Throwing Shade Like A Ninja Throws Shurikens by user9518233

Format: Commander

Commander: Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 78

Deck overview

This Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow deck is a competitive tempo-burn archetype designed to pressure the entire table simultaneously. The strategy deploys cheap, evasive 0 and 1-mana creatures on the opening turn, enabling Turn 2 Commander Ninjutsu to cheat Yuriko onto the battlefield uncountered while completely bypassing the commander tax. Once active, Yuriko converts combat connections into massive table-wide life loss and card draw by revealing high-mana value cards such as Draco and Shadow of Mortality. Premier topdeck tutors and manipulators like Lim-Dûl's Vault, Brainstorm, and Vampiric Tutor ensure that every combat trigger hits for maximum damage. Backed by a dense package of free countermagic and removal—including Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, Deadly Rollick, and Snuff Out—the deck protects its clock while disrupting faster combo decks, closing out games by Turn 4 through synchronized global life loss.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commandeer
  • 1 Covert Technician
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Doomsday
  • 1 Draco
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gingerbrute
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Gush
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Vault
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misdirection
  • 1 Mist-Syndicate Naga
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
  • 1 Moonshadow
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nanogene Conversion
  • 1 Necropotence
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Phyrexian Walker
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sakashima the Impostor
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shadow of Mortality
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Skullsnatcher
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Street Wraith
  • 1 Submerge
  • 1 Subtlety
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Temporal Trespass
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Toxrill, the Corrosive
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wingcrafter
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow