Come on, You Weren't Attacking with This

Commander / EDH Aggro Casual Multiplayer Ninjutsu Scry UB (Dimir) Unblockable

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Enablers (21)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Augury Owl
• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Dimir Keyrune
• 1x Faerie Seer
• 1x Gingerbrute
• 1x Gudul Lurker
• 1x Higure, the Still Wind
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Smoke Shroud
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Tormented Soul
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Removal (8)

• 1x Commit / Memory
• 1x Dead Drop
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Murderous Cut
• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 1x Rags / Riches
• 1x Skullsnatcher
• 1x Throat Slitter

Board Wipes (4)

• 1x Coastal Breach
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Evacuation

Extra Turn (3)

• 1x Karn's Temporal Sundering
• 1x Part the Waterveil
• 1x Temporal Trespass

Utility (3)

• 1x Connive / Concoct
• 1x Draco
• 1x Quickling

Draw/Library Manipulation (17)

• 1x Augury Owl
• 1x Brainstone
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Faerie Seer
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Ingenious Infiltrator
• 1x Insidious Dreams
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Ninja (14)

• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Fallen Shinobi
• 1x Higure, the Still Wind
• 1x Ingenious Infiltrator
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Mist-Syndicate Naga
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Moonblade Shinobi
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 1x Prosperous Thief
• 1x Silent-Blade Oni
• 1x Skullsnatcher
• 1x Throat Slitter

Tutor (4)

• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Perplex

Ninja School (1)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Creeping Tar Pit
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 12x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Witch's Cottage

Counter (5)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Negate
• 1x Perplex

Ramp (4)

• 1x Dimir Keyrune
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

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Who am I?

Hi, i'm an edh player, i don't play competitive, i just wanna have fun with my friends and try to win. I love building decks and i'm always trying to find better and funnier solution to improve my decks. Usually i'm starting with a budget deck and after some games, if is it worth, i replace some budget cards with stronger ones.

Why Yuriko?

I was looking for a Dimir commander and my first choice was Lazav, Dimir Mastermind, I was trying to put together some ideas, but in the meantime they printed Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow and i fell in love with her.
I think ninjutsu is a really nice ability and the fact that you can play your commander everytimes for {U}{B} is fantastic.
Last but not least, her triggered ability is kinda broken and really fun, expecially when you reveal a super expensive card without manipulating the top deck (a bit less fun when you reveal a land :D).

Game plan/Card Selection

The deck needs:

• Enablers:

  creature with low cmc (since you have to play them multiple times) and some kind of evasion (flying or unblockable). There isn't much to say about 0 cmc drop and 1 cmc drops, but they aren't enough so i added some good 2 cmc drops like Augury Owl which can works as a top deck manipulator, Dimir Infiltrator which can works as a tutor or Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive which can help Yuriko going face. I also added unusual unblockable like Dimir Keyrune and Creeping Tar Pit, I know they are quite slow, but in case of emergency... .
  I recently added Gingerbrute because I think having an enabler with haste could save my game sometimes.
  Yuriko has to deal damage every turn, so I added some cards that can help like Aqueous Form, Thassa, God of the Sea,Smoke Shroud, Whispersilk Cloak (slow but also provides protection) and something to bring her back to my hand: Quickling

• Top deck Manipulator:

  so you can find the best card to reveal with Yuriko's ability and force the hand of fate. Top deck manipulation is really important here and you can do it multiple times with creatures like Faerie Seer and Augury Owl or the queen of the deck Sensei's Divining Top. (The new queen of the deck are Scroll Rack :D, nothing to say about her)

• Sexy Ninjas:

  so you can trigger Yuriko's ability multiple times and do fun stuff.

• High CMC stuff:

  mainly good Delve spells or split cards. Using these cards allow you to deal a lot of damage and in the meantime have something playable. I recently added Draco, because 16 damage are just too much. Its a dead draw, yes, but hopefully I'll draw it when I want to. There is also a chance to bring it back on top of the library using Brainstorm or Witch's Cottage. I think he deserve a spot in the list.

