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{"ops":[{"insert":"Lots of one drop unblockables to enable turn 2 Yuriko. The mana curve is low to the ground to ensure fast tempo. The mana curve is not as heavy in blue as it appears, since there are big blue sorceries/instants that you will never actually plan to cast (they are only here to get massive damage with Yuriko triggers). Big creatures like Draco are similarly unrealistic to play, they are only there to deal big damage with Yuriko's triggered ability. Tutors are present to grab big sorceries/instants and put them on top prior to resolving Yuriko triggers. Your biggest win condition creatures will be Sakashima's Student copying a big creature and Thousand-Faced Shadow copying other valuable ninjas, typically ones that steal spells from other players to cast for free.\n\nThe best game winning combo is as follows:\nHave Brainstorm and an expensive card in hand"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Tutor with Mystical Tutor or Personal Tutor to place another expensive card on top of your library"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Hit with 3 ninjas"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Resolve the first Yuriko trigger and reveal the tutored spell for big global damage"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"In response to the next Yuriko trigger on the stack, cast brain storm to draw three cards, then return your two most expensive cards to the top of the library"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Resolve the final 2 Yuriko triggers, dealing big damage for the two cards you reveal"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If done properly this would deal around 30 damage on average to each opponent, not including combat damage.\n\n"}]}
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
Commander ninjutsu (, 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.
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.
Legendary Creature - Human Ninja
Commander
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Draco
Domain — This spell costs less to cast for each basic land type among lands you control.
Flying
Domain — At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay . This cost is reduced by for each basic land type among lands you control.
Flying
Domain — At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay . This cost is reduced by for each basic land type among lands you control.
Creature Artifact - Dragon
Burn
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Sakashima's Student
Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's a Ninja in addition to its other creature types.
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's a Ninja in addition to its other creature types.
Creature - Human Ninja
Clones
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Counters
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Discard
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Fallen Shinobi
Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top two cards of their library. Until end of turn, you may play those cards without paying their mana costs.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top two cards of their library. Until end of turn, you may play those cards without paying their mana costs.
Creature - Zombie Ninja
Ingenious Prodigy
Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature has one or more +1/+1 counters on it, you may remove a +1/+1 counter from it. If you do, draw a card.
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature has one or more +1/+1 counters on it, you may remove a +1/+1 counter from it. If you do, draw a card.
Creature - Human Wizard
Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
During your turn, as long as Kaito has one or more loyalty counters on him, he's a 3/4 Ninja creature and has hexproof.
+1: You get an emblem with "Ninjas you control get +1/+1."
0: Surveil 2. Then draw a card for each opponent who lost life this turn.
−2: Tap target creature. Put two stun counters on it.
During your turn, as long as Kaito has one or more loyalty counters on him, he's a 3/4 Ninja creature and has hexproof.
+1: You get an emblem with "Ninjas you control get +1/+1."
0: Surveil 2. Then draw a card for each opponent who lost life this turn.
−2: Tap target creature. Put two stun counters on it.
Legendary Planeswalker - Kaito
Moon-Circuit Hacker
Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card unless this creature entered this turn.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card unless this creature entered this turn.
Creature Enchantment - Human Ninja
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Nashi deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of each player's library. Until end of turn, you may play one of those cards. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.
Whenever Nashi deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of each player's library. Until end of turn, you may play one of those cards. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost.
Legendary Creature - Rat Ninja
Satoru Umezawa
Whenever you activate a ninjutsu ability, look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Each creature card in your hand has ninjutsu .
Each creature card in your hand has ninjutsu .
Legendary Creature - Human Ninja
Draw
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Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, put a loyalty counter on Kaito.
+1: Up to one target creature you control can't be blocked this turn. Draw a card, then discard a card.
−2: Create a 2/1 blue Ninja creature token.
−9: You get an emblem with "Whenever a player casts a spell, you create a 2/1 blue Ninja creature token."
+1: Up to one target creature you control can't be blocked this turn. Draw a card, then discard a card.
−2: Create a 2/1 blue Ninja creature token.
−9: You get an emblem with "Whenever a player casts a spell, you create a 2/1 blue Ninja creature token."
Legendary Planeswalker - Kaito
Thousand-Faced Shadow
Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Flying
When this creature enters from your hand, if it's attacking, create a token that's a copy of another target attacking creature. The token enters tapped and attacking.
Flying
When this creature enters from your hand, if it's attacking, create a token that's a copy of another target attacking creature. The token enters tapped and attacking.
Creature - Human Ninja
Evasion
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Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Land
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Protection
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Prosperous Thief
Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever one or more Ninja or Rogue creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever one or more Ninja or Rogue creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature - Human Ninja
Ramp
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Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever Ink-Eyes deals combat damage to a player, you may put target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
: Regenerate Ink-Eyes.
Whenever Ink-Eyes deals combat damage to a player, you may put target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
: Regenerate Ink-Eyes.
Legendary Creature - Rat Ninja
Recursion
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Mistblade Shinobi
Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may return target creature that player controls to its owner's hand.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may return target creature that player controls to its owner's hand.
