Didn't See That Coming? by Kinnsa

Format: Commander

Commander: Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This deck is a high-tempo Dimir Ninja strategy commanded by Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow. The primary game plan deploys cheap, unblockable one-drop creatures on Turn 1 to enable Turn 2 Commander ninjutsu. Because Commander ninjutsu is an activated ability that bypasses both the stack's spell-counter window and the commander tax, Yuriko consistently enters combat early and reliably. Each unblocked Ninja trigger reveals cards from the library, drawing them while burning every opponent simultaneously for life equal to the revealed mana value. High-cost cards such as Draco, Temporal Trespass, and Sea Gate Restoration turn single combat steps into devastating table-wide damage spikes. Meanwhile, the steady influx of cards fuels a suite of free and efficient counterspells and removal spells to protect the board and disrupt opposing wins until a Turn 5 finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azra Smokeshaper
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Biting-Palm Ninja
  • 1 Boss Uramon, Shadow's Reach
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Covert Technician
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Draco
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Higure, the Still Wind
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 1 Inkrise Infiltrator
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Kaito's Pursuit
  • 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
  • 1 Mist-Cloaked Herald
  • 1 Mist-Syndicate Naga
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
  • 1 Moonblade Shinobi
  • 1 Moonsnare Specialist
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nezumi Prowler
  • 1 Ninja's Blades
  • 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
  • 1 Orochi Soul-Reaver
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phantom Ninja
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saiba Cryptomancer
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shuriken
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Smoke Shroud
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Isle
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Temporal Trespass
  • 1 Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Throatseeker
  • 1 Tormented Soul
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Walker of Secret Ways
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Yuriko, Hope from the Shadows
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow