Yuriko by user1170360

Format: Commander

Commander: Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy tempo strategy commanded by Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow. The primary plan deploys low-cost evasive creatures on Turn 1 to enable Commander Ninjutsu on Turn 2. Because Commander Ninjutsu is an activated ability that puts Yuriko directly onto the battlefield attacking from the command zone, it bypasses both the commander tax and conventional creature counterspells. Once established, Yuriko triggers whenever any Ninja deals combat damage to a player, revealing the top card of the library, putting it into hand, and causing each opponent to lose life equal to its mana value. The deck uses topdeck manipulation like Scroll Rack and Brainstorm to stack massive mana-value cards like Draco and Enter the Infinite, burning the entire table simultaneously. A low mana curve and free interaction like Snuff Out and Mindbreak Trap let the deck protect its board while applying rapid clock pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abjure
  • 1 Arcane Adaptation
  • 1 Bone Shards
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Contagion
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cursed Totem
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Draco
  • 1 Enter the Infinite
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Fourth Bridge Prowler
  • 1 Gingerbrute
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Hope of Ghirapur
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 17 Island
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Merfolk Windrobber
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Miscast
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mist-Syndicate Naga
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
  • 1 Mothdust Changeling
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Dispute
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Network Disruptor
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 River of Tears
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Skullsnatcher
  • 1 Smoke Shroud
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Spell Snare
  • 1 Spellstutter Sprite
  • 1 Stern Dismissal
  • 1 Submerge
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Temporal Mastery
  • 1 Temporal Trespass
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Thieves' Guild Enforcer
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Universal Automaton
  • 1 Wingcrafter
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
  • 1 Zulaport Duelist