He's a Radical Rat by steviepopo

Format: Commander

Commander: Splinter, Radical Rat

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Ninja typal strategy led by Splinter, Radical Rat. The game plan establishes early tempo through low-cost, unblockable creatures such as Changeling Outcast and Slither Blade, setting up ninjutsu and sneak entries. Splinter enhances this engine by granting unblockability for two mana and doubling every triggered ability of friendly Ninjas. This doubling effect supercharges card draw from Ingenious Infiltrator and Ninja of the Deep Hours, while turning finishers like Shredder, Shadow Master and Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow into devastating, board-wide life loss engines. The deck trades proactive stax pieces for high card flow and targeted interaction, seeking to out-value opponents through repeated combat damage triggers. Because the win condition relies strictly on attacking and connecting, the deck must balance aggressive deployments against the risk of sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artificer's Assistant
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Bloodline Pretender
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Diversion Unit
  • 1 Dokuchi Silencer
  • 1 Dream Beavers
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Endless Foot Assault
  • 1 Etchings of the Chosen
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faerie Dreamthief
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Gingerbrute
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Graveshifter
  • 1 Illvoi Galeblade
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaito Shizuki
  • 1 Karai, Future of the Foot
  • 1 Leonardo, Cutting Edge
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Momo, Playful Pet
  • 1 Moon-Circuit Hacker
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Nashi, Searcher in the Dark
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nerd Rage
  • 1 Nezumi Prowler
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
  • 1 Ninja's Blades
  • 1 Ornithopter
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prehistoric Pet
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Satoru, the Infiltrator
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Shredder, Shadow Master
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectral Sailor
  • 1 Splinter, Hamato Yoshi
  • 1 Splinter, Radical Rat
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, Wanderwine Wisdom // Sygg, Wanderbrine Shield
  • 1 Thalakos Seer
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Throatseeker
  • 1 Tormented Soul
  • 1 Triton Shorestalker
  • 1 Turncoat Kunoichi
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Winnowing
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow