Rat Ninjago by Manbeard

Format: Commander

Commander: Splinter, Radical Rat

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is an Esper Ninja tribal tempo deck helmed by Splinter, Radical Rat. The core plan is to deploy cheap unblockable attackers and Ninjutsu threats, then leverage Splinter's trigger-doubling to multiply combat-damage payoffs. Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow in the 99 acts as a hidden commander, converting every Ninja connection into table-wide life loss and card advantage; with Splinter out those triggers fire twice. Supporting engines include Kindred Discovery, Ingenious Infiltrator, Bident of Thassa, and token producers such as Endless Foot Assault and Mist-Syndicate Naga. The deck wins through accumulated Yuriko drains plus combat pressure rather than infinite combos, backed by a dense free-counter and removal suite that protects the board and locks the stack. Secondary finishers include Dark Leo & Shredder's half-life trigger and a one-sided Kindred Dominance.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dream Beavers
  • 1 Endless Foot Assault
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Higure, the Still Wind
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
  • 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
  • 1 Karai, Future of the Foot
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Leonardo, Sewer Samurai
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Meticulous Archive
  • 1 Mist-Syndicate Naga
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nezumi Prowler
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prehistoric Pet
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saiba Cryptomancer
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter, Hamato Yoshi
  • 1 Splinter, Radical Rat
  • 1 Spyglass Siren
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Taeko, the Patient Avalanche
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Throatseeker
  • 1 Turncoat Kunoichi
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow