Goro e Satoru by stepelle

Format: Commander

Commander: Goro-Goro and Satoru

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Grixis tempo list commanded by Goro-Goro and Satoru. It seeks to curve out with efficient, unblockable 1-drops such as Changeling Outcast and Slither Blade, quickly transitioning into ninjutsu activations and haste-enabled attackers once the commander enters the battlefield. Every creature that enters and connects during combat spawns a 5/5 flying Dragon Spirit token, transforming cheap evasive attacks into a massive aerial army. Coastal piracy enchantments and ninja damage triggers keep your hand stocked with counterspells and removal to protect the board. While the deck boasts immense card draw and rapid token generation, it lacks infinite combos and fast mana, meaning it must close the game through fair combat damage over multiple turn cycles. It is vulnerable to timely board wipes and heavy flying defense, but its redundant low-cost creatures and backup ninja burn through Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow allow it to rebuild quickly and close games decisively.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corporeal Projection
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cunning Evasion
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Frostbite Pyromental
  • 1 Frostcliff Siege
  • 1 Gingerbrute
  • 1 Goro-Goro and Satoru
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
  • 1 Kaito, Dancing Shadow
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Orochi Soul-Reaver
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Parapet Thrasher
  • 1 Phoenix Chick
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Raphael, the Nightwatcher
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Reinforced Ronin
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Shark Shredder, Killer Clone
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Urabrask's Forge
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow