Splinter Ninja by Jaymay20

Format: Commander

Commander: Splinter, Radical Rat

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Ninja saboteur aggro-tempo build commanded by Splinter, Radical Rat. The strategy centers on deploying cheap, unblockable one-drop creatures to guarantee smooth Ninjutsu activations and combat-damage triggers. Once Splinter, Radical Rat enters the battlefield, every Ninja saboteur trigger activates an additional time, creating massive advantages in card draw, mana acceleration, and life loss. The deck curves into explosive payoffs like Shredder, Shadow Master and Dark Leo & Shredder, which cut opposing life totals in half repeatedly. Card advantage engines such as Ingenious Infiltrator and Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow keep hand sizes full, while a protective suite featuring Flawless Maneuver, Teferi's Protection, and efficient counterspells shields the board from sweepers. The deck reliably creates a lethal board state by Turn 5 and eliminates the table on Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conformer Shuriken
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cunning Evasion
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Donatello's Technique
  • 1 Endless Foot Assault
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Higure, the Still Wind
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karai, Future of the Foot
  • 1 Krang & Shredder
  • 1 Leonardo, Sewer Samurai
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mist-Cloaked Herald
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Prehistoric Pet
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Quintessential Katana
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Smoke Shroud
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spider-Sense
  • 1 Splinter, Hamato Yoshi
  • 1 Splinter, Radical Rat
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Throatseeker
  • 1 Tormented Soul
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Uneasy Alliance
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow