Ninjutsu Commander Deck

Format: Commander

Commander: Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow is a UB ninja tempo deck that turns evasive attackers into repeated Yuriko ninjutsu triggers. Each reveal drains all opponents by the revealed card's mana value, so the deck loads high-CMC ninjas and uses top-deck manipulation to maximize damage while drawing replacements. Secondary routes are ninja aggro, bouncing enemy permanents, and big ninjutsu haymakers such as Silent-Blade Oni and Fallen Shinobi. Satoru Umezawa and Higure provide selection and tutoring, while the Kaito planeswalkers add card advantage and evasion. There is no hidden commander: Yuriko is the engine, and the plan depends on her attacking unblocked. The deck is incremental rather than combo-oriented.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Aether Tunnel
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Artful Dodge
  • 1 Azra Smokeshaper
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conformer Shuriken
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Cunning Evasion
  • 1 Darkslick Shores
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Distortion Strike
  • 1 Dokuchi Shadow-Walker
  • 1 Dokuchi Silencer
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Futurist Operative
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Higure, the Still Wind
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
  • 1 Inkrise Infiltrator
  • 1 Invasion of Kamigawa // Rooftop Saboteurs
  • 14 Island
  • 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
  • 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
  • 1 Kami of Restless Shadows
  • 1 Kitsune's Technique
  • 1 Mist-Syndicate Naga
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
  • 1 Moonsnare Specialist
  • 1 Mukotai Ambusher
  • 1 Murderous Cut
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Nashi, Searcher in the Dark
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nezumi Prowler
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Ninja of the New Moon
  • 1 Ninja's Blades
  • 1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
  • 1 Phantom Ninja
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Prowler's Helm
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sai of the Shinobi
  • 1 Saiba Cryptomancer
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Satoru, the Infiltrator
  • 1 Shredder's Technique
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Smoke Shroud
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Taeko, the Patient Avalanche
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Throatseeker
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Vela the Night-Clad
  • 1 Walker of Secret Ways
  • 1 You Are Already Dead
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow