Dancing with shadows (Yuriko/Ninja)

Commander / EDH Aggro Combo Control Multiplayer Ninja Ninjutsu UB (Dimir) Unblockable

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Creature (28)

• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Faerie Seer
• 1x Fallen Shinobi
• 1x Gudul Lurker
• 1x Higure, the Still Wind
• 1x Ingenious Infiltrator
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Mist-Syndicate Naga
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Mothdust Changeling
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Skullsnatcher
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Throat Slitter
• 1x Tormented Soul
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x Wingcrafter

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Conspiracy
• 1x Counterbalance
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Cunning Evasion
• 1x Smoke Shroud

Land (30)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 5x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Soldevi Excavations
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Dominance

Commander (1)

Instant (20)

• 1x Abjure
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Commandeer
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Foil
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Insidious Dreams
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nexus of Fate *list*
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Tyrant's Scorn
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Never / Return
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Temporal Trespass
• 1x Treasure Cruise

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Creature (2)

• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Renegade Doppelganger

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Bitterblossom

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Mana Severance

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Causing anger, frustration, or confusion in an opponent's mind is far greater than wielding the finest blade

Going for card advantage and being elusive with as much low cmc unblockables and flyers as we can. A healthy amount of control with our counter spells allows us to shrug off most of the hate we will accrue. Our goal is to slowly cut away at our opponents and build value until we can go for the final blow and end the table with some of our win-cons:

Insidious Dreams with just a few ninjas getting through is devastating to a table and can just outright kill everyone at the right life totals (32 with 3 ninjas or multiple Yuriko triggers!!!). Lim-Dul's Vault follows this same ideology just not quite as controlled and precise. Scroll Rack can help to consistently dish out damage by repeatedly putting our higher end cmc cards back on top of the deck

Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow herself is a win con, with 1 or 2 other ninjas or sometimes even just her with a Sakashima the Impostor or Spark Double as a copy of Yuriko you can get multiple copies of her ability thus increasing the damage we can do to a table.

I have opted out of going super heavy on the extra turns path for this deck because I just mostly wanted to make it about the ninjas and the combat tricks

Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Morph 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B