Ninja Assassin Rogue

Commander / EDH*

KRISTINROY

Combat-damage (15)

• 1x Higure, the Still Wind
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Looter il-Kor
• 1x Mask of Riddles
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 1x Silent-Blade Oni
• 1x Skeleton Key
• 1x Skullsnatcher
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Throat Slitter
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte
• 1x Virtus the Veiled
• 1x Walker of Secret Ways

Rogue (11)

• 1x Deathcult Rogue
• 1x Inkfathom Infiltrator
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Keymaster Rogue
• 1x Looter il-Kor
• 1x Marang River Prowler
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Shadow Alley Denizen
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Triton Shorestalker

Draw (7)

• 1x Looter il-Kor
• 1x Mask of Riddles
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skeleton Key

Bounce (3)

• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Keymaster Rogue
• 1x Walker of Secret Ways

Bolster (2)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Metallic Mimic

Discard (2)

• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine

Tribal (2)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Metallic Mimic

Manifest (1)

• 1x Silent-Blade Oni

Scry (1)

• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea

Gives-evasion (12)

• 1x Higure, the Still Wind
• 1x Key to the City
• 1x Mask of Riddles
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shadow Alley Denizen
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Skeleton Key
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Vela the Night-Clad
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Ninja (12)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Higure, the Still Wind
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Silent-Blade Oni
• 1x Skullsnatcher
• 1x Throat Slitter
• 1x Walker of Secret Ways

Removal (8)

• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Kiku, Night's Flower
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Reality Shift
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Skullsnatcher
• 1x Throat Slitter
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Assassin (3)

• 1x Kiku, Night's Flower
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Virtus the Veiled

Recursion (3)

• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Marang River Prowler
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Lifeloss (2)

• 1x Vela the Night-Clad
• 1x Virtus the Veiled

Other (1)

• 1x Mu Yanling

Lifegain (1)

• 1x Umezawa's Jitte

Token (1)

• 1x Bitterblossom

Commander (1)

Land (33)

• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 12x Island
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Watery Grave

Has-evasion (9)

• 1x Deathcult Rogue
• 1x Inkfathom Infiltrator
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Keymaster Rogue
• 1x Looter il-Kor
• 1x Marang River Prowler
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Triton Shorestalker

Ramp (7)

• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Thought Vessel

Sweeper (2)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Evacuation

Clone (1)

• 1x Sakashima's Student

Tutor (1)

• 1x Higure, the Still Wind

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Maybeboard

Combat-damage (20)

• 1x Ashling, the Extinguisher
• 1x Bloodforged Battle-Axe
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir
• 1x Ghastlord of Fugue
• 1x Kheru Mind-Eater
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Nightveil Specter
• 1x Prying Blade
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Shadowmage Infiltrator
• 1x Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
• 1x Specter's Shroud
• 1x Stealer of Secrets
• 1x Sword of Body and Mind
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor

Ramp (9)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Keyrune
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Leaden Myr
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Countermagic (3)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Familiar's Ruse

Steal (3)

• 1x Kheru Mind-Eater
• 1x Nightveil Specter
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor

Ninja (2)

• 1x Cairn Wanderer
• 1x Shapesharer

Exile (1)

• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver

Lifegain (1)

• 1x Sword of War and Peace

Removal (1)

• 1x Ashling, the Extinguisher

Gives-evasion (13)

• 1x Artful Dodge
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Dauthi Trapper
• 1x Deepchannel Mentor
• 1x Distortion Strike
• 1x Executioner's Hood
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Infiltrate
• 1x Keeper of Keys
• 1x Mer-Ek Nightblade
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Sun Quan, Lord of Wu

Draw (11)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Open Into Wonder
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Shadowmage Infiltrator
• 1x Stealer of Secrets
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Thalakos Seer

Bounce (5)

• 1x Cache Raiders
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Familiar's Ruse
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome

Discard (3)

• 1x Ghastlord of Fugue
• 1x Specter's Shroud
• 1x Stronghold Rats

Other (2)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Lifeloss (2)

• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Sword of War and Peace

Bolster (1)

• 1x Drana, Liberator of Malakir

Manifest (1)

• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury

Sweeper (1)

• 1x Kindred Dominance

Land (13)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Has-evasion (9)

• 1x Dimir Keyrune
• 1x Gudul Lurker
• 1x Kheru Mind-Eater
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Nightveil Specter
• 1x Shadowmage Infiltrator
• 1x Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
• 1x Stronghold Rats
• 1x Thalakos Seer

Tribal (6)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Mirror of the Forebears
• 1x Unclaimed Territory

Recursion (5)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Clone (2)

• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Shapesharer

Protection (2)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

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Ninja Deck

Yuriko: - Draws Cards when Ninjas deal damage - Wants to attack with creatures - Creatures should be evasive - Benefits from dealing combat damage with creatures

Deck Themes: - Ninja Tribal - - Tribal Cards - - - Adaptive Automaton/Metallic Mimic - - - Cover of Darkness

• Creatures with Combat Damage Abilities - Should be Evasive and Low CMC
• • Shadowmage Infiltrator (Fear)
• • Silas Renn (deathtouch)
• • Nightveil specter (flying)

• Purely Evasive Creatures

• • Slither Blade etc.

• Make your creatures evasive

• • Tetsuko - requires power or toughness 1. . .
• • Thassa

• Benefits from hitting with creatures - Good equipment in this category

• • Umezawa's Jitte

• Return creatures to owners hand to re-ninjitsu (not hugely important?) Good to protect creatures

Key Playtest Notes: - Have an evasive creature attacking by turn 3. (turn 2 would be better but...) - Evasion, Ranked - - Unblockable 0% - - Horsemanship 0% - - Shadow - 41 1% - - Flying - 21% chance to block - - Fear/Intimidate 22% - - Skulk - 29% chance to block - - Menace ?? - - Landwalk 60% chance to block - - Protection 83% chance able to block

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	84
Avg. CMC	2.80
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Manifest 2/2 C