Ninjas by Overmoonman

Format: Commander

Commander: Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This Dimir Ninja deck harnesses Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow to combine relentless tempo with explosive, table-wide life loss. The core game plan establishes an unblockable one-drop creature on Turn 1, followed by a Turn 2 commander ninjutsu activation that puts Yuriko directly onto the battlefield attacking. Each time Yuriko or another Ninja connects with an opponent, her triggered ability refills your hand while forcing all opponents to lose life equal to the revealed card's mana value. Topdeck manipulation spells like Brainstorm and Preordain stack high-cost spells such as Kindred Dominance to maximize burn damage. As the board expands with tribal lords and evasive attackers, multiple combat triggers deplete opposing life totals simultaneously by Turn 6. Commander ninjutsu completely bypasses the commander tax, making the engine exceptionally resilient against sweepers and spot removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Covert Technician
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Dokuchi Silencer
  • 1 Donatello's Technique
  • 1 Donatello, Gadget Master
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Higure, the Still Wind
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 1 Inkrise Infiltrator
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Kaito's Pursuit
  • 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
  • 1 Mukotai Ambusher
  • 1 Murky Sewer
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Nezumi Prowler
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Oroku Saki, Shredder Rising
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Phantom Ninja
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shark Shredder, Killer Clone
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shredder's Technique
  • 1 Shredder, Unrelenting
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Skullsnatcher
  • 1 Sleight of Hand
  • 1 Smoke Bomb
  • 1 Smoke Shroud
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Species Specialist
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Splinter, Hamato Yoshi
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Throatseeker
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Walker of Secret Ways
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow