Yuriko

Commander / EDH Aggro Competitive Ninja Ninjutsu UB (Dimir) Unblockable

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Creature (31)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Cavern Harpy
• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Draco
• 1x Faerie Seer
• 1x Fallen Shinobi
• 1x Gudul Lurker
• 1x Higure, the Still Wind
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Mist-Syndicate Naga
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Moonblade Shinobi
• 1x Neurok Invisimancer
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Phantom Ninja
• 1x Prosperous Thief
• 1x Sage Owl
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Shadow of Mortality
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Skullsnatcher
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Thousand-Faced Shadow
• 1x Tormented Soul
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x Walker of Secret Ways

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Unnatural Selection

Land (30)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 6x Island
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Secluded Courtyard
• 1x Shipwreck Marsh
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Alrund's Epiphany
• 1x Beacon of Tomorrows
• 1x Curse of the Cabal
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Doomsday
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Rags / Riches
• 1x Temporal Manipulation
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Temporal Trespass
• 1x Time Stretch
• 1x Time Warp

Commander (1)

Instant (17)

• 1x Abjure
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Commandeer
• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Insidious Dreams
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nexus of Fate *list*
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (6)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Maskwood Nexus
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

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Creature (14)

• 1x Agent of Treachery
• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Gingerbrute
• 1x Hypnotic Siren
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Inkfathom Infiltrator
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Mothdust Changeling
• 1x Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 1x Silent-Blade Oni
• 1x Thalakos Seer
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Throat Slitter

Instant (3)

• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip

Artifact (2)

• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation

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Starting hand

You'll want at least one {B} and one {U} and a one drop unblockable creature. If you manage to get a library control card it's definitly a plus. Having another low cost ninja too. Counterspells are always nice to have.

How to kill

Easy : go for the head. You'll want to be able to control your library, play unblockable creatures and get as many Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow trigger as you can.

There is also the good old Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation combo...

Control your libray

You'll be able to filter what you draw with Yuriko's triggers using :

• Doomsday : If you have 2 or 3 triggers, this is the "I win" card.

• Brainstorm : Allows you to draw and reuse cards you already drew.

• Lim-Dul's Vault : Cycle your entire library.

• Sage Owl : Sort your top four cards. Also this creature has flying, so you can use it for a trigger next turn.

• Insidious Dreams : The best one, this card will allow you to take all the best damage cards you have in your library, and put them on top

• Vampiric Tutor : Mostly used to get Insidious Dreams on top so you can cast it for the next trigger.

• Mystical Tutor : Mostly used to get Insidious Dreams on top so you can cast it for the next trigger.

• Scroll Rack : Allows you to put back on top of your library whatever damage card you already have in your hand.

• Sensei's Divining Top : Early game filter.

The damage cards (sorted by damage)

Draco : 16 damages

Shadow of Mortality : 15 damages

Rags / Riches : 11 damages

Temporal Trespass : 11 damages

Time Stretch : 10 damages

Commit / Memory : 10 damages

Curse of the Cabal : 10 damages

In Garruk's Wake : 9 damages

Beacon of Tomorrows : 8 damages

Dig Through Time : 8 damages

Nexus of Fate : 7 damages

Alrund's Epiphany : 7 damages

Temporal Mastery : 7 damages

Kindred Dominance : 7 damages

Commandeer : 7 damages

Karn's Temporal Sundering : 6 damages

Force of Will : 5 damages

Fallen Shinobi : 5 damages

Temporal Manipulation : 5 damages

Higure, the Still Wind : 5 damages

Time Warp : 5 damages

Cycle your ninjas, protect your commander

Using all your counterspells, Whispersilk Cloak and Swiftfoot Boots you'll be able to protect Yuriko from removals or board wipes.

Using Thassa, God of the Sea or Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive you can make your ninjas unblockable.

Using Unnatural Selection you can even use your unblockable creatures as ninja !

Mid and late game

You have plenty of extra turn cards to use if you don't manage to kill your ennemies fast. Also, don't underestimate your ninjas, they have nice triggers and abilities you can use to kill. But your mid and late game playstyle needs to be focused on having one or two unblockable creatures alive at the beginning of your turn so you can trigger Yuriko. Or some rare occasions you might be able to use Maskwood Nexus with your unblockable creatures, and to create changelings.

Useful rulings

702.48a - Ninjutsu is an activated ability that functions only while the card with ninjutsu is in a player’s hand. “Ninjutsu [cost]” means “[Cost], Reveal this card from your hand, Return an unblocked attacking creature you control to its owner’s hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.” This is relevant to timing of activation, and that the returned creature is part of the cost, so you cant respond by removing it.

702.48c - A ninjutsu ability may be activated only while a creature on the battlefield is unblocked (see rule 509.1h). The creature with ninjutsu is put onto the battlefield unblocked. It will be attacking the same player or planeswalker as the creature that was returned to its owner’s hand. This specifies that the creature put onto the field is unblocked and is attacking the player. This is relevant because it means they can be ninjutsu'd out, even in the end of combat step

509.1h - An attacking creature with one or more creatures declared as blockers for it becomes a blocked creature; one with no creatures declared as blockers for it becomes an unblocked creature. This remains unchanged until the creature is removed from combat, an effect says that it becomes blocked or unblocked, or the combat phase ends, whichever comes first. A creature remains blocked even if all the creatures blocking it are removed from combat. This specifies that when a creature "becomes" unblocked or blocked and how that status stays on them until the end of combat phase

Date added	5 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.94
Tokens	Bird 1/1 U, Copy Clone, Foretell, Illusion 1/1 U w/ Flying, Morph 2/2 C, Ninja 1/1 U, Shapeshifter 2/2 U, Treasure
Folders	You wanna spend more money eh?