Higure, the Still Here

Commander / EDH Budget Faeries Mono-Blue Ninjutsu Unblockable

Samothrace

Creature (38)

• 1x Cloud of Faeries
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Faerie Seer
• 1x Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
• 1x Great Whale
• 1x Gudul Lurker
• 1x Invisible Stalker
• 1x Keiga, the Tide Star
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Mist-Syndicate Naga
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Myojin of Seeing Winds
• 1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Rishadan Footpad
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Shrieking Drake
• 1x Silver Raven
• 1x Skyscanner
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Thalakos Seer
• 1x Thieving Skydiver
• 1x Thought Monitor
• 1x Thousand-Faced Shadow
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x Vendilion Clique
• 1x Whirler Rogue
• 1x Whirlpool Rider

Artifact (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Campfire
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Gauntlet of Power
• 1x Genesis Chamber
• 1x Hedron Archive
• 1x Heraldic Banner
• 1x Mask of Memory
• 1x Maskwood Nexus
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sky Diamond
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Land (36)

• 1x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1x Command Beacon
• 32x Island
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Reliquary Tower

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Teferi's Veil

Commander (1)

Instant (6)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x High Tide
• 1x March of Swirling Mist
• 1x Unsummon
• 1x Vapor Snag

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Notorious Throng
• 