Creature (31)
- 1x Archpriest of Shadows
- 1x Baleful Strix
- 1x Battlefly Swarm
- 1x Bone Picker
- 1x Cairn Wanderer
- 1x Changeling Outcast
- 1x Dire Fleet Ravager
- 1x Gorex, the Tombshell
- 1x Goring Warplow
- 1x Grave Titan
- 1x Grimdancer
- 1x Hooded Blightfang
- 1x Ingenious Infiltrator
- 1x Kiku, Night's Flower
- 1x Nighthawk Scavenger
- 1x Ramses, Assassin Lord
- 1x Raving Dead
- 1x Royal Assassin
- 1x Ruthless Ripper
- 1x Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1x Terror of Towashi
- 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
- 1x Tetzimoc, Primal Death
- 1x Tidehollow Strix
- 1x Ukud Cobra
- 1x Vampire Nighthawk
- 1x Venomous Changeling
- 1x Virtus the Veiled
- 1x Void Beckoner
- 1x Wonder
- 1x Writhing Necromass
Enchantment (3)
Sorcery (2)
Land (32)
- 1x Academy Ruins
- 1x Access Tunnel
- 1x Bojuka Bog
- 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
- 1x Cabal Coffers
- 1x Command Tower
- 1x Darkslick Shores
- 1x Detection Tower
- 1x Homeward Path
- 2x Island
- 1x Mana Confluence
- 1x Maze of Ith
- 1x Morphic Pool
- 1x Mystic Sanctuary
- 1x Otawara, Soaring City
- 1x Polluted Delta
- 1x Reliquary Tower
- 1x Rogue's Passage
- 1x Sanctum of Eternity
- 1x Shipwreck Marsh
- 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
- 1x Strip Mine
- 1x Sunken Ruins
- 4x Swamp
- 1x Tainted Isle
- 1x Underground River
- 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
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1x
Watery Grave
Artifact (8)
Commander (1)
Instant (23)
- 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
- 1x Arcane Denial
- 1x Baleful Mastery
- 1x Brainstorm
- 1x Counterspell
- 1x Countersquall
- 1x Cyclonic Rift
- 1x Deadly Rollick
- 1x Disallow
- 1x Dismember
- 1x Dissipate
- 1x Drown in the Loch
- 1x Fierce Guardianship
- 1x Hero's Downfall
- 1x Infernal Grasp
- 1x Negate
- 1x Pongify
- 1x Rapid Hybridization
- 1x Reality Shift
- 1x Resculpt
- 1x Snuff Out
- 1x Swan Song
- 1x Void Shatter
Maybeboard
Creature (52)
- 1x Big Game Hunter
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1x
Crypt Ghast
- 1x Dragonlord Silumgar
- 1x Etrata, the Silencer
- 1x Faerie Mastermind
- 1x Fell Stinger
- 1x Giant Scorpion
- 1x Gifted Aetherborn
- 1x Graveblade Marauder
- 1x Guildsworn Prowler
- 1x Hand of Silumgar
- 1x Harvester of Souls
- 1x Higure, the Still Wind
- 1x Hired Poisoner
- 1x Hobbling Zombie
- 1x Hooded Assassin
- 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
- 1x Isareth the Awakener
- 1x Lightfoot Rogue
- 1x Lurking Deadeye
- 1x Mari, the Killing Quill
- 1x Massacre Girl
- 1x Maze Abomination
- 1x Midnight Assassin
- 1x Mist-Syndicate Naga
- 1x Mistblade Shinobi
- 1x Morbid Opportunist
- 1x Mothdust Changeling
- 1x Nezumi Bladeblesser
- 1x Nightveil Predator
- 1x Ogre Slumlord
- 1x Phantom Ninja
- 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
- 1x Plague Engineer
- 1x Rancid Rats
- 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
- 1x Sheoldred Flip
- 1x Silumgar Assassin
- 1x Spark Double
- 1x Termination Facilitator
- 1x The Reality Chip
- 1x Thousand-Faced Shadow
- 1x Thrill-Kill Assassin
- 1x Throat Slitter
- 1x Tomebound Lich
- 1x Universal Automaton
- 1x Vengeful Pharaoh
- 1x Vengeful Reaper
- 1x Wingcrafter
- 1x Wurmcoil Engine
- 1x Xathrid Gorgon
- 1x Xathrid Slyblade
Enchantment (10)
- 1x Aqueous Form
- 1x Conspiracy
- 1x Cover of Darkness
- 1x Exquisite Blood
- 1x Leyline of Anticipation
- 1x Phyrexian Arena
- 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
- 1x Reconnaissance Mission
- 1x Reflections of Littjara
- 1x Sanguine Bond
Artifact (6)
- 1x Lightning Greaves
- 1x Shadowspear
- 1x Swiftfoot Boots
- 1x Sword of the Animist
- 1x Vorpal Sword
- 1x Wand of Orcus
Land (3)
Instant (9)
- 1x Commandeer
- 1x Dark Ritual
- 1x Familiar's Ruse
- 1x Filter Out
- 1x Go for the Throat
- 1x Misdirection
- 1x Murder
- 1x Soul Manipulation
- 1x Village Rites
Sorcery (6)
- 1x Damnation
- 1x Ponder
- 1x Reanimate
- 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
- 1x Sea Gate Restoration Flip
- 1x Victimize
Planeswalker (1)
Designed for mid-power games as defined by PlayEDH--very expensive cards and highly-efficient wincons are deliberately excluded.
As all my friends, relatives, casual acquaintances, Congressional representatives, etc. know, Yuriko is the Elder Dragon Highlander of my heart. Part of the magic of Yuriko is that she's viable at any power level, and, while there are cards and strategies that clearly suit her, she's not really a monobuild until you approach CEDH. At lower power levels, she can be good in decks that diverge quite a bit from the typical Yuriko build.
This deck is not your grandma's Yuriko deck, so if she tries to run it, tell her to get her own. This deck is a jank Yuriko deck. The normal strategy with Yuriko is to use cheap, evasive creatures to enable ninjutsu. Board control is normally a weak point for Yuriko decks, making them into glass cannons vulnerable to big Timmy beatdown. This deck, conversely, attempts to maximize deathtouch and creature removal so that Yuriko can simply walk through.
Type conversion is better in this deck than in most Yuriko decks because you're not likely to get in as many actual ninja hits as most Yuriko decks would get, but I'm leaving out cards that benefit from tribes because you won't have a tribe unless you can keep type conversion cards on the field. (I'm noticing a pattern where I tell people type conversion in Yuriko decks is overrated and then keep finding builds that really want it, but I stand by my conviction that a normal Yuriko deck has better uses for those card slots.)
Homeward Path is here just because theft is overrepresented at my kitchen table. Because it says "he or she," though, I recommend running it any time you play against someone who goes by "they/them" or neopronouns, as that makes it asymmetrical. Somebody in the comments is going to point out that every card with "he or she" on it has been errata'd, so if you play against that person, sneak an R&D's Secret Lair onto the table while they're not looking.
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| Date added | 1 year |
| Last updated | 1 year |
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| Legality | This deck is Commander / EDH legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 7 - 0 Mythic Rares 43 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons |
| Cards | 100 |
| Avg. CMC | 3.09 |
| Tokens | Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Elemental 4/4 UR, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Manifest 2/2 C, Shapeshifter 2/2 U, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B |
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