(**B3) Tiger’s Shadow by komicalnerd

Format: Commander

Commander: Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a Dimir Ninja Tempo build piloted by Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow. The strategy centers on deploying cheap, evasive creatures on Turn 1 and using Commander Ninjutsu to cheat Yuriko into combat on Turn 2. When Yuriko or other Ninjas deal combat damage, they reveal the top card of the library, putting it into hand and causing each opponent to lose life equal to its mana value. The deck maximizes this damage by including high-mana-value split and delve cards such as Commit // Memory and Dig Through Time, which can be stacked on top using Brainstorm and scry triggers. While the deck generates high card volume and wide burn damage, it relies heavily on successful combat connections and possesses minimal proactive stax or fast combo finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artificer's Assistant
  • 1 Azra Smokeshaper
  • 1 Biting-Palm Ninja
  • 1 Boon of the Wish-Giver
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commit // Memory
  • 1 Connive // Concoct
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Creeping Tar Pit
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Devastation Tide
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dimir Keyrune
  • 1 Dimir Locket
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Dokuchi Silencer
  • 1 Donatello's Technique
  • 1 Dream Eater
  • 1 Eagle Vision
  • 1 Elektra, Daughter of the Hand
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Exploding Barrel
  • 1 Faerie Dreamthief
  • 1 Faerie Seer
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Game Over
  • 1 Hero's Downfall
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Inkrise Infiltrator
  • 15 Island
  • 1 Looter il-Kor
  • 1 Merfolk Windrobber
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Moonblade Shinobi
  • 1 Moonsnare Specialist
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nightveil Sprite
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Oroku Saki, Shredder Rising
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phantom Ninja
  • 1 Portent
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Rags // Riches
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rowdy Research
  • 1 Shark Shredder, Killer Clone
  • 1 Shredder's Technique
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Silver Raven
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Smoke Shroud
  • 1 Snaremaster Sprite
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Splinter, Hamato Yoshi
  • 1 Stature, Size Shifter
  • 1 Submerged Boneyard
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Temple of Deceit
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Void Beckoner
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
  • 1 Zareth San, the Trickster