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Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow ($25 Budget)
Deck Size: 100
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Est deck cost: $67.88
Salt sum: 33.85
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Commander

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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 (plst) C18-52

Commander

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Land

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Choked Estuary

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

Land
Choked Estuary (lcc) 322
Command Tower

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

Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
Darkwater Catacombs

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

Land
Darkwater Catacombs (who) 269
Dimir Aqueduct

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {U}{B}.

Land
Dimir Aqueduct (dsc) 270
Dismal Backwater

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you gain 1 life. {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Dismal Backwater (dft) 254
Halimar Depths

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

Land
Halimar Depths (plst) DDM-36
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (j25) 86
Path of Ancestry

This land enters tapped. {T}: 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
Path of Ancestry (drc) 61
Sunken Hollow

({T}: Add {U} or {B}.) This land enters tapped unless you control two or more basic lands.

Land
Sunken Hollow (afc) 265
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (dft) 285
Tainted Isle

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

Land
Tainted Isle (mkc) 300
Temple of Deceit

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) {T}: Add {U} or {B}.

Land
Temple of Deceit (dsc) 307

Land

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Artifact

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Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (scd) 257
Dimir Signet

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

Artifact
Dimir Signet (mkc) 226
Fellwar Stone

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

Artifact
Fellwar Stone (dmc) 182
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (clb) 325
Talisman of Dominance

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {U} or {B}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Dominance (drc) 141

Artifact

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Planeswalker

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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."

Planeswalker
Kaito, Dancing Shadow (one) 204

Planeswalker

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Creature

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Alora, Merry Thief

Whenever you attack, up to one target attacking creature can't be blocked this turn. Return that creature to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step. Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)

Creature
Alora, Merry Thief (clb) 381
Azra Smokeshaper

Ninjutsu {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) When this creature enters, target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn.

Creature
Azra Smokeshaper (mh1) 79
Biting-Palm Ninja

Ninjutsu {2}{B} This creature enters with a menace counter on it. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a menace counter from it. When you do, that player reveals their hand and you choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card.

Creature
Biting-Palm Ninja (neo) 88
Changeling Outcast

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) This creature can't block and can't be blocked.

Creature
Changeling Outcast (znc) 40
Dokuchi Silencer

Ninjutsu {1}{B} ({1}{B}, 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 discard a creature card. When you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker that player controls.

Creature
Dokuchi Silencer (neo) 95
Ethereal Forager

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Flying Whenever this creature attacks, you may return an instant or sorcery card exiled with this creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Ethereal Forager (c20) 34
Faerie Dreamthief

Flying When this creature enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) {2}{B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: You draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Creature
Faerie Dreamthief (woe) 89
Faerie Seer

Flying When this creature enters, 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.)

Creature
Faerie Seer (plst) MH1-51
Fallen Shinobi

Ninjutsu {2}{U}{B} ({2}{U}{B}, 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.

Creature
Fallen Shinobi (mh1) 199
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar

Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may return it to its owner's hand. Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar (afr) 60
Gudul Lurker

This creature 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 (plst) DTK-56
Ingenious Infiltrator

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

Creature
Ingenious Infiltrator (mh1) 204
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.

Creature
Ingenious Prodigy (woe) 56
Invisible Stalker

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

Creature
Invisible Stalker (plst) ZNC-27
Mist-Cloaked Herald

This creature can't be blocked.

Creature
Mist-Cloaked Herald (rix) 43
Moon-Circuit Hacker

Ninjutsu {U} ({U}, 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.

Creature Enchantment
Moon-Circuit Hacker (j25) 327
Moonblade Shinobi

Ninjutsu {2}{U} ({2}{U}, 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, create a 1/1 blue Illusion creature token with flying.

Creature
Moonblade Shinobi (mh1) 59
Moonsnare Specialist

Ninjutsu {2}{U} ({2}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) When this creature enters, return up to one target creature to its owner's hand.

Creature
Moonsnare Specialist (neo) 335
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion

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 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.

Creature
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion (plst) NEO-114
Nezumi Prowler

Ninjutsu {1}{B} ({1}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) When this creature enters, target creature you control gains deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.