Creature - Human Ninja
Skullsnatcher
Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, exile up to two target cards from that player's graveyard.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, exile up to two target cards from that player's graveyard.
Creature - Rat Ninja
Removal
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Silent-Blade Oni
Ninjutsu (, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever this creature 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.
Whenever this creature 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 - Demon Ninja
Theft
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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
Tutor
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Kaito Shizuki
At the beginning of your end step, if Kaito entered this turn, he phases out.
+1: Draw a card. Then discard a card unless you attacked this turn.
−2: Create a 1/1 blue Ninja creature token with "This token can't be blocked."
−7: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, search your library for a blue or black creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle."
+1: Draw a card. Then discard a card unless you attacked this turn.
−2: Create a 1/1 blue Ninja creature token with "This token can't be blocked."
−7: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, search your library for a blue or black creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle."
Legendary Planeswalker - Kaito
Kaito, Dancing Shadow
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, you may return one of them to its owner's hand. If you do, you may activate loyalty abilities of Kaito twice this turn rather than only once.
+1: Up to one target creature can't attack or block until your next turn.
0: Draw a card.
−2: Create a 2/2 colorless Drone artifact creature token with deathtouch and "When this token leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life."
+1: Up to one target creature can't attack or block until your next turn.
0: Draw a card.
−2: Create a 2/2 colorless Drone artifact creature token with deathtouch and "When this token leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life."
Legendary Planeswalker - Kaito
Rogue Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library face down. You may look at it for as long as it remains exiled.
: Level 2
Creatures you control have menace.
: Level 3
You may play cards exiled with this Class, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of that player's library face down. You may look at it for as long as it remains exiled.
: Level 2
Creatures you control have menace.
: Level 3
You may play cards exiled with this Class, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.
Enchantment - Class
Taeko, the Patient Avalanche
Taeko enters tapped.
Whenever another creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it didn't die, scry 1 and put a +1/+1 counter on Taeko.
Whenever Taeko attacks, you may pay . When you do, target attacking creature can't be blocked this turn.
Whenever another creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it didn't die, scry 1 and put a +1/+1 counter on Taeko.
Whenever Taeko attacks, you may pay . When you do, target attacking creature can't be blocked this turn.
Legendary Creature - Ninja Turtle
Toxrill, the Corrosive
At the beginning of each end step, put a slime counter on each creature you don't control.
Creatures you don't control get -1/-1 for each slime counter on them.
Whenever a creature you don't control with a slime counter on it dies, create a 1/1 black Slug creature token.
, Sacrifice a Slug: Draw a card.
Creatures you don't control get -1/-1 for each slime counter on them.
Whenever a creature you don't control with a slime counter on it dies, create a 1/1 black Slug creature token.
, Sacrifice a Slug: Draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Horror Slug
Sideboard
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Afterlife from the Loam
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)
For each player, choose up to one target creature card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. They're Zombies in addition to their other types.
For each player, choose up to one target creature card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. They're Zombies in addition to their other types.
Sorcery
Bloodchief Ascension
At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 2 or more life this turn, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this enchantment has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this enchantment has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.
Enchantment
Scotty, Miracle Worker
During your main phase, each card in your graveyard has beam me up. The beam me up cost is equal to that spell's mana cost. Scotty can't be beamed up to cast a spell this way. (Only instant and sorcery spells can be cast this way. You may cast a card from your graveyard for its beam me up cost if you also return another creature you control to its owner's hand. Then exile that spell.)
Legendary Creature - Human Artificer
Splinter, Hamato Yoshi
Sneak (You may cast this spell for if you also return an unblocked attacker you control to hand during the declare blockers step. He enters tapped and attacking.)
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Other Ninjas you control get +1/+1.
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Other Ninjas you control get +1/+1.
Legendary Creature - Rat Mutant Ninja
Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
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{"ops":[{"insert":"Lots of one drop unblockables to enable turn 2 Yuriko. The mana curve is low to the ground to ensure fast tempo. The mana curve is not as heavy in blue as it appears, since there are big blue sorceries/instants that you will never actually plan to cast (they are only here to get massive damage with Yuriko triggers). Big creatures like Draco are similarly unrealistic to play, they are only there to deal big damage with Yuriko's triggered ability. Tutors are present to grab big sorceries/instants and put them on top prior to resolving Yuriko triggers. Your biggest win condition creatures will be Sakashima's Student copying a big creature and Thousand-Faced Shadow copying other valuable ninjas, typically ones that steal spells from other players to cast for free.\n\nThe best game winning combo is as follows:\nHave Brainstorm and an expensive card in hand"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Tutor with Mystical Tutor or Personal Tutor to place another expensive card on top of your library"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Hit with 3 ninjas"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Resolve the first Yuriko trigger and reveal the tutored spell for big global damage"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"In response to the next Yuriko trigger on the stack, cast brain storm to draw three cards, then return your two most expensive cards to the top of the library"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Resolve the final 2 Yuriko triggers, dealing big damage for the two cards you reveal"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"If done properly this would deal around 30 damage on average to each opponent, not including combat damage.\n\n"}]}