A Guide To Isshin, Two Heavens As One EDH / Commander | Magic: The Gathering 

One thing I would add to this deck guide is that Isshin can double triggers when opponents creatures attack with cards like [[Curse of Opulence]] or [[Revenge of Ravens]].

This guy is the single card that got me the most hyped for commander this set. I'm literally planning like, 3 decks for this commander.

“No one expects a counter spell in Mardu” died 😂

"and now we have a commander that copies attack triggers!" Wulfgar: Am I a joke to you ?

Always great to see some more EDH content from the Prof!

Even more so than the vigilance enchantments, Reconnaissance lets you attack freely without fear of blockers and gives vigilance in a roundabout way. And it costs only W.

Prof: "Remember combat? It often takes a back seat to combo." Me: *laughs in Najeela*

A guide from my heart to yours for covering this commander. Also, Delina + Harmonic Prodigy + Lithoform Engine = 4 rolls? Or do you stack the trigger to go off of harmonic, which doubles delina, which doubles from Isshin, then add a 5th?

Time to see what i have to buy before it spikes

Kazuul, Tryant of the Cliffs and Breena having double triggers could easily make you arch enemy of the table.

Thank you professor!!! I was looking forward to make a commander deck the moment I saw the card in the previous and now you made a deck guide for him! Cheers!!!

Wow Prof,I'm liking that Isshin and the ideas of putting some of my Eldrazi on with him seems perfect !! Thanks and have an amazing weekend everyone !!Get your Kamigawa on tonight at a pre-release !!

Professor, the fact that you have the Saviors novel in the tab is so incredible. Bless you

I love when you do deck techs, you always seem to find recommendations that nobody else is talking about!

I know you said on Command Zone deck techs aren't the most popular for views, but I love the combo ideas that show up in these videos. Thanks Prof!

I really like these, prof. My Tovolar deck uses your build/ deck tech as a skeleton, and it will probably be the same for Isshin. 10/10 would love your thoughts on Hinata.

One of my Professors is actually building this as Samurai tribal, and I can’t wait to see how it turns out.

That was the commander tech i was looking for im a sucker for samurais, thx a lot prof

I love this deck tech! I've been wanting to throw together some kind of tokens list with him (Cavalcade Aggro was one of my favourite standard decks), but I've been really struggling! This video has given me an amazing starting point, and introduced me to a bunch of options I'd never even considered before! Thank you for this!! Ankle Shanker in specific seems like amazing protection!

Sweet, he's one of the two commanders I want to eventually build from this set. Thanks for the guide/video, Brian.

I didn't get a notification for this post today! :( I'm glad I'm always on the lookout for new content from you anyhow, Prof. Love your wit, and breakdowns!

I was planning a Samurai tribal deck already, with Winota in the deck as well. Thanks for giving me a good way to start building up the deck.

Moraug, Fury of Akoum wpuld be a nice addition to this deck, if he gets sword of the animist or sword of hearth and home equipped he potentially gets you a lot of lands and combats due to that landfall trigger.

Good day to you Professor!

YES MORE OF THIS!!!! Love the deck tech content prof!

I really love Isshin, and there's several very different ways to build him: 1. Exalted, with Neo Samurai tribal sub-theme. This is the way I'll be building him, with a few of the spells and equipment that give a creature Changeling so I can also utilize a few cards from #2 without losing out on Samurai triggers, and a few from #3 to fill out the utility. 2. Wide, swinging with as many attack trigger creatures as possible. Especially with extra combat creatures. 3. Pillow-fort / Political, with a bunch of effects like Kazuul and Marchesa's Decree to deter attacks against you, and Curses and other incentives like Breena for your opponents to attack each other. And remember, Isshin copies all triggers of only _your_ permanents, but he copies them whenever _any player_ attacks. Also remember, Isshin only copies _on attack_ triggers. He will _not_ copy "whenever ~ attacks and isn't blocked" (that's a block step trigger) nor "whenever ~ deals combat damage" (damage step trigger)

Awesome thanks Professor! 🤘🏼👏🏼

There is that three drop that makes a 1/1 for every opponent as well, such a good card

Really cool video, Prof! Always enjoy your deck techs.

I love your EDH deck techs prof, hope to see more soon!

Another great brew from the professor. I'm looking forward to put my double trigger of angelic exaltation on my krenko tin street kingpin and overrun the bord

Great video, Prof!

This deck tech made my day! I have been working on trying to put together a list for this commander since it was spoiled. I think there were a couple hidden gems I hadn't considered yet in here! Also, they NEVER expect a counterspell in mardu!! Lapse of Certainty is also not bad. :)

Not enough comments are talking about your suit, looking great prof!

