Dimir Ninja-Fae: Iga-Kōka Clan (Modern)

Modern Competitive Control Counterspell Faeries Midrange Ninja Tempo Theme/Gimmick UB (Dimir) Value Engine

Durahan-Brewer

Land (22)

• 4x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Gloomlake Verge
• 3x Island
• 2x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 4x Polluted Delta
• 2x Soporific Springs  ^Flip
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Undercity Sewers
• 2x Watery Grave

Creature (22)

• 4x Faerie Seer
• 2x Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student  ^Flip
• 4x Orcish Bowmasters
• 4x Spellstutter Sprite
• 2x Brazen Borrower
• 2x Mist-Syndicate Naga
• 4x Ingenious Infiltrator

Instant (12)

• 4x Fatal Push
• 2x Counterspell
• 3x Flare of Denial
• 3x Force of Negation

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Kaito, Bane of Nightmares

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Bitterblossom

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Sideboard

Instant (7)

• 3x Consign to Memory
• 2x Surgical Extraction
• 2x Dismember

Creature (4)

• 2x Harbinger of the Seas
• 2x Subtlety

Artifact (4)

• 2x Engineered Explosives
• 2x Nihil Spellbomb

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Maybeboard

Instant (12)

• 1x Cling to Dust
• 1x March of Swirling Mist
• 1x March of Wretched Sorrow
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Stern Scolding
• 1x Drag the Canal
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Feed the Cycle
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Shoot the Sheriff
• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Faebloom Trick

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Nowhere to Run
• 1x The Meathook Massacre

Creature (11)

• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Faerie Dreamthief
• 1x Mockingbird
• 1x Thousand-Faced Shadow
• 1x Floodpits Drowner
• 1x Nashi, Searcher in the Dark
• 1x Satoru, the Infiltrator
• 1x Silver-Fur Master
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Subtlety

Artifact (2)

• 1x Soul-Guide Lantern
• 1x Disruptor Flute

Land (7)

• 1x Boggart Bog  ^Flip
• 1x Fell Mire  ^Flip
• 1x Gloomlake Verge
• 1x Hydroelectric Laboratory  ^Flip
• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Kaito Shizuki
• 1x Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
• 1x Kaito, Dancing Shadow

Sorcery (3)

• 2x Thoughtseize
• 1x Unearth

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NINJAS

MODERN NINJAS looking to take some HEADS

Ninjas by design value a cheap evasive "Enabler" creature to cheat our bigger CMC Ninjas in, we want Value attached to re-casting our Enabler again maximizing our Engine. Openers include cheap Enablers or disruption cards like Inquisition of Kozilek // Thoughtseize // Fatal Push // Spell Pierce. In today's meta Turn 1 plays demand respect, a Turn 1 disruption to slow our Opp's game-plan down can make a huge difference over jamming a Turn-1 Enabler.

When Aggro is needed or their threats are not big in matchup, playing an enabler on T1 can pay off with an early T2 Ninjutsu. Alternatively in Fae Shells, this can also be used as setup into a T2 Spellstutter Sprite Counter. Decks that play Bitterblossom may also jam it on T2 or hold off if keeping pressure/removal early is what matchup needs.

Ninjas want to interact + disrupt your opponents Board/Stack/Hand ensuring a way for our Ninjas to connect each battle phase for continuous card advantage, buying back EtB effects with our Ninjutsu when safe to do so un-punished.
Evasive Enablers provide a timed clock for the Opp in situations where they can answer/stonewall our Ninjas.

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Creatures Show

Faerie Seer: Enables Ninjustu + Fae count while fixing our hands scrying away un-needed draws & keeping the draws we DO want as well as helping with our Sideboard cards too. A deceiving amount of value, strong into discard-based strategies offering pseudo-protection for the card(s). A fantastic card to pitch to evoke cost, after enabling a ninja in.

Thousand-Faced Shadow: A unique card that acts as both enabler + pay off. This is the flex slot of the deck ( Can be Faerie Dream thief as copies 5-6 of Faerie Seer, just misses Flare + FoN unfortunately ).

Spellstutter Sprite: Fae's most staple card & poster-child alongside Bitterblossom. Offering an INSANELY strong 1-for-0 EtB that can be abused via Ninjustsu. It isn't without weakness needing to check Fae-count on both activation and resolution.

Brazen Borrower: Bounces connected threats offering another chance to counter them on stack, opens the gates for Ninja connection post-ninjitsu. Provides a 3-tick increase on Opp's end phase when you dont need to counter/remove their play for the turn.

Orcish Bowmasters: Amazing piece in Ninjas, covering many bases; Enabler, chump blocker with token ( to then enable ninja w/ Orc body ) and finally spot removal, with ping or all in block for 3- toughness as icing. Orc allows you to hold mana for counterspell, then raise the alarm on Opp EP if they didn't cast anything/or worth countering.

Ingenious Infiltrator: The Ninja Haymaker. Often needing an immediate answer being able to steal the game via card advantage. Important to note multiple copies of Ingenious Infiltrator stack multiplicativity so instead of drawing 2 cards you draw 4 cards. Strong with Faerie Seer allowing you to control your draws & recycling Spellstutter Sprite back to our hand.

Mist-Syndicate Naga Naga gets out of hand incredibly fast; often flipping the game to being proactive over reactionary, even over one hit. Opponents will prioritize ousting the Syndicate based on how much pressure it exerts, this card is incredibly hard to race.

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Non-Creature Show

Fatal Push: Answers most of Moderns threats. Activating Ninjutsu meets Revolt.

Spell Pierce: Cheap interaction to ensure our plans go through or disrupt our Opponents plan.

Bitterblossom: When left alone steals games by itself. BB always gives an emergency Enabler for Ninjustu. Providing Spellstutter Sprite Fae count for near-guaranteed counters + a clock that is hard to block. On top of near-infinite chump blockers. BB generates a lot of value & is one of the main threats in deck.

Counterspell: Counterspell for when over our Spellstutter Sprite permission.

Force of Negation: Ace when tapped out or baiting. Ninjutsu cost is returning an enabler back to our Hand synergies very well with always having a card to pitch to protect.

Flare of Denial: Another ace in the sleeve the deck holds, utilizing it extremely well off Faeries that have already gotten their value from EtB/Enter.

Kaito, Bane of Nightmares: TESTING

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Interactions/Rulings:

1. Ninjutsu recycle casted EtB cards ex. Spellstutter Sprite, Faerie Seer, Snapcaster Mage even Brazen Borrower.

2. Ninjutsu meets Revolt on Fatal Push netting free CMC4 pops consistently (Your Polluted Delta + Oboro, Palace in the Clouds do too).

3. Ninjutsu is an Activated Ability and isn't being Cast making it incredibly hard to counter.

4. Ninjutsu can be used DEFENSIVELY in Combat phase to dodge removal spells. Ninjutsu to return a Un-blocked attacker ANYTIME during end of Blockers Phase - Post Combat Phase dodging removal. Requires you to have Ninja in hand until removal is Cast 4.B You can IMMEDIATELY Ninjutsu off an already Ninjutsu'd-in Ninja as long as you have mana to do so.

5. Ninjutsu for calculated Lethal off unsuspecting evasive 1/1's

6. High printed CMC of some Ninjas like Ingenious Infiltrator, makes them invulnerable to Inquisition of Kozilek or similar CMC3 removal like Abrupt Decay. Another benefit is mana-chumping for Prismatic Ending + Skyclave Apparition.

7. Bitterblossom is a Tribal Faerie Enchantment and is counted as a "Faerie" when resolving Spellstutter Sprite as well as a target for Mistbind Clique.

Top Ranked	Achieved #33 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #18 position in Modern 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Counterspell 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Modern Value Engine 2 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 2 Mythic Rares 26 - 6 Rares 14 - 5 Uncommons 4 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.32
Tokens	Clue, Copy Clone, Copy Clone, Emblem Kaito, Bane of Nightmares, Emblem Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Faerie Rogue 1/1 UB, On an Adventure, Orc Army
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