players there are you may be able to reuse umbral mantle's untap over and over again with the mana generated by parlay to draw and gain a life each time you do it.

Mangara Exile Combo Show

Mangara of Corondor + Umbral Mantle + : Allows you to Tap and Untap Mangara over and over again targeting as many permanents as you have mana and stacking the exile effect.

Non-Legendary Creatures never go to Graveyard Show

Yomiji, Who Bars the Way + Saffi Eriksdotter: With Yomiji and Saffi in play, if a Non-Legendary Creature would die you can sacrifice saffi to return that card to play and saffi will come safely back to your hand to be played again.

Reusable Board Wipe Show

Avacyn, Angel of Hope + Nevinyrral's Disk: With Avacyn in play Nev's disk will allow you to destroy all of your opponents creatures, artifacts, and enchantments at will without risk to your board state.

Reusable Land Destruction Show

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite + Kamahl, Fist of Krosa: Elesh Norn's static ability gives all opponent's creatures -2/-2. Kamahl for turns a land into a 1/1 and Elesh Norn makes it a 0/0 and destroys it.

Big Swing Show

Tooth and Nail + Pathbreaker Ibex + Surrak, the Hunt Caller: Entwined Tooth and Nail will let you grab Surrak and Pathbreaker to give Pathbreaker Haste and pump all of your creatures in play for a big swing out in combat.

Hope you all enjoyed reading about the deck, if you have any questions or see anything I missed please let me know in the notes below. Also if you have any ideas on ways I could improve the deck please let me know as well.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.80
Tokens	Ashaya, the Awoken World, Beast 3/3 G, Voja
Folders	My EDH Decks