Basim Ibn Ishaq

Basim Ibn Ishaq Duel Commander decklist played by battmen at CHAMPIONNAT RÉGIONAL : CHAMPAGNE ADRENNES (18 Apr 2026).

Player: battmen
Finish: #124 of 155, 2-4
Event: CHAMPIONNAT RÉGIONAL : CHAMPAGNE ADRENNES, 18 Apr 2026
Archetype: Basim Ibn Ishaq
Format: Duel Commander
MTGO
Paper
Source: Melee.gg

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Commander

Main deck (100)

Creatures (25)

Instants (22)

Sorceries (5)

Artifacts (11)

Enchantments (1)

Lands (35)

Commander

1 Basim Ibn Ishaq

Main deck (100)

Creatures (25)

1 Baleful Strix
1 Barrowgoyf
1 Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft
1 Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld
1 Emry, Lurker of the Loch
1 Ertai Resurrected
1 Esior, Wardwing Familiar
1 Fugitive Droid
1 Harbinger of the Seas
1 Hydro-Man, Fluid Felon
1 Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice
1 K-9, Mark I
1 Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
1 Nethergoyf
1 Orcish Bowmasters
1 Psychic Frog
1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
1 Subtlety
1 Super Shredder
1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Weeping Angel

Instants (22)

Sorceries (5)

Artifacts (11)

Enchantments (1)

1 Proft's Eidetic Memory

Lands (35)

1 Academy Ruins
1 Agna Qel'a
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
1 Command Tower
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Flooded Strand
1 Gloomlake Verge
1 Hive of the Eye Tyrant
8 Island
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Mystic Sanctuary
1 Otawara, Soaring City
1 Polluted Delta
1 Prismatic Vista
1 River of Tears
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Sunken Ruins
1 Swamp
1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
1 Undercity Sewers
1 Underground River
1 Underground Sea
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Watery Grave

Compared with the average Basim Ibn Ishaq list

Average of 3 decks in the 30 days up to April 18, 2026, the day of this tournament.

Main deck

More than usual

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Fewer than usual

-4 Swamp (1 vs 4.7)

This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 4 cards away from the average.

Deck stats

Mana curve

1.74 average mana value · 2.08 printed

Printed cost With discounts

Pick the game state, or start from an optimistic guess for a turn.

Guess by turn On the draw

Artifacts you control Cards in your graveyard Use alternative costs

Cheaper: Murderous Cut 5→1, Snuff Out 4→0 (alternative cost), Subtlety 4→0 (evoked), Flare of Denial 3→0 (alternative cost), Force of Negation 3→0 (alternative cost), Daze 2→0 (alternative cost), Emry, Lurker of the Loch 3→1

Lands

35 35.0% of the deck

2 to 4 lands in the opening hand: 72.7%
A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play: 67.3%
Same, on the draw: 75.2%

More draw odds for this deck

Colors: costs and sources

0 symbols (0.0%) 3 sources (4.5%)
52 symbols (66.7%) 34 sources (50.7%)
26 symbols (33.3%) 24 sources (35.8%)
0 symbols (0.0%) 3 sources (4.5%)
0 symbols (0.0%) 3 sources (4.5%)

Card types

Creatures 26 (26.0%)
Instants 22 (22.0%)
Sorceries 5 (5.0%)
Artifacts 11 (11.0%)
Enchantments 1 (1.0%)
Lands 35 (35.0%)

Interaction

Removal 17
17 cards
Aether Spellbomb, Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft, Cut Down, Dismember, Ertai Resurrected, Fatal Push, Fell the Profane // Fell Mire, Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice, Long Goodbye, Murderous Cut, Orcish Bowmasters, Otawara, Soaring City, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Snuff Out, Umezawa's Jitte, Venser, Shaper Savant, Weeping Angel
Counterspells 17
17 cards
Counterspell, Daze, Ertai Resurrected, Flare of Denial, Force of Negation, Force Spike, Fugitive Droid, Mana Leak, Memory Lapse, Mental Misstep, Remand, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Stern Scolding, Subtlety, Tale's End, Venser, Shaper Savant, Wash Away
Hand disruption 4
4 cards
Duress, Inquisition of Kozilek, Thoughtseize, Vendilion Clique
Board wipes 0

Themes

Card draw 18
18 cards
Basim Ibn Ishaq, Aether Spellbomb, Baleful Strix, Brainstorm, Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld, Ertai Resurrected, Lodestone Bauble, Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel, Mishra's Bauble, Ponder, Preordain, Proft's Eidetic Memory, Psychic Frog, Relic of Progenitus, Remand, Svyelun of Sea and Sky, Sygg, River Cutthroat, Urza's Bauble
Creature removal 16
16 cards
Aether Spellbomb, Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft, Cut Down, Dismember, Ertai Resurrected, Fatal Push, Fell the Profane // Fell Mire, Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice, Long Goodbye, Murderous Cut, Orcish Bowmasters, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Snuff Out, Umezawa's Jitte, Venser, Shaper Savant, Weeping Angel
Destroy removal 7
7 cards
Cut Down, Ertai Resurrected, Fatal Push, Fell the Profane // Fell Mire, Long Goodbye, Murderous Cut, Snuff Out
Bounce (any) 6
6 cards
Aether Spellbomb, Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft, Daze, Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Venser, Shaper Savant
Cantrips 6
6 cards
Baleful Strix, Brainstorm, Ponder, Preordain, Proft's Eidetic Memory, Remand
Recursion 6
6 cards
Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld, Emry, Lurker of the Loch, Ghost Vacuum, Lodestone Bauble, Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel, Nethergoyf
Repeatable draw 6
6 cards
Basim Ibn Ishaq, Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld, Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel, Psychic Frog, Svyelun of Sea and Sky, Sygg, River Cutthroat
Bounce 5
5 cards
Aether Spellbomb, Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft, Jill, Shiva's Dominant // Shiva, Warden of Ice, Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs, Venser, Shaper Savant