Creature Artifact
Nezumi Prowler (neo) 116
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 this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards two cards.

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

Flying

Creature Artifact
Ornithopter (dmr) 386
Phantom Ninja

This creature can't be blocked.

Creature
Phantom Ninja (j25) 345
Prosperous Thief

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 one or more Ninja or Rogue creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Creature
Prosperous Thief (j25) 346
Saiba Cryptomancer

Flash Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.) Hexproof

Creature
Saiba Cryptomancer (mom) 76
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 {2}{U}{B}.

Creature
Satoru Umezawa (neo) 234
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 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
Silent-Blade Oni (c18) 191
Silver-Fur Master

Ninjutsu {U}{B} ({U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.) Ninjutsu abilities you activate cost {1} less to activate. Other Ninja and Rogue creatures you control get +1/+1.

Creature
Silver-Fur Master (neo) 353
Slither Blade

This creature can't be blocked.

Creature
Slither Blade (akh) 71
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive

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

Creature
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive (blc) 177
Throatseeker

Unblocked attacking Ninjas you control have lifelink.

Creature
Throatseeker (mh1) 110
Tormented Soul

This creature can't block and can't be blocked.

Creature
Tormented Soul (m12) 114
Triton Shorestalker

This creature can't be blocked.

Creature
Triton Shorestalker (j22) 365
Universal Automaton

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)

Creature Artifact
Universal Automaton (j22) 803
Wingcrafter

Soulbond (You may pair this creature with another unpaired creature when either enters. They remain paired for as long as you control both of them.) As long as this creature is paired with another creature, both creatures have flying.

Creature
Wingcrafter (avr) 83

Creature

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Sorcery

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Anchor to the Aether

Put target creature on top of its owner's library. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Sorcery
Anchor to the Aether (ori) 44
Connive

Sorcery
Connive // Concoct (rvr) 242
Dead Drop

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Target player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

Sorcery
Dead Drop (ktk) 67
Devastation Tide

Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands. Miracle {1}{U} (You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)

Sorcery
Devastation Tide (ltc) 189
Discovery

Sorcery
Discovery // Dispersal (mkc) 207
Feed the Swarm

Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.

Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (lcc) 198
Portent

Look at the top three cards of target player's library, then put them back in any order. You may have that player shuffle. Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Sorcery
Portent (dsc) 74
Sorcerous Squall

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Target opponent mills nine cards, then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

Sorcery
Sorcerous Squall (ltc) 504
Treasure Cruise

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

Sorcery
Treasure Cruise (ktk) 59

Sorcery

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Enchantment

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Aqueous Form

Enchant creature Enchanted creature can't be blocked. Whenever enchanted creature attacks, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)

Enchantment
Aqueous Form (cmr) 56
Cunning Evasion

Whenever a creature you control becomes blocked, you may return it to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Cunning Evasion (mh1) 45
Smoke Shroud

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has flying. When a Ninja you control enters, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to that creature.

Enchantment
Smoke Shroud (mh1) 69

Enchantment

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Instant

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Boing!

Return target creature to its owner's hand, then roll a six-sided die. If the result is 3 or less, scry a number of cards equal to the result.

Instant
Boing! (unf) 40
Calculated Dismissal

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}. Spell mastery — If there are two or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard, scry 2. (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.)

Instant
Calculated Dismissal (ori) 48
Chain to Memory

Target creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn. Scry 2.

Instant
Chain to Memory (thb) 46
Consign

Instant
Consign // Oblivion (plst) HOU-149
Contact Other Plane

Roll a d20. 1—9 | Draw two cards. 10—19 | Scry 2, then draw two cards. 20 | Scry 3, then draw three cards.

Instant
Contact Other Plane (afr) 52
Death Rattle

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Destroy target nongreen creature. It can't be regenerated.

Instant
Death Rattle (mma) 78
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 (dsc) 115
Filter Out

Return all noncreature, nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

Instant
Filter Out (mat) 57
Murderous Cut

Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Destroy target creature.

Instant
Murderous Cut (ktk) 81
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (dtk) 65

Instant

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Description

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