Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow by user9614172

Format: Commander

Commander: Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Yuriko is both the primary plan and the engine: the deck aims to deploy her on turn two through ninjutsu, stack high-mana-value cards with Brainstorm and Ponder, then chain unblockable attackers into multiple Ninjas so each Yuriko trigger drains the table. Secondary paths are half-life effects from Shredder, Shadow Master and Quietus Spike, plus Wound Reflection doubling life loss; these lines can finish the game without a huge Yuriko stack. Satoru Umezawa acts as a support engine, granting every creature in hand ninjutsu. There is no double-faced commander; Shredder, Shadow Master is the closest thing to a hidden commander, but the deck remains built around Yuriko's combat triggers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Admiral's Order
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azra Smokeshaper
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Biting-Palm Ninja
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Countersquall
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Far // Away
  • 1 Gossip's Talent
  • 1 Higure, the Still Wind
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Kaito Shizuki
  • 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
  • 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Nashi, Searcher in the Dark
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Ninja's Blades
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Orochi Soul-Reaver
  • 1 Oroku Saki, Shredder Rising
  • 1 Phantom Ninja
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Satoru, the Infiltrator
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Shredder's Technique
  • 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
  • 1 Shredder, Unrelenting
  • 1 Signal Pest
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Skullsnatcher
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Splinter, Hamato Yoshi
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sword of Forge and Frontier
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tyrant's Scorn
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Wound Reflection
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow