Yuriko by Chains96

Format: Commander

Commander: Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is an optimized Dimir tempo and combat burn strategy led by Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow. The primary plan deploys cheap, unblockable 1-drop creatures on Turn 1 and activates Commander Ninjutsu on Turn 2 to cheat Yuriko onto the battlefield uncounterably while avoiding commander tax. Once assembled, the deck uses topdeck manipulation like Scroll Rack, Sensei's Divining Top, and Brainstorm to place high-mana-value spells such as Dig Through Time, Aminatou's Augury, and Nexus of Fate on top of the library. When Yuriko and supporting Ninjas connect for combat damage, their triggers draw cards and drain all three opponents for large chunks of life simultaneously. The deck supports this combat pressure with cheap countermagic, efficient removal, and clone effects like Roaming Throne and Sakashima's Student to double triggers, aiming to eliminate the entire table by Turn 5.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Alela, Cunning Conqueror
  • 1 Aminatou's Augury
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Cruelclaw's Heist
  • 1 Cunning Evasion
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Infiltrator
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Fact or Fiction
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Final Parting
  • 1 Flash Photography
  • 1 Flesh Duplicate
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Head Games
  • 1 Ingenious Prodigy
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Nashi, Searcher in the Dark
  • 1 Nexus of Fate
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Phantasmal Image
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Slip Out the Back
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Smoke Shroud
  • 14 Snow-Covered Island
  • 13 Snow-Covered Swamp
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solve the Equation
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Splinter, Hamato Yoshi
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Turbulent Wetlands
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unmarked Grave
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Winged Boots
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow