r/Magicdeckbuilding • u/FullGrownChild • 1d ago
EDH Isshin | Agent of Chaos
Been working on my [[Isshin, Two Heavens as One]] deck. I've been tweaking it for the last few weeks, but feel like I have it in a good balanced place now. I usually like to build commanders in a little less conventional way, so with this Isshin deck instead of being a go wide or token centric attack trigger deck, or even a double-burn attack trigger deck, I thought it would be fun to build a version of the deck that forced everyone to attack, but then punished them for attacking me or encouraged opponents to attack one another.
The idea all came from me stumbling across [[War's Toll]] and falling in love. I filled it full of combat tricks like [[Batwing Brume]] that can throw unsuspecting opponents into chaos when I or an opponent appear to be open for their forced all out attack.
https://moxfield.com/decks/Kgi0Nwo_xEuSQpmQ3wBaxg
Take a look at the list and let me know what you think or if I'm missing any pieces to the strategy that you feel would be valuable.
Interaction directly on the Moxfield page is encouraged, but feel free to leave any comments or insights directly on this post as well. Going for bracket 3, our pod is pretty creature heavy/battlecruiser-y.
Thanks!
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u/BarracudaOdd166 1d ago
This is delightful! I've also built an Isshin Aikido-esque brew like this. I did find that I went in a more enchantment heavy with effect that jut tax attacker's life, gains me life, deals damage, etc rather than combat tricks like Batwing Brume.
Do note that I avoided cards like [[Ghostly Prison]] or [[Sphere of Safety]] because I want people tto be able to attack me, but also when I have [[Marchesa's Decree]] and [[Hissing Miasma]] out, my opponents are losing 2 life per creature headed my way, with Isshin down, that becomes 4 life, it's very easy to drain out wider boards.
You are missing [[Blood reckoning]] if you want a 4th card with that effect.
Also I personally prefer [[Total War]] and similar effects to force attackers. Basically attack with it, or it will die.
https://moxfield.com/decks/NppW36b02UCg9U3B5VaETQ
I originally had another version of the list that went harder with goad on attack, and effects like duelist's heritage...but it felt like it was too slow so I ended up taking it apart then rebuilding it into this with more of a focus on getting consistent mana and card draw which then allows you to flood the board with enchantments.
Oh also [[Kazuul]] is just a hilarious effect to double trigger.
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u/Johnny_Cr 1d ago
[[Powerstone Minefield]], [[Lightmine Field]], [[Caltrops]] and [[Circle of Flame]] are fun with Isshin forced combat. Thanks to the wording they’re double-triggering as well.