A Thousand Cuts - Yuriko cEDH

Commander / EDH Aggro Competitive Infinite Combo Stax Tribal UB (Dimir)

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Instant (28)

• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Brain Freeze
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Delay
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Negate
• 1x Opt
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Thought Scour
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Whir of Invention
• 1x Winds of Rebuke

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Standstill
• 1x Stasis
• 1x Unnatural Selection

Land (30)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 8x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Moonring Island
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave

Creature (11)

• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Cloudfin Raptor
• 1x Gudul Lurker
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Mothdust Changeling
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Triton Shorestalker

Commander (1)

Artifact (18)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Winter Orb

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain

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Do you enjoy card advantage? Do you like bleeding out the whole table without giving them options on how to do anything? Is your favorite win a death by a thousand cuts? Oh boy, do I have a deck for you.

Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow has long been my favorite commander, ever since she was originally released in the Commander 2018 set. She's fast, she encourages a tribal strategy, she cheats the commander cost and she encourages a low to the ground, creature-based deck. On top of that, she grants you card advantage while simultaneously draining your opponents for each nonland card you draw, like a reverse Dark Confidant or Ad Nauseaum that forces your opponents to pay for your gains.

This deck started out casual but slowly got more and more competitive as time wore on, which is why you'll see a few less-than-optimal creatures or equipment and such. With a few new ninjas popping up out of the new modern horizon set, I figured it was about time that I bit the bullet and fully optimized this deck.

The deck list is subject to change, but the theme remains the same: get out a few early creatures, slow the game down with stax outlets, and then whittle your opponents away while you dig for your combo.

This deck is probably considered about 75% power-level, so don't expect it to win many hyper-aggressive matchups against Tymna/Thrasios or Gitrog Monster decks. This deck functions best against slower, combo-control oriented matchups, by being one of the only decks to fully take advantage of the combat step and make our opponents regret it.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.71
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Morph 2/2 C