New Untitled Deck by Kaio

Format: Commander

Commander: Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a classic Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow tempo-control deck built entirely around commander ninjutsu and her mana-value-based life drain. The plan is to deploy cheap unblockable creatures, ninjutsu Yuriko in from the command zone for just {U}{B}, and stack the top of the library with high-mana-value cards - Shadow of Mortality, Temporal Trespass, Dig Through Time, Treasure Cruise - so every combat trigger drains the entire table for 6-15 life. A dense ninja suite (Ingenious Infiltrator, Fallen Shinobi, Silent-Blade Oni, Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion) multiplies triggers, while three extra-turn effects (Temporal Mastery, Karn's Temporal Sundering, Temporal Trespass) run multiple combats to close the game. The deck draws heavily, interacts almost entirely at instant speed, and punishes opponents who leave blockers open - but its entire damage output is concentrated in the command zone.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Adaptation
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Curtains' Call
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Infiltrator
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dokuchi Silencer
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Higure, the Still Wind
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
  • 1 Karn's Temporal Sundering
  • 1 Kitsune's Technique
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mist-Cloaked Herald
  • 1 Mist-Syndicate Naga
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
  • 1 Mothdust Changeling
  • 1 Murderous Cut
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Satoru, the Infiltrator
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shadow of Mortality
  • 1 Shriekmaw
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Skullsnatcher
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Temporal Trespass
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Tormented Soul
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow