Satoru, the Gathering by Wernerv24

Format: Commander

Commander: Satoru, the Infiltrator

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir tempo and aggro-control deck led by Satoru, the Infiltrator. The primary game plan revolves around deploying cheap, unblockable 1-drop creatures early, casting Satoru on Turn 2, and activating ninjutsu on Turn 3 to trigger consistent card draw. As the engine develops, the deck transitions into threatening win conditions such as Mist-Syndicate Naga, Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow, and Fallen Shinobi, generating token swarms, collective life loss, and stolen opposing spells. A low-cost interactive package consisting of cheap countermagic and instant-speed removal protects your board and disrupts key opposing plays. The deck excels at sustained card advantage and tempo advantage, continually refilling your hand while advancing evasive combat damage. While it lacks infinite combos and is susceptible to sweeping board clears, its redundant creature suite and independent draw engines ensure resilient, steady progression toward a combat victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aetherize
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Heist
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Baleful Strix
• 1 Bident of Thassa
• 1 Bitter Triumph
• 1 Bitterbloom Bearer
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Changeling Outcast
• 1 Cloud of Faeries
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Creeping Tar Pit
• 1 Cryptic Coat
• 1 Cunning Evasion
• 1 Darkwater Catacombs
• 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1 Dimir Infiltrator
• 1 Dimir Signet
• 1 Drowned Catacomb
• 1 Fallen Shinobi
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Gingerbrute
• 1 Go for the Throat
• 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
• 1 Higure, the Still Wind
• 1 Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1 Infernal Grasp
• 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
• 1 Invisible Stalker
• 12 Island
• 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
• 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
• 1 Kaya's Ghostform
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Mist-Syndicate Naga
• 1 Mistblade Shinobi
• 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
• 1 Negate
• 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1 Ornithopter
• 1 Orochi Soul-Reaver
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Prosperous Thief
• 1 Rapid Hybridization
• 1 Reality Shift
• 1 Reconnaissance Mission
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Satoru Umezawa
• 1 Satoru, the Infiltrator
• 1 Sensei's Divining Top
• 1 Silver-Fur Master
• 1 Siren Stormtamer
• 1 Slither Blade
• 1 Smoke Shroud
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Stolen Identity
• 1 Sunken Hollow
• 12 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Talisman of Dominance
• 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
• 1 Throat Slitter
• 1 Tormented Soul
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Triton Shorestalker
• 1 Underground River
• 1 Unearth
• 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1 Withering Torment
• 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow