TOP DECK NINJA by Hanzstrudel

Format: Commander

Commander: Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a high-synergy Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow deck built around the commander's unique ninjutsu ability to generate both card advantage and direct life loss from high-mana-value flips. The primary plan is to deploy cheap unblockable creatures early, ninjutsu Yuriko in as early as turn 2, then use topdeck manipulation (Sensei's Divining Top, Scroll Rack, Brainstorm, Ponder) to stack high-CMC cards for devastating combat triggers. A dense suite of extra-turn spells (Time Warp, Temporal Trespass, Nexus of Fate, Temporal Mastery) enables multiple attack steps in a single turn, chaining Yuriko triggers to eliminate opponents. As a compact backup, the deck includes the Thassa's Oracle + Demonic Consultation combo for an instant-speed win. The list also packs premium free interaction and a strong mana base to support its aggressive curve.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Blinkmoth Nexus
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cursed Totem
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Infiltrator
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 FAS-BOR7 Horus
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Hope's Aero Magic
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mist-Cloaked Herald
  • 1 Mist-Syndicate Naga
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shadow of Mortality
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shredder, Criminal Mastermind
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Smoke Shroud
  • 6 Snow-Covered Island
  • 6 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Splinter, Vengeful Sensei
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Telling Time
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Temporal Trespass
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Cauldron of Eternity
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Time Warp
  • 1 Tormented Soul
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow