Subtle Splinters by Dendrex

Format: Commander

Commander: Splinter, Radical Rat

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Esper Ninja tribal deck is helmed by Splinter, Radical Rat, whose ability doubles triggered abilities of Ninjas you control. The primary game plan is to deploy cheap, unblockable creatures, use ninjutsu to cheat in powerful Ninjas like Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow and Fallen Shinobi, and then double their combat-damage triggers to accrue massive card advantage, tempo, and life loss. The deck wins through incremental damage from Yuriko's repeated life-drain triggers, the alternate win condition Strixhaven Stadium, and eventually overwhelming the board with tokens and copied creatures. It does not contain any infinite combos, relying instead on sustained value and combat inevitability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Continue?
  • 1 Cunning Evasion
  • 1 Dark Leo & Shredder
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Donatello, Gadget Master
  • 1 Dour Port-Mage
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Drown in the Loch
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Dust Bowl
  • 1 Endless Foot Assault
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fallen Shinobi
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Foot Mystic
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 Ingenious Infiltrator
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kaito Shizuki
  • 1 Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
  • 1 Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
  • 1 Karai, Future of the Foot
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mist-Syndicate Naga
  • 1 Mistblade Shinobi
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Gate
  • 1 Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
  • 1 Neurok Stealthsuit
  • 1 Ninja Teen
  • 1 Orochi Soul-Reaver
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phantom Ninja
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prosperous Thief
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reconnaissance
  • 1 Reconnaissance Mission
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Sakashima's Student
  • 1 Satoru Umezawa
  • 1 Satoru, the Infiltrator
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Shark Shredder, Killer Clone
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shipwreck Marsh
  • 1 Silent-Blade Oni
  • 1 Silver-Fur Master
  • 1 Skullsnatcher
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Splinter, Aging Champion
  • 1 Splinter, Hamato Yoshi
  • 1 Splinter, Radical Rat
  • 1 Strixhaven Stadium
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Taeko, the Patient Avalanche
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Last Ronin's Technique
  • 1 Thousand-Faced Shadow
  • 1 Throat Slitter
  • 1 Throatseeker
  • 1 Turncoat Kunoichi
  • 1 Turtle Lair
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow