EDH Yuriko: Can't Block This

Commander / EDH Aggro Ninja Ninjutsu UB (Dimir) Unblockable

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Creature (26)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Ghostly Pilferer
• 1x Gudul Lurker
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Hypnotic Siren
• 1x Ingenious Infiltrator
• 1x Inkfathom Infiltrator
• 1x Inkfathom Witch
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Looter il-Kor
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Mothdust Changeling
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Pteramander
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Siren Stormtamer
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Spectral Sailor
• 1x Stratus Dancer
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Tormented Soul
• 1x Triton Shorestalker

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Unnatural Selection
• 1x Xenograft

Land (32)

• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Faerie Conclave
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 8x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Artifact (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Dimir Keyrune
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Thought Vessel

Commander (1)

Instant (14)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Curtains' Call
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Far / Away
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Long-Term Plans
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Coastal Breach
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Discovery / Dispersal
• 1x Doomsday
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Temporal Mastery

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Maybeboard

Creature (5)

• 1x AEther Figment
• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Glen Elendra Liege
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Wharf Infiltrator

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Larceny

Artifact (1)

• 1x Meekstone

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Summary

The idea with this deck is to use lots of small creatures that are unblockable or have another form of evasion so that you can quickly attack with them and Commander ninjustu Yuriko into play. You can then use Arcane Adaptation , Unnatural Selection or Xenograft to make all your creatures Ninjas so they all get triggers from Yuriko's effect (Note: Conspiracy also works if you have it). The deck has many spells with a high CMC, but that you usually cast for a much lower cost. That way, you deal lots of damage when you draw them from Yuriko, but don't actually need much mana to cast them, hence the low land count. Many people have suggested Draco for this same purpose, but I don't feel it's of much use outside of dealing lots of damage. Let me know if you feel otherwise. If you get Doomsday and can draw many cards quickly, you may be able to setup your deck such that you deal enough damage with Yuriko triggers to win. However, I think it's much easier to just use Laboratory Maniac to win.

Disclaimer

This deck is loosely based on the Yuriko deck by Scott Sutton from this EDHREC article:

https://articles.edhrec.com/the-knowledge-pool-yuriko-the-tigers-shadow/

The "Based on" deck on the right side is the original version. I added custom categories, and replaced the expensive cards I don't have.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.63
Tokens	Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	Combo
Based on	Ninja! Xenoti EDH