Shinobi by tylermanhart

Format: Commander

Commander: Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper combat-saboteur and Ninja tempo strategy piloted by Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima. The game plan establishes cheap, evasive creatures in the early turns, casts Jin Sakai on curve, and uses his solitary attack triggers to grant either unblockability or double strike. Unblocked attackers serve as delivery vectors for Ninjutsu payoffs and lethal combat damage. Key saboteurs like Fallen Shinobi, Virtus the Veiled, and Silent-Blade Oni steal opposing resources and halve life totals, while Satoru Umezawa can cheat in Blightsteel Colossus for sudden one-shot eliminations. The deck maintains control using efficient Esper removal, counterspells, and protective spells like Silence to ensure combat connections resolve safely. Opponents are eliminated sequentially over successive turns through precise, unblockable attacks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Heist
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Biting-Palm Ninja
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Curiosity
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Dismal Backwater
  • 1 Donatello's Technique
  • 1 Dour Port-Mage
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Eiganjo Castle
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Higure, the Still Wind
  • 1 Impostor Syndrome
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima
  • 1 Leonardo, Sewer Samurai
  • 1 Lonely Arroyo
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Misleading Signpost
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Not on My Watch
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Quintessential Katana
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Scoured Barrens
  • 1 Serra Ascendant
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shark Shredder, Killer Clone
  • 1 Shredder's Technique
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Smoke Shroud
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Splinter, Radical Rat
  • 1 Summon: Primal Odin
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 The Key to the Vault
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Turncoat Kunoichi
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Virtus the Veiled
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Vorpal Sword
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wyrm's Crossing Patrol