Draw

This deck is really fast and has an insane draw power. Yuriko herself let you draw a lot and there are 2 more ninjas that have drawing ability (Ninja of the Deep Hours and Ingenious Infiltrator).

Other consideration

Excluding the 4 main categories already mentioned, the deck includes some counters in response of the biggest threats since we got {U} and we can't ignore it.
Some boards wipe like Coastal Breach if the opponents are going too aggressive. And since the deck needs High CMC spells, extra turn spells like Temporal Trespass fits perfectly here.
The most hated quote after Yuriko's combat damage is "Ok, it's 1 damge for you and...16 for everyone :D"

Weakness

I think this is one of the most powerful deck I have, but of course it has some weakness. Playing against life-gain decks are really difficult since you can't kill all your opponents at the same time. We can also add sacrifice deck to the hard enemies's list. If you can't win fast, handle a late game without blockers and maybe without a way to deal damage is almost impossible.

Mulligan

You need to play Yuriko on turn 2 (max 3), so a good hand is made of {U}, {B} and a 1cmc creature. Everything else is not important, but is good if you also have something to manipulate the top deck or another ninja to join Yuriko's party.

Wincon

The main finishers in this deck are Scroll Rack, Brainstorm, Insidious Dreams, Mystical Tutor, and Lim-Dul's Vault. As soon as you burnt enough enemies life, you can cast these spell just before Yuriko's trigger and prepare the most expensive cards on the top of your library (there are Draco, 2x 11cmc, 2x 10 cmc and 1x 9 cmc).
Mystic Sanctuary and Witch's Cottage are really interesting since your opponents can't counter them. Obviously even an extra turn can be lethal for your opponents.

Wishlist/Update

17/10/2021

• IN Scroll Rack -> OUT Cunning Evasion (Queen of the deck)

29/06/2021

• IN Access Tunnel -> OUT Rogue's Passage (new land designed for yuriko)
• IN Brainstone -> OUT Ponder (Finally a new card like Brainstorm)
• IN Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire -> OUT Cavern Harpy (amazing top deck manipulator)

17/05/2021
Just decided to change 2 cards since i'm using them in my Marchesa deck and i'm tired of switching them every game.

• IN Dispel -> OUT Swan Song (just a cheaper solution in term of money that i have in my collection)
• IN Gingerbrute -> OUT Spark Double (a good enabler)

11/11/2020

• IN Swan Song -> OUT Gonti, Lord of Luxury (Gonti found a new home in my Marchesa deck, added a new counter)
• IN Draco -> OUT Consign / Oblivion (good finisher)
• IN Dead Drop -> OUT Vela the Night-Clad (I think Vela is too expensive, just added another cool Delve spell)

Here are some cards that i would like to try:

• Sakashima's Student
• Vampiric Tutor

Meta

Here are some example of decks I'm facing in my playgroup:

{B}{R} deck:mogis-god-of-rakdos-fun
{R} deck:zizou-land-punisher
{U} Jalira and the Big Boyz
{U} deck:orvar-to-plagiarize-is-to-have-style
{B}{G} deck:beledros-the-sacrifices-are-paid-off

My other decks

{B} Bontu, Mrs Crocodile Dundee
{B}{G} Snakes. Why'd It Have To Be Snakes?
{G}{R} Did Someone Say Extra Combat?
{B}{U}{R} Marchesa, Be Right Back
{G}{R}{W} Ghired Create a Token that's a Copy of WHAT?

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed. Feedback and are welcome!

Top Ranked	Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH UB (Dimir) 3 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 24 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 32 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.71
Tokens	Copy Clone, Illusion 1/1 U w/ Flying, Morph 2/2 C, Ninja 1/1 U, Treasure
Folders	DecksToPlay, Decks for Mag, Blue black