Friendly Neighbourhood Ninja

Commander / EDH Aggro Budget Control Theme/Gimmick WUB (Esper)

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Creature (28)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Blighted Agent
• 1x Deathcult Rogue
• 1x Deepchannel Mentor
• 1x Dimir Infiltrator
• 1x Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• 1x Ghastlord of Fugue
• 1x Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
• 1x Higure, the Still Wind
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Keeper of Keys
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Shadowmage Infiltrator
• 1x Silent-Blade Oni
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Sun Quan, Lord of Wu
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Thalakos Seer
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Throat Slitter
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x Vela the Night-Clad
• 1x Wonder
• 1x Wrexial, the Risen Deep

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Midnight Recovery
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Stolen Identity
• 1x Wash Out
• 1x Wrath of God

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

Land (36)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Fetid Pools
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Irrigated Farmland
• 9x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Meadow
• 1x Watery Grave

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Make a Stand
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Utter End

Commander (1)

Artifact (15)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Prowler's Helm
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Trepanation Blade
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Telepathy
• 1x True Conviction

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

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Strategy

The strategy behind this deck is to be as evasive as possible while pecking down your opponent and controlling their possible answers. The deck is built off of ninjutsu and unblockable creatures. You can take any creature and make it unblockable if it isn't already and buff it up a bit or use it to trigger damage effects. To boost the effectiveness of this combat style, I added cards that give card draw and at the same time the Ninjas give abilities that trigger off damage. You can also double the damage being dealt and triggers going off by using the cards that give double strike. It's a fun and fairly casual deck that can sneak in and steal wins with some thinking while causing some disruption and confusion.

Good for bouncing or triggering, use for ninjutsu fuel if possible:

Slither Blade

Triton Shorestalker

Archaeomancer

Stunt Double

Sakashima's Student

Possible powerful combos:

Silent-Blade Oni + Mistblade Shinobi = Bouncing to hand to steal for your board. Good board control

Slither Blade or Triton Shorestalker + Trepanation Blade + Tainted Strike or Grafted Exo Skeleton = Early game win or player elimination. (Douchey infect I know shut up)

Oloro, Ageless Ascetic + Chalice of Life   = quick flip for Chalice

Archaeomancer + Venser, the Sojourner = Reusable spells (Useful in commander)

Vela the Night-Clad + Rite of Replication = Big damage when kicked

Silent-Blade Oni + Rite of Replication = Steal your opponent's hand especially with double strike

Ethereal Haze/Make a Stand/Cyclonic Rift are good protective moves, this deck likes to be reactive, you keep quiet, don't draw attention, if anything comes your way drop one of these or a cancel/removal if necessary.

Oloro, Ageless Ascetic is a solid commander for this deck as you don't need to play him to keep the deck affective which is a great plus in commander. Don't get me wrong if you wish to play him he still helps a lot.

Weaknesses:Even though the deck has the flying colours, it does lack flying, I have tried to find a way to fix this with Archetype of Imagination but your best bet is to answer those flyers if they are a big threat.

You're needing to be a sort of underdog, you have to make it seem like nothing is happening then hit that ninjutsu effect. Be ready to play political.

Win Conditions

The win condition in this deck would be through combat damage most likely. You can buff up a creature with trep blade and double strike and even mix in infect to get that damage in. You can also win off of stealing your opponet's cards that can build a combo if you have the chance.You're not going to win if you draw all the attention your way fully, some of your moves are going to gather some heat but make sure you have an answer for it.

I have recently discovered that if you get the dream hand of Sol Ring, Umezawa's Jitte, a 1-2 drop unblockable creature, Duelist's Heritage and about three lands. You can get them out and attach and be swinging for 40 on turn 4, spice it up a bit and use an infect creature or tainted strike.

Top Ranked	Achieved #46 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Exclude colors	RG
Splash colors	W
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.50
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner, Monarch Emblem
Folders	Inspiration, Ninjas, Gimmick/Theme Decks, Main Decks, Interesting decks, EDH