Dark Leo & Shredder (RF edition) by user3446818

Format: Commander

Commander: Dark Leo & Shredder

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Orzhov Ninja tribal tempo build helmed by Dark Leo & Shredder. The primary strategy focuses on deploying low-cost, evasive creatures on Turn 1 to enable cheap Sneak and Ninjutsu costs on subsequent turns. Once on the battlefield, Dark Leo & Shredder provides attacking Ninjas with deathtouch, making blocking unfavorable for opponents while generating 1/1 black Ninja creature tokens upon dealing combat damage. By assembling a critical mass of five or more Ninjas by Turn 4, the commander's triggered ability cuts the defending player's life total in half, applying severe life-total pressure that can eliminate an opponent each combat phase. The supporting package features unblockable enablers, protective combat tricks, discard disruption, and reanimation to sustain momentum through opposing removal, aiming to close the game through focused combat damage around Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventurer's Inn
  • 1 Angelic Gift
  • 1 April O'Neil, Kunoichi Trainee
  • 1 Aven Skirmisher
  • 1 Azra Smokeshaper
  • 1 Biting-Palm Ninja
  • 1 Blade-Blizzard Kitsune
  • 1 Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving
  • 1 Cast Away Doubt
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Conspiracy
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Death in the Family
  • 1 Dokuchi Silencer
  • 1 Eater of Virtue
  • 1 Erratic Portal
  • 1 Foot Headquarters
  • 1 Foot Mystic
  • 1 Generous Revival
  • 1 Gods Willing
  • 1 Inkrise Infiltrator
  • 1 Irregular Cohort
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Karai's Technique
  • 1 Karai, Future of the Foot
  • 1 Key to the Side-Door
  • 1 Kitesail Scout
  • 1 Koya, Death from Above
  • 1 Leader's Talent
  • 1 Leonardo's Technique
  • 1 Leonardo, Big Brother
  • 1 Leonardo, Cutting Edge
  • 1 Leonardo, Leader in Blue
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian
  • 1 Make Your Move
  • 1 Manifold Key
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Nezumi Prowler
  • 1 Northampton Farm
  • 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Oroku Saki, Shredder Rising
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Prowler's Helm
  • 1 Quintessential Katana
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Ransack the Lab
  • 1 Retreat to Hagra
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Segovian Angel
  • 1 Shadow Alley Denizen
  • 1 Shelter
  • 1 Shredder's Revenge
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirited Companion
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 The Last Ronin's Technique
  • 1 Throatseeker
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Turncoat Kunoichi
  • 1 Turtles Forever
  • 1 Unbreakable Formation
  • 1 Undying Evil
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat