Sisay It Ain't So *REDUX*

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive GW (Selesnya) Legendary Matters Prison Toolbox

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Creature (30)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1x Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Delighted Halfling
• 1x Drannith MagistrateGC
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Elvish Spirit Guide
• 1x Esper Sentinel
• 1x Eternal Scourge
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Hokori, Dust Drinker
• 1x Hope Tender
• 1x Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
• 1x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Knight of the Reliquary
• 1x Kogla, the Titan Ape
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Magus of the Candelabra
• 1x Myrel, Shield of Argive
• 1x Quirion Ranger
• 1x Ranger-Captain of Eos
• 1x Solitude
• 1x Surrak and Goreclaw
• 1x Voyaging Satyr
• 1x Yasharn, Implacable Earth
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Instant (9)

• 1x Clever Concealment
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened TutorGC
• 1x Khalni Ambush  ^Flip
• 1x Legolas's Quick Reflexes
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Teferi's Protection

Land (33)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Echoing Deeps
• 1x Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 3x Forest
• 1x Gaea's CradleGC
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Glacial ChasmGC
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Lush Portico
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 3x Plains
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Talon Gates of Madara
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Urza's Cave
• 1x Urza's Saga
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Bastion
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Bridgeworks Battle  ^Flip
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Urza's Ruinous Blast

Commander (1)

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Deafening Silence
• 1x Food Chain
• 1x Living Plane
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Survival of the FittestGC
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome MoxGC
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lion's Eye DiamondGC
• 1x Mana VaultGC
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Unity
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte
• 1x Vexing Bauble

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Karn, the Great Creator

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This is an evolution of my OG paper EDH deck and is still my most competitive brew. Captain Sisay was my first EDH deck, built in 2011 when I decided to make the switch from Standard to EDH and traded my Tezzeret, Agent of Bolass and Karn Liberateds (which were $40 and $60 cards at the time lol). I traded for about half of this deck by posting the wantlist to craigslist where I was hit up by a guy who ended up working at the card shop I frequented, and traded him for pretty much the entire bones of the deck. I got all the good legends needed to make the deck function like Linvala, Azusa, Rofellos, and Gaddock Teeg, along with Selesnya duals like Savannah and Horizon Canopy (which at the time were nearly the same price LOL!) and staples like Enlightened Tutor and Land Tax which highschool me could not have afforded otherwise (having already spent all my lunch money on New Phyrexia boxes :D). I decided I wanted to play Sisay not only because she is an extremely classic and iconic legend, but also because I loved the concept of toolboxing. I figured always having the ability to tutor for answers to a wide variety of problems should make for a very consistent, adaptable deck that would be fun to play. So the list started out as a fairly casual big legends stompy/hatebear toolbox deck. As time went on and I built other EDH decks I began optimizing her for 1v1 competitive which is mostly how we played competitive EDH back then. When we couldn't get a high power table together, players with stronger decks would usually just throw down 1v1 with our best decks. So the old version of this deck was very much based around acceleration and tempo play with Strip Mine which was particularly effective in 1v1. With Sisay of course finding silver bullets and packing a couple hard locks to close out games with Living Plane + Elesh Norn/Linvala as well as Survival of the Fittest into Loyal Retainers into Iona. This older version can still be found here: Sisay it ain't so, I think this build dates from right BEFORE Paradox Engine was printed. I did play with Paradox for a little while until it got banned, which honestly was a bit of a relief because those lines were such a slog to play out. Anyways this is the most modern version of the deck and is designed for typical 4 player CEDH play. I still try to pack a ton of acceleration, silver bullets, removal, and finishers with the fairly robust Ashaya/Quirion combo, backed up by our OG Norn/Plane lock as well as Food Chain/Eternal Scourge mana combo which just goes bananas with Sisay. This deck pushes the limits by fitting cards like Academy Rector, Umezawa's Jitte, and Idyllic Tutor to support our multiple enchantment-based combos, as well as Surrak and Goreclaw which is the tutorable haste-enabler the deck has wanted for so long. Whereas most other competitive Sisay lists probably run slightly more ramp and/or stax cards, relying solely on the Ashaya combo and midrange stax plan. But I'm a prison player at heart so, this is how I built my version. I've cinched many CEDH pod wins with this exact list, so I suppose after all these years our best girl OG Sisay can still throw down with the strongest decks in the format.

Date added	4 months
Last updated	2 days
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 57 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.49
Tokens	Construct 0/0 C, Soldier 1/1 C