Bracket 3 · Our Nissa, Leyline Tamer decklist · Lands Matter
Our Nissa list is four-color landfall with huge creatures. Nissa draws a card for every land you play, and the first landfall each turn puts the next creature from your library onto the battlefield for free.
The deck plays extra lands with Walking Atlas, PuPu UFO and Zell Dincht, replays lands with Crucible of Worlds and Ruin Ghost, and cheats in giants like Jin-Gitaxias, Elesh Norn and Archon of Cruelty.
- Strategy
- Lands Matter
- Bracket
- 3
- Avg. mana value
- 3.77
- Lands
- 37
01The Commander
Nissa, Leyline Tamer is a seven-mana Elf Wizard with deathtouch and vigilance.
Whenever a land you control enters, draw a card. The first time this resolves each turn, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature, put it onto the battlefield, and put the rest on the bottom.
Nearly every creature in the deck costs five or more, so every free creature is a big one.
02How This Deck Wins
- 1
Ramp to Nissa
Talismans, Chromatic Lantern, Land Tax and Dark Ritual get you to seven mana.
- 2
Play lands every turn
Each land draws with Nissa, and the first one each turn cheats in a creature. Walking Atlas, Ruin Ghost and Crucible of Worlds keep landfall going.
- 3
Win with giants
Free creatures like Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur and Summon: Bahamut take over the game.
03Deck at a Glance
Bracket 3 · Lands Matter · 100 cards
Composition
- Commander1
- Creatures23
- Instants & sorceries18
- Artifacts & enchantments20
- Planeswalkers1
- Lands37
- Tokens4
Mana Curve
Color Split
symbols
- White 36%
- Blue 31%
- Black 26%
- Red 7%
By the Numbers
Cards by Role
04Giants to Cheat In
Nissa puts these onto the battlefield for free.
Also in this role
05Landfall Payoffs
Every land drop does more.
Also in this role
06Extra Land Drops
More lands means more Nissa draws.
Also in this role
07Card Selection and Mana
Set up your draws and hit seven mana.
Also in this role
08Interaction
Four colors of answers.
Also in this role
09Combos and Key Interactions
Nissa, Leyline Tamer + Spark Double
A nonlegendary copy of Nissa doubles your landfall draws, and each Nissa cheats in a creature once a turn.
Nissa, Leyline Tamer + Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
Lands entering trigger Nissa twice, so you draw two cards per land.
Gandalf, Shadow's Foe + Nissa, Leyline Tamer
Gandalf flickers three lands on entry, so Nissa draws three and cheats in a creature.
10How to Play
Opening hand
Keep hands with three or four lands and a mana rock or Land Tax. Nissa costs seven, so ramp matters.
Early gameturns 1-3
Play Talismans, Land Tax and card selection like Ponder.
Mid gameturns 4-7
Add Walking Atlas or Ruin Ghost, and cast Nissa as early as you can.
Late gameturn 8+
Play a land every turn to draw and cheat in a giant, then win with Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite or Summon: Bahamut.
Tips
- Only the first Nissa landfall each turn reveals a creature, but every landfall draws.
- Nissa's reveal puts the creature onto the battlefield, so cast triggers don't happen.
- Use Scroll Rack or Brainstorm to put a big creature near the top before playing a land.
- Ruin Ghost and PuPu UFO give extra landfalls on opponents' turns too.
Common mistakes
- Playing your land before Nissa resolves.
- Forgetting Nissa reveals only on the first landfall each turn.
- Casting Supreme Verdict when you control the best creatures.
- Running out of lands in hand.
Watch out for
- Removal on Nissa.
- Counterspells.
- Graveyard hate on Crucible of Worlds.
- Fast aggro before Nissa comes down.
11Bracket and Rule 0
Our list runs 1 Game Changer (Smothering Tithe), within the Bracket 3 limit of three.
The deck cheats in big creatures and has no two-card infinite combos.
12Full Decklist
Every card in our Nissa, Leyline Tamer proxy deck (100 cards). Hover or tap a name to see the card.
Commander
- 1Nissa, Leyline Tamer3WUBR
Creatures (23)
- 1PuPu UFO2
- 1Ruin Ghost1W
- 1Walking Atlas2
- 1Zell Dincht2R
- 1Solemn Simulacrum4
- 1Spark Double3U
- 1Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines4W
- 1Ob Nixilis, the Fallen3BB
- 1Moraug, Fury of Akoum4RR
- 1Roil Elemental3UUU
- 1Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite5WW
- 1Gandalf, Shadow's Foe5UU
- 1Gisela, Blade of Goldnight4RWW
- 1Serra's Emissary4WWW
- 1Sheoldred, Whispering One5BB
- 1Absolute Virtue6WU
- 1Archon of Cruelty6BB
- 1Avacyn, Angel of Hope5WWW
- 1Avacyn, Angel of Horror5BBB
- 1Darksteel Angel9
- 1Summon: Bahamut9
- 1Valgavoth, Terror Eater6BBB
- 1Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur8UU
Planeswalkers (1)
- 1Aminatou, the FateshifterWUB
Instants (12)
- 1An Offer You Can't RefuseU
- 1BrainstormU
- 1Dark RitualB
- 1Path to ExileW
- 1Swan SongU
- 1Swords to PlowsharesW
- 1Arcane Denial1U
- 1CounterspellUU
- 1Mana DrainUU
- 1Anguished Unmaking1WB
- 1Brainsurge2U
- 1Flawless Maneuver2W
Sorceries (6)
- 1PonderU
- 1ReanimateB
- 1Sevinne's Reclamation2W
- 1Toxic Deluge2B
- 1Supreme Verdict1WWU
- 1Blasphemous Act8R
Artifacts (15)
- 1Sol Ring1
- 1Wayfarer's Bauble1
- 1Arcane Signet2
- 1Fellwar Stone2
- 1Lightning Greaves2
- 1Scroll Rack2
- 1Talisman of Conviction2
- 1Talisman of Creativity2
- 1Talisman of Dominance2
- 1Talisman of Hierarchy2
- 1Talisman of Indulgence2
- 1Talisman of Progress2
- 1Archaeomancer's Map2W
- 1Chromatic Lantern3
- 1Crucible of Worlds3
Enchantments (5)
- 1Land TaxW
- 1Black Market Connections2B
- 1Retreat to Coralhelm2U
- 1Felidar Retreat3W
- 1Smothering Tithe3W
Lands (37)
- 1Arid Mesa
- 1Blood Crypt
- 1Bloodstained Mire
- 1Command Tower
- 1Contaminated Landscape
- 1Evolving Wilds
- 1Exotic Orchard
- 1Fabled Passage
- 1Flooded Strand
- 1Godless Shrine
- 1Hallowed Fountain
- 3Island
- 1Marsh Flats
- 1Misty Rainforest
- 2Mountain
- 3Plains
- 1Polluted Delta
- 1Prismatic Vista
- 1Raffine's Tower
- 1Raugrin Triome
- 1Reflecting Pool
- 1Sacred Foundry
- 1Savai Triome
- 1Scalding Tarn
- 1Steam Vents
- 2Swamp
- 1Verdant Catacombs
- 1Watery Grave
- 1Windswept Heath
- 1Wooded Foothills
- 1Xander's Lounge
Get the deck
Nissa, Leyline Tamer Lands Matter proxy deck
Nissa turns every land into a card and every turn into a giant. Play lands and let her do the rest.
Every card in this guide is shown exactly as it prints in the deck you get, sleeve-ready, with tokens.
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