Rougues won't work with the commander though right?

@Lord_Europa No they won't trigger the commanders effect unless you use Arcane Adaptation, Conspiracy or Xenomorph. But that's not the point why I have rogues in here anyway. They are used as ninjutsu-enablers.

Amazing job! I’m not going to lie, as soon as I saw Yuriko shown, I instantly wanted to make a deck around her. The addition of Rouges I feel is a great choice. Great job at combining flavor with great cards. +1 from me.

@Lucky77 Thanks, I am pretty proud of this deck :) It will definitely make it into my top 3 favorites.

this deck is SUPER sweet!

i like the deck

@SphinxChi @OniRey666 Thanks! I have ton of other fun decks if you want to check them out: Commander Adventures' Decklists :)

Hey, I really like your deck. Have you considered adding Scroll Rack/Sensei's Divining Top for the ability to deal maximum amount of damage to the table? SDT is also on point with the ninja/rogue theme.

I really love the idea and deck so much. Ninjas/Faeries was the second deck I've built when I got back into playing after my friend said that ninjas aren't that good but I digress.

Just a quick question about Bitterblossom and life. If a game drags on a bit too long, my play group plays a lot of control and counters, how does losing life and not having a way to gain it back affect this deck? Unless I overlooked a card, I saw no life gain which then seems to me it should be over before the life lost matters too much.

@Enral Thanks, I like the idea of adding SDT. I'll have to see what to take out for that card.

@Valzasaurus Glad you enjoy it.

About life gain: Don't worry! The cool thing about theft deck is that the answers always lie in your opponents decks ;)

So these are the cards you probably have overlooked: Dead Man's Chest, Gonti, Lord of Luxury, Acquire, Expropriate, Knowledge Exploitation, Mind's Dilation, Praetor's Grasp, Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni, Sakashima the Impostor, Evil Twin, Stolen Identity, Psychic Intrusion, Memory Plunder, Sakashima's Student, Thada Adel, Acquisitor, Daring Thief & Silent-Blade Oni

I've been looking at a similar sort of strat with Yuriko -- One spell that could be useful is Artificial Evolution which lets you change Yuriko's text to Rogue should you need to (like if AA is bopped). Also Mistform Wakecaster is another repeatable option to make everything ninjas if you need the redundancy. Great build!

Oh! and Unnatural Selection is good too!

@Skulloelegy Thanks for the suggestions!

I think I'd rather add Conspiracy from the sideboard instead of the others, since it's important to have the creature type of cards outside of the battlefield also changed. This enables you to tutor all creatures with Ratcatcher and Higure, the Still Wind.

Hey, love that Deck and especially the Flavor it has. Do you considered adding /Aether Tunnel to get those Ninjas

Grageon

Glad you like it!

I already run plenty of unblockables and also some workarounds like Mask of Riddles and Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive.

In case of emergency I'll look for answers in my opponent libraries as mentioned above. ;)

Really like your idea with Crystal Shard and Erratic Portal, never thought of using them that way.

@Temporal_Inept Thanks!

With Walker of Secret Ways and those two you should have plenty options to reuse ninjutsu, prowl and other ETBs in this deck.

I will have to see wether Reliquary Tower and Thought Vessel are enough to keep them all in hand. Otherwise I'll have to add Venser's Journal

your thoughts on running these cards

Quickling, Venser, Shaper Savant, Conjurer's Closet, Helm of the Host

Circu, Dimir Lobotomist is also good with ninjas due to them returning constantly

@gdm1989 thanks for the suggestions!

Circu follows more a mill strategy. I am going for targeted library control / theft here.

I'll try to fit Quickling in. Venser is a bit too expensive for a ninjutsu trick.

Helm of the host and conjureres closet don't have enough theme support here to justify running them. I prefer Blade of Selves here.

Mask of Memory is better than rogues gloves, and ninjas do wear masks so it's thematic.

I'd use Dolmen Gate as a "smokebomb" card.

My play group is fairly competive, but I really like the idea behind this deck. Have you tested this deck yourself and, If you have, how competitive is it?

Thanks

iscottboy123 Hm depends on your playgroups definition of competitive. This deck surely won't win you the game in 2 to 4 turns. It's just a fun technique for slower games, casual-upgraded power level.

Haven't tested it yet in paper, only simulations. But I'll probably make a video on the CA youtube channel as soon as I am done with my thesis and did some games with it.

If you want Yuriko to be really competitive you require some big-cmcs and maybe a doomsday combo with some tutors. (I am not a fan of these competitive type of decks since they lack fluff)

There is a chance of a mill or exile variant that can work with this deck or using lazav. I wish cipher cards were useful

as for theft theme Lord of the Void could work

Twilight Prophet, Undercity Plague, and Cavern Harpy will definitely work in this deck