Nin-ception; There's an idea!

Commander / EDH* UB (Dimir)

vduray

Ninjutsu Enablers (13)

• 1x Cabal Therapist
• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Faerie Seer
• 1x Gudul Lurker
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Overwhelmed Apprentice
• 1x Silver Raven
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Tormented Soul
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Thieving Skydiver

Combo Pieces (8)

• 1x Donate
• 1x Demonic Pact
• 1x Immortal Coil
• 1x Nefarious Lich
• 1x Puca's Mischief
• 1x Sudden Substitution
• 1x The Trickster-God's Heist
• 1x Forbidden Crypt

Counter (6)

• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opposition Agent

Ninjas (11)

• 1x Mist-Syndicate Naga
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Phantom Ninja
• 1x Walker of Secret Ways
• 1x Ingenious Infiltrator
• 1x Moonblade Shinobi
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Fallen Shinobi
• 1x Throat Slitter
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Silent-Blade Oni

Land (39)

• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 17x Island
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 14x Swamp
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Removal (4)

• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Price of Fame

Ramp (2)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Dimir Signet

Commander (1)

Draw (10)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Explorer's Scope
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Watcher for Tomorrow
• 1x Whirlpool Rider
• 1x Arcane Adaptation

Wipe (4)

• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Sunder
• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Coastal Breach

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Other (4)

• 1x Skeleton Key
• 1x Nether Traitor
• 1x Thalakos Seer
• 1x Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar

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Walking down the street, the city is abuzz with ninjas.

Maybe they aren't good at their jobs, maybe they're show-boating, the place is obviously lousy with them.

You shoo them away, then someone bumps into you and hands you a box.

You open the box, it's a 'Lose the Game' condition...the ninjas were a distraction!

You feel terribly depressed, while the ninjas continue on about their merry way, content to be the side-show.

Deck tries to avoid most ramping, relying on value proposition of Yuriko to generate card draw and provide some low-cost pressure. Force enough answers out of your opponent such that you can play and then give away your 'Loser' conditions to your opponents. This deck will indeed cause you to auto-lose the game a not-insignificant part of the time, as any Hot-Potato aficionado can affirm. It is not for the faint-of-heart or try-hards. Larger formats get even more absurd, since the 'Loser' cards will revert back to your control after a successful Lose-n-ing on the part of their previous controller. My advice: Play some ninjas, draw some cards, hand out your 'Loser' cards, lose yourself (in the music), and then let the quiet kid who got mana screwed win because there's no one else left. Finally, the ninjas can rest.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	98
Avg. CMC	2.73
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Illusion 1/1 U w/ Flying, Morph 2/2 C, Octopus 8/8 U