Ninja by Vahhs

Format: Commander

Commander: Goro-Goro and Satoru

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis tempo strategy led by Goro-Goro and Satoru. It leverages cheap, unblockable creatures alongside ninjutsu mechanics to trigger the commander's ability reliably. Whenever a creature that entered this turn deals combat damage to a player, it spawns a 5/5 flying Dragon Spirit token. The deck quickly translates early chip damage into substantial aerial beatdown while drawing cards through Ninjas and coastal piracy enchantments like Bident of Thassa. Mana acceleration via low-cost artifacts and Treasure producers supports casting high-impact damage amplifiers like Terror of the Peaks and Warstorm Surge. While extremely potent in fair combat matchups, the deck relies on keeping its commander and small creatures active, making it vulnerable to well-timed board sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chart a Course
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Determined Iteration
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dokuchi Silencer
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elturel Survivors
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Footfall Crater
  • 1 Gingerbrute
  • 1 Goro-Goro and Satoru
  • 1 Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Helm of the Host
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kaito, Dancing Shadow
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phantom Steed
  • 1 Phoenix Chick
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass
  • 1 Shivan Devastator
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Urabrask the Hidden
  • 1 Urabrask's Forge
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow