Agents of Darkness

Commander / EDH Casual Control Ninja Ninjutsu Theme/Gimmick UB (Dimir) Unblockable

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Instant (31)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Darkness
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Extirpate
• 1x Familiar's Ruse
• 1x Geistwave
• 1x Hatred
• 1x Imp's Mischief
• 1x Insidious Dreams
• 1x Lat-Nam's Legacy
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Redirect
• 1x Shadow of Doubt
• 1x Shadow Rift
• 1x Slaughter Pact
• 1x Stifle
• 1x Sudden Death
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Twincast
• 1x Unsubstantiate
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Wipe Away

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Extract
• 1x Scheming Symmetry

Creature (29)

• 1x Biting-Palm Ninja
• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Dokuchi Silencer
• 1x Fallen Shinobi
• 1x Higure, the Still Wind
• 1x Ingenious Infiltrator
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Moon-Circuit Hacker
• 1x Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Quickling
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Silver-Fur Master
• 1x Skullsnatcher
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Swamp Mosquito
• 1x Thalakos Seer
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Thousand-Faced Shadow
• 1x Tormented Soul
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x Walker of Secret Ways

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Equilibrium

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Duskmantle, House of Shadow
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 6x Island
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Watery Grave

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Maybeboard

Instant (3)

• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x March of Swirling Mist
• 1x Rapid Decay

Artifact (1)

• 1x Shuriken

Land (2)

• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Cunning Evasion
• 1x Glistening Oil

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As you can see from the deck we are going for maximum trickery with this one. Sorceries are much to slow to be bothered with, so the main focus is you want to be able to cast spells at any moment to draw, deflect, avoid, or assassinate. The true way of the ninja. If I could shroud this deck in smoke I would just for effect. So far this deck murders in multiplayer games, and not always in ways that you'd think. There have been many times where using Tainted Strike on another player's creature can immediately take someone out of the game. The best way to play this deck is to keep things tight and take advantage whenever the situation presents itself.

Trick plays

Hatred + Tainted Strike - Instantly kill any opponent who has less life with an unblockable creature or even against an opponents creature (as long as you're the last one alive, does it matter who killed who?)

Swamp Mosquito+any ninja - poison counter and ninjutsu ability activation

Sudden Death, Extirpate, Sudden Spoiling, Wipe Away - disrupt combos

Dauthi Embrace on opponent vs opponent attacks - political advantage or unblockable ninjas

Hatred + Inkmoth Nexus - death by land

Ninja options

There are many options in this deck to counter many EDH staple plays, like search, graveyard plays, top deck search abilities and massive attacks.

Search and top deck disruption - Duskmantle, House of Shadow, Extract, Nephalia Drownyard, Shadow of Doubt

Graveyard hate and disruption - Extirpate, Bojuka Bog, Rapid Decay, Skullsnatcher, Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni

Many of these options have a second chance when utilizing utility abilities like Snapcaster Mage or Mission Briefing, along with all the instant speed search, draw, or redirect options. Ideally you're trying to go with plan A, but there are plans B-E to fall back on as long as you don't over extend the mana usage.

Ninjutsu plays a big roll here for keeping players guessing, as well as making sure to get card draw and protect your unblockable creatures. Most bounce effects and deflections are for protecting your ninjas or dealing with a horde of creatures.

Always interesting in ideas that can make this even more fun to play, so here's to hoping they make more cards like Hatred. Embrace the darkness.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Hatred + Tainted Strike Hatred + Inkmoth Nexus
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.32
Tokens	Copy Clone
Folders	EDH, shinobi, deck ideas, Random, EDH ideas, EDH