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Commander Showdown - Vela vs Yuriko - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Ninja
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Est deck cost: $437.52
Salt Sum: 41.68
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Commander

Quantity: 1Price: $1.49
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Commander ninjutsu {U}{B} ({U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand or the command zone tapped and attacking.) Whenever a Ninja you control deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. Each opponent loses life equal to that card's mana value.

Creature
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow (cmm) 364
1

Artifacts

Quantity: 11Price: $45.72
Bident of Thassa

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. {1}{U}, {T}: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.

Artifact Enchantment
Bident of Thassa (scd) 44
1
Commander's Sphere

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. Sacrifice Commander's Sphere: Draw a card.

Artifact
Commander's Sphere (cmm) 377
1
Dimir Keyrune

{T}: Add {U} or {B}. {U}{B}: Dimir Keyrune becomes a 2/2 blue and black Horror artifact creature until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.

Artifact
Dimir Keyrune (clb) 856
1
Dimir Signet

{1}, {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Artifact
Dimir Signet (scd) 263
1
Fellwar Stone

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (cmm) 382
1
Lightning Greaves

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {0}

Artifact
Lightning Greaves (cmm) 398
1
Sensei's Divining Top

{1}: Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Draw a card, then put Sensei's Divining Top on top of its owner's library.

Artifact
Sensei's Divining Top (2x2) 314
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 410
1
Swiftfoot Boots

Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Swiftfoot Boots (scd) 279
1
Talisman of Dominance

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Talisman of Dominance deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (scd) 280
1
Whispersilk Cloak

Equipped creature can't be blocked and has shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Equip {2}

Artifact
Whispersilk Cloak (plst) M11-221
1

Creatures

Quantity: 28Price: $114.32
Baleful Strix

Flying, deathtouch When Baleful Strix enters the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature Artifact
Baleful Strix (brc) 120
1
Dimir Infiltrator

Dimir Infiltrator can't be blocked. Transmute {1}{U}{B} ({1}{U}{B}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Dimir Infiltrator (pca) 86
1
Etrata, the Silencer

Etrata, the Silencer can't be blocked. Whenever Etrata deals combat damage to a player, exile target creature that player controls and put a hit counter on that card. That player loses the game if they own three or more exiled cards with hit counters on them. Etrata's owner shuffles Etrata into their library.

Creature
Etrata, the Silencer (grn) 170
1
Gudul Lurker

Gudul Lurker can't be blocked. Megamorph {U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Creature
Gudul Lurker (dtk) 56
1
Higure, the Still Wind

Ninjutsu {2}{U}{U} ({2}{U}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Higure, the Still Wind deals combat damage to a player, you may search your library for a Ninja card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. {2}: Target Ninja creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Higure, the Still Wind (pca) 18
1
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni

Ninjutsu {3}{B}{B} ({3}{B}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni deals combat damage to a player, you may put target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. {1}{B}: Regenerate Ink-Eyes.

Creature
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni (plst) BOK-71
1
Invisible Stalker

Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) Invisible Stalker can't be blocked.

Creature
Invisible Stalker (plst) ISD-60
1
Mist-Cloaked Herald

Mist-Cloaked Herald can't be blocked.

Creature
Mist-Cloaked Herald (rix) 43
1
Mistblade Shinobi

Ninjutsu {U} ({U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Mistblade Shinobi deals combat damage to a player, you may return target creature that player controls to its owner's hand.

Creature
Mistblade Shinobi (pca) 20
1
Mothdust Changeling

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Tap an untapped creature you control: Mothdust Changeling gains flying until end of turn.

Creature
Mothdust Changeling (mma) 53
1
Mulldrifter

Flying When Mulldrifter enters the battlefield, draw two cards. Evoke {2}{U} (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters the battlefield.)

Creature
Mulldrifter (2x2) 60
1
Ninja of the Deep Hours

Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Ninja of the Deep Hours deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.

Creature
Ninja of the Deep Hours (plst) C18-95
1
Okiba-Gang Shinobi

Ninjutsu {3}{B} ({3}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Okiba-Gang Shinobi deals combat damage to a player, that player discards two cards.

Creature
Okiba-Gang Shinobi (plst) PCA-35
1
Ornithopter

Flying

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter (dmr) 233
1
Sakashima's Student

Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) You may have Sakashima's Student enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's a Ninja in addition to its other creature types.

Creature
Sakashima's Student (plst) PCA-24
1
Silent-Blade Oni

Ninjutsu {4}{U}{B} ({4}{U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Silent-Blade Oni deals combat damage to a player, look at that player's hand. You may cast a spell from among those cards without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Silent-Blade Oni (ncc) 352
1
Siren Stormtamer

Flying {U}, Sacrifice Siren Stormtamer: Counter target spell or ability that targets you or a creature you control.

Creature
Siren Stormtamer (cmr) 96
1
Skullsnatcher

Ninjutsu {B} ({B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Skullsnatcher deals combat damage to a player, exile up to two target cards from that player's graveyard.

Creature
Skullsnatcher (pca) 36
1
Slither Blade

Slither Blade can't be blocked.

Creature
Slither Blade (znc) 36
1
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive

Creatures you control with power or toughness 1 or less can't be blocked.

Creature
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (cmm) 126
1
Thada Adel, Acquisitor

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) Whenever Thada Adel, Acquisitor deals combat damage to a player, search that player's library for an artifact card and exile it. Then that player shuffles. Until end of turn, you may play that card.

Creature
Thada Adel, Acquisitor (wwk) 40
1
Thalakos Seer

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) When Thalakos Seer leaves the battlefield, draw a card.

Creature
Thalakos Seer (tmp) 94
1
Thassa, God of the Sea

Indestructible As long as your devotion to blue is less than five, Thassa isn't a creature. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.) At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1. {1}{U}: Target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.

Creature Enchantment
Thassa, God of the Sea (ths) 66
1
Throat Slitter

Ninjutsu {2}{B} ({2}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Throat Slitter deals combat damage to a player, destroy target nonblack creature that player controls.

Creature
Throat Slitter (pca) 37
1
Tormented Soul

Tormented Soul can't block and can't be blocked.

Creature
Tormented Soul (j22) 477
1
Triton Shorestalker

Triton Shorestalker can't be blocked.

Creature
Triton Shorestalker (j22) 365
1
Vela the Night-Clad

Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) Other creatures you control have intimidate. Whenever Vela the Night-Clad or another creature you control leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.

Creature
Vela the Night-Clad (scd) 256
1
Walker of Secret Ways

Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Whenever Walker of Secret Ways deals combat damage to a player, look at that player's hand. {1}{U}: Return target Ninja you control to its owner's hand. Activate only during your turn.

Creature
Walker of Secret Ways (pca) 27
1

Enchantments

Quantity: 6Price: $24.25
Arcane Adaptation

As Arcane Adaptation enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. Creatures you control are the chosen type in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

Enchantment
Arcane Adaptation (xln) 46
1
Coastal Piracy

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Coastal Piracy (jmp) 144
1
Conspiracy

As Conspiracy enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. Creatures you control are the chosen type. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

Enchantment
Conspiracy (plst) TSB-39
1
Dauthi Embrace

{B}{B}: Target creature gains shadow until end of turn. (It can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Enchantment
Dauthi Embrace (tmp) 120
1
Kindred Discovery

As Kindred Discovery enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters the battlefield or attacks, draw a card.

Enchantment
Kindred Discovery (clb) 81
1
Xenograft

As Xenograft enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. Each creature you control is the chosen type in addition to its other types.

Enchantment
Xenograft (nph) 51
1

Instants

Quantity: 12Price: $62.30
Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (afc) 79
1
Commit

Instant
Commit // Memory (ncc) 216
1
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (cmm) 81
1
Curtains' Call

Undaunted (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each opponent.) Destroy two target creatures.

Instant
Curtains' Call (cmm) 146
1
Cyclonic Rift

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand. Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Instant
Cyclonic Rift (cmm) 84
1
Dig Through Time

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Instant
Dig Through Time (ncc) 219
1
Far

Instant
Far // Away (dgm) 127
1
Go for the Throat

Destroy target nonartifact creature.

Instant
Go for the Throat (moc) 250
1
Lim-Dûl's Vault

Look at the top five cards of your library. As many times as you choose, you may pay 1 life, put those cards on the bottom of your library in any order, then look at the top five cards of your library. Then shuffle and put the last cards you looked at this way on top in any order.

Instant
Lim-Dûl's Vault (c13) 197
1
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (mom) 68
1
Polymorphist's Jest

Until end of turn, each creature target player controls loses all abilities and becomes a blue Frog with base power and toughness 1/1.

Instant
Polymorphist's Jest (c17) 90
1
Sudden Spoiling

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Until end of turn, creatures target player controls lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 0/2.

Instant
Sudden Spoiling (tsr) 144
1

Lands

Quantity: 35Price: $102.65
Bojuka Bog

Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield tapped. When Bojuka Bog enters the battlefield, exile target player's graveyard. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Bojuka Bog (moc) 391
1
Choked Estuary

As Choked Estuary enters the battlefield, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't, Choked Estuary enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Choked Estuary (moc) 394
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 420
1
Dimir Aqueduct

Dimir Aqueduct enters the battlefield tapped. When Dimir Aqueduct enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Land
Dimir Aqueduct (brc) 182
1
Drowned Catacomb

Drowned Catacomb enters the battlefield tapped unless you control an Island or a Swamp. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Drowned Catacomb (xln) 253
1
Fetid Pools

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Fetid Pools enters the battlefield tapped. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Fetid Pools (akh) 243
1
Halimar Depths

Halimar Depths enters the battlefield tapped. When Halimar Depths enters the battlefield, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. {T}: Add {U}.

Land
Halimar Depths (afc) 244
1
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (woe) 263
13
Jwar Isle Refuge

Jwar Isle Refuge enters the battlefield tapped. When Jwar Isle Refuge enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Jwar Isle Refuge (scd) 306
1
Morphic Pool

Morphic Pool enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Morphic Pool (clb) 357
1
Polluted Delta

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Polluted Delta: Search your library for an Island or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Polluted Delta (ktk) 239
1
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (cmm) 425
1
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (cmm) 426
1
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) Sunken Hollow enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (cmm) 1038
1
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (woe) 264
5
Tainted Isle

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Isle (clb) 920
1
Temple of Deceit

Temple of Deceit enters the battlefield tapped. When Temple of Deceit enters the battlefield, scry 1. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Deceit (moc) 431
1
Underground River

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. Underground River deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Underground River (bro) 267
1
Watery Grave

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) As Watery Grave enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Watery Grave (grn) 259
1

Sorceries

Quantity: 7Price: $86.79
Coastal Breach

Undaunted (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each opponent.) Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

Sorcery
Coastal Breach (c16) 6
1
Damnation

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.

Sorcery
Damnation (2x2) 73
1
Demonic Tutor

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Demonic Tutor (cmm) 150
1
Discovery

Sorcery
Discovery // Dispersal (grn) 223
1
Ponder

Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle. Draw a card.

Sorcery
Ponder (ncc) 229
1
Preordain

Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

Sorcery
Preordain (j22) 63
1
Treasure Cruise

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Draw three cards.

Sorcery
Treasure Cruise (ncc) 237
1

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