Ninja Tide

Commander / EDH Control Mono-Blue Theme/Gimmick

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Creature (15)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Man-o'-War
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Tomorrow, Azami's Familiar
• 1x Walker of Secret Ways

Land (35)

• 1x Blighted Cataract
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 28x Island
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Temple of the False God

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Future Sight
• 1x Rhystic Study

Artifact (12)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Helm of Awakening
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sapphire Medallion
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Thought Vessel

Instant (22)

• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Brain Freeze
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Disrupting Shoal
• 1x Forbid
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Hinder
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Peer Through Depths
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Snap
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Turnabout
• 1x Void Shatter

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Mind's Desire
• 1x Part the Waterveil
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Pull from the Deep
• 1x Recurring Insight
• 1x Time Spiral
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Windfall

Commander (1)

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Creature (1)

• 1x Azami, Lady of Scrolls

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Leyline of Anticipation

Artifact (3)

• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Voltaic Key

Instant (1)

• 1x Muddle the Mixture

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Inundate
• 1x Ponder

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Higure, the Still Wind, a legendary ninja from my favorite block, Kamigawa. This deck started with a wild idea of trying to make him work as a commander. I quickly realized that, no, there aren't enough ninjas to make ninja tribal work. So instead I put it into a mono-U control shell, and this deck was born. The deck's primary win-con is Laboratory Maniac, with the help of Brain Freeze and High Tide (hence the name, Ninja Tide.) Yes, there are better High Tide commanders out there (Jace) and yes, there are better lab maniac commanders out there (Azami) but, again, we're here for Higure. I'm also hunting down a copy of Blightsteel Colossus so I can live the dream of making it a ninja and then using Higure to make it unblockable.

I've found that all of the ninjas I run serve me pretty well. Sakashima's Student is a clone that can surprise attack. Mistblade Shinobi helps get rid of problematic creatures. Walker of Secret Ways can bounce my own ninjas to reload ninjitsu (especially nice with Sakashima's Student) though, if I take out another ninja, it'll probably be her. Ninja of the Deep Hours helps with card draw. And in the same vein of Deep Hours, I run 3 different Coastal Piracy effects because this deck often gets lots of smaller creatures through, giving me solid card advantage.

One nice thing about Higure is, even if you aren't looking for a ninja, his ability is helpful. Draw a ton of cards but still don't have the one you need? Use Scroll Rack and then Higure's ability to shuffle them away. Stuck with a bland three cards on top of your library with Sensei's Divining Top? Shuffle them away. You get the idea.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.42
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Boar 2/2 G, Drake 2/2 U, Octopus 8/8 U
Folders	Magic the Memening