I wanted to build this deck from the moment I saw Isshin can't say how excited I am to see a vid from the prof about it

Great to see this video as I was just wondering what to do with Isshin since I got it as my prerelease promo

I also like adding stuff like Rhox Veteran, which serves double duty as both a Battle Cry source to pump all those tokens and a tapper to help clear the way. While trying to brew it, I see a bunch of optional subthemes to lean into, which often lean into each other; go harder into equipments for stuff like Wyleth, Captain's Claws supporting go-wide tokens, even Delver's Torch if you like the Venture cards that benefit from attack doubling like Triumphant Adventurer and Nadaar (who also then supports going wide)

Great deck tech. Looks like a lot of fun. I’m gonna get this deck immediately!

I pulled one of these in my prerelease packs and immediately said I wanted to build a commander deck around him. Then I saw this video in my sub box! Good stuff prof!

Love it! Thanks Prof

He’s a pretty rad commander, but in my case I’m excited to add him into my Queen Marchesa humans in the 99. When I have options like Alesha, Adeline, Bruse, Winota, etc. at my disposal he makes them so much stronger

Love this. Love Isshin. Thanks professor.

Yes finally edh deck tech from my favorite RU-vidr

Prof this was super good. Can't wait to see more men I enjoyed that it was concise to the point and under 10 minutes

I like this. Though my brain went a different direction, probably because I love voltroning up my commander. So I liked the idea of using exalted. Since a creature attacking will trigger their till end of turn buff, you can make a creature pretty big. There's only one red exalted effect, but there's a pretty decent number in both black and in white. Even if you're not buffing up your commander, using Aurelia in this case you can buff her up attacking alone twice from every exalted creature, then on your second and third combat steps when she attacks alone again, she gains additional +2/+2 until end of turn from every one of those exalted triggers, letting her start to easily pick opponents off. Add in a Sun Titan, and you can also start to rebuild quickly if those creatures die in a wrath as many have low CMC

I'm surprised Etali didn't get a mention, but you've difinitely given me some thoughts to get start with :)

Hi Prof! After all the words you had with JLK about deck techs being really hard to time correctly, i think you did a very good job here. It's appreciated, hope you have a nice weekend :)

Thanks for the video, this also gives some ideas for a historic brawl deck

One card that definitely should go in this deck is Adriana, Captain of the Guard. She gives all your creatures Melee. Melee gives your creatures +1/+1 for each opponent that you’ve attacked with a creature this turn. With Isshin, most of the time it’ll be +6/+6

The great proffessor in a new class for the channel

Woot Woot was gonna build this deck and using parts from my Wulfgar Deck

Prof's deck techs are my favorite

that intro sent me into a fit of giggles, great job

0:47 is my favourite thing I've seen all week.

he's definitely going in my attack triggers saskia deck. wulfgar is already a powerhouse there and i cant wait to have both out

Big fan of Miyamoto Musashi's book. Super excited to play this commander who is obviously inspired by him.

Thank you for leaving in the blooper :D

I would also like to mention a third option for enabling your creatures being available for the extra combats: Reconnaissance. Arguably better, even, than just giving Vigilance, as the ability can save your creatures from unfavorable blocks as well.

I’d love to see a video on Tatsunari Toad Rider, seems like a cool new commander from NEO

Kind of surprised Etali, Primal Storm didn't make the list, but always solid content from the Prof.

this is absolutely the deck i’m getting

Love the end card!

Isshin ended up being my prerelease box promo, can't wait to build him as a commander!

Doubling tokens from Adeline, Resplendent Cathar would also be really powerful in a deck like this.

I can't wait to build for this

Deck Tech Idea: Go-Shintai of Life’s Origin. Thanks for considering Prof!

When I saw the title you had my curiosity. When I saw the inclusion of Eldrazi you had my attention!

I'd love to see your take on Shorkai, Genesis Engine. It seems like such a fun commander that can go in different directions

Hoping to see an Artifact focused deck using some of the new cards optimized here 👍

Yaaaasss! Finally got a mardu commander I need to build

Helm of the host is also immensely good in this deck, always worth it

Dang it Prof, I have bills to pay! This is dangerous stuff you're putting out! Awesome vid as always.

I have a fun aristocrats subtheme with darkest hour and teysa, orzhov scion. Thanks for that tech, prof.

I'm excited about this commander

Professor, I pulled this yesterday out of a prerelease! I immediately decided to build a deck with this Legendary Creature. Thank you so much for this video and all your other videos good sir!

I hope to one day graduate Magic University! All hail the Professor

Hi Prof! I know it's been a while, but it is nice to see the long hair back, I personally think it suits you quite well.

Mm, now that is a nice idea for a combat after combat deck. Like it!

love the video!

If I didn’t have a Wulfgar deck built already, I definitely would build Isshin. One of my buddies in my playgroup is building Isshin instead and it will be interesting to see how the decks differ and the pros and cons of running either of them.

I have this commander, and there are some old-school tech cards that were not mentioned in this video. First up, Campaign of Vengeance, which can, if coupled with Alhammerat's Archive, actually drain opponents while you gain twice as much life. Second, Márton Stromgald. For 2/R/R, every turn Márton attacks, your creatures will get +1/+1 for each other attacking creature. AND, on the crackback, you can get +1/+1 for each other blocking creature other than Márton -- and both the attacking bonus and the blocking bonus apply to each other creature! Next up: Adriana, Captain of the Guard. Her Melee ability will trigger twice, since she gives Melee to your whole board. Next up: Commander Liara Portyr. Do you want to cast expensive spells for low cost? Liara does just that! Whenever you attack, you reveal X cards where X is the number of players being attacked. Until end of turn, your spells cost X less to cast, AND you can cast spells from the exiled cards. And with Isshin, this happens twice, meaning that you exile the top 6 (presuming you have 3 opponents), and until end of turn, your spells cost 6 less to cast. Next up: Alesha, Who Smiles At Death. If you're playing a 3 mana value Isshin deck, you can always include this legendary Warrior. Because when she attacks, you can pay hybrid W/B W/B to bring back an a creature tapped and attacking. Pair her with Break Through The Line, and each creature becomes unblockable. Next up: Raiyuu, Storm's Edge. Similar to Aurelia, you can only attack with one creature that is a Samurai or Warrior. Luckily, you can attack with Isshin or Raiyuu, and get multiple attack steps via multiple attack phases. Pair Reconnaissance with this guy, and while you may waste one combat phase, you'll get 2 more after. Next up: Crackling Doom as removal. This card, for R/W/B, deals 2 damage to each opponent, and causes each opponent to sacrifice their highest-power creature. Next up: Behind the Scenes. Should you have trouble getting through because your opponents have bigger creatures, this may be the enchantment for you! At 2/B, this enchantment gives your creatures Skulk, which means creatures bigger than yours can't block. Next up: Exterminatus. This 5/W/B sorcery is extremely powerful. First appearing in Warhammer 40K, this sorcery takes away indestructible from your opponents' permanents, and destroys all non-land permanents in play. If you have the mana, play Boros Charm and you have eliminated all your opponents' permanents, even the ones Ruinous Ultimatum couldn't kill, while keeping your permanents alive. Next up: Reveille Squad. This old-school 2/W/W Human Rebel says that when you're attacked, untap each creature you control. Another creature you can use that people may not expect is Masako, the Humorless, a card from original Kamigawa block. As far as I know, Masako's actual effect has only been printed on her, which is that your tapped creatures can block as though they were untapped. She also has Flash, and only costs 2/W. Honorable Mentions: Brimaz and Chieftain en-Dal. Brimaz, like other creatures like Champion of Bladehold and Grave Titan, makes Cat Knights that are 2/2 and have vigilance on the attack. Chieftain en-Dal is similar to Ankle Shanker, except he does not grant deathtouch. However, he also only costs 1/W/W, where Ankle Shanker costs 2/R/W/B.

Oh man, a professor deck tech of the new jetmir cat demon would be amazing!

I can't wait to put Isshin in my Awaken the Blood Avatar deck 😍

Also another way to take this deck is with exalted or exalted like effects! Because he doubles all attack triggers, most samurai from the new set are essentially exalted triggers. So a way you can go is Isshin Voltron, using equipment and reconfigure, as well as exalted to get huge

The new credit screen is so good!

This is great! Maybe Satoru Umezawa next? :)

I'm working on Etrata and Kroxa. I'd like to see your take on either...or both. This video has changed my stance on Isshin. Ty! (I know they're older but still)

Saw you on a podcast with Rick Glassman. I'd love to see you review Yu-Gi-Oh cards or do a how to play for Yugi oh it'd be interesting to see a MTG fan learn about the many summoning conditions of Yu-Gi-Oh

With all this token generation, Anointed Procession may be a good include. If you want to double up on an effect, Mirage Mirror may also help accomplish some goals. Myriad may also be a keyword worth looking into for this deck.

I think the art from Sera's blessing was very pretty.

Would love to see a tech on [[Kodama of the West Tree]]. Seems like enough of an open-ended card to work for a variety of styles of decks, so I always love seeing what routes other people decide on for this thing.

Shrine tribal, my beloved! The new commander for it looks to be a ton of fun

Love this!

Thank you for adding in vigilance enchantments.

Another good addition to the deck if you want to go less tall and more wide would be Adriana, Captain of the guard. When you attack all three of your opponents (which you kinda have to), each attacking creature gets Melee, aka +3/+3 until end of the turn. Then it doubles to +6/+6. Then, if you have extra combats, Melee triggers once more, and so on and so forth.

Would love to see your take on a Shrine deck

I'd love to see a deck for a less popular commander from the set like Greasefang

I had no desire to build this deck until this video... wow.

Let's not forget that Wulfgar of Icewind Dale did this first, but both Wulfgar and Isshin have completely separate dynamics and approaches. Wulfgar can get some obscenely massive swings out with stuff like pathbreaker ibex; isshin seems to benefit from a more swarm-based and drain-based strategy with cards like Brutal Hordechief.

Another great part about Isshin is that it doubles triggers of ANY creature attacking, even opponents. This doubles things like revenge of ravens or search the premises, providing further disincentive for opponents to attack you. Of course, my favorite way to build him would probably be some insane Hellrider go-wide OTK