Dark LEO by Antics

Format: Commander

Commander: Dark Leo & Shredder

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Orzhov Ninja tribal deck is helmed by Dark Leo & Shredder, leveraging a combat-centric game plan built around the "Sneak" mechanic. The commander grants deathtouch to attacking Ninjas and creates a 1/1 Ninja token on combat damage, and once you control five or more Ninjas, the damaged player loses half their life (rounded up) - a potent closer. The deck seeks to deploy a wide board of evasive Ninjas, use Sneak to cheat out high-cost threats tapped and attacking, and pump the team with Cathars' Crusade or Leader's Talent. Secondary win paths include commander damage via Umezawa's Jitte and Shadowspear, or incremental drain from South Wind Avatar. The strategy is resilient to single-target removal thanks to multiple Ninjas and token generation, but can be slow to rebuild after a board wipe.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead
  • 1 Adagia, Windswept Bastion
  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 April O'Neil, Kunoichi Trainee
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Tithes
  • 1 Astarion, the Decadent
  • 1 Cairn Wanderer
  • 1 Cathars' Crusade
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Donnie's Bō
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elbrus, the Binding Blade / Withengar Unbound
  • 1 Elektra, Daughter of the Hand
  • 1 Fisk Tower
  • 1 Foot Elite
  • 1 Foot Mystic
  • 1 Foot Ninjas
  • 1 From the Rubble
  • 1 Gift of Estates
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hamato Guardian Stance
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Jennika, Bad Apple Big Sister
  • 1 Karai's Technique
  • 1 Karoo
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Leader's Talent
  • 1 Leonardo, Big Brother
  • 1 Leonardo, Cutting Edge
  • 1 Leonardo, Leader in Blue
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian
  • 1 Luminous Broodmoth
  • 1 Madame Null, Power Broker
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mirror Entity
  • 1 Misty Palms Oasis
  • 1 Mukotai Ambusher
  • 1 Not Dead After All
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Oroku Saki, Shredder Rising
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 12 Plains
  • 1 Prehistoric Pet
  • 1 Raph's Jitte
  • 1 Rebuff the Wicked
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Ronin's Arsenal
  • 1 Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Shredder's Technique
  • 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
  • 1 Shredder, Unrelenting
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Songs of the Damned
  • 1 South Wind Avatar
  • 1 Splinter, Hamato Yoshi
  • 1 Splinter, the Mentor
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Last Ronin's Technique
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Universal Automaton
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Vanquish the Horde
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
  • 1 Wrath of God