Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow (v1) by ablissfulwizard

Format: Commander

Commander: Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Dimir tempo and burn list led by Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow. The primary game plan centers on deploying cheap, evasive 1-drop creatures on the first turn to enable Commander Ninjutsu on Turn 2. Because Commander Ninjutsu costs a flat {U}{B} and bypasses both the stack and commander tax, Yuriko enters combat attacking and unblocked reliably early. Once Yuriko and supplementary Ninjas deal combat damage, their triggers reveal the top card of the library, dealing damage equal to its mana value to every opponent while putting the card into hand. Dense topdeck manipulation through cantrips and scry engines stacks high-cost spells like Clone Legion and Commit // Memory to rapidly drain the table's life totals. Flash hate pieces like Opposition Agent and Notion Thief disrupt opponent development while the deck maintains steady tempo and card advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Augury Owl
  • 1 Azra Smokeshaper
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Blighted Agent
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Clone Legion
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Commit // Memory
  • 1 Consuming Aberration
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Crystal Ball
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Devastation Tide
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Guildgate
  • 1 Dimir House Guard
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dizzy Spell
  • 1 Djinn of Wishes
  • 1 Dreadship Reef
  • 1 Dream Cache
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Haunted Fengraf
  • 1 Higure, the Still Wind
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Isolated Watchtower
  • 1 Lazav, the Multifarious
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lonely Sandbar
  • 1 Marang River Prowler
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Memory Plunder
  • 1 Mist-Syndicate Naga
  • 1 Moonblade Shinobi
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 1 Netherborn Phalanx
  • 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
  • 1 Nightveil Sprite
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Ninja of the New Moon
  • 1 Notion Thief
  • 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Overwhelmed Apprentice
  • 1 Phantom Ninja
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Portent
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sea-Dasher Octopus
  • 1 Seer's Lantern
  • 1 Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
  • 1 Shred Memory
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Skyscanner
  • 1 Smoke Shroud
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soothsaying
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tawnos's Wand
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Twisted Reflection
  • 1 Ukkima, Stalking Shadow
  • 1 Veiling Oddity
  • 1 Vela the Night-Clad
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Witch's Cottage
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Writ of Passage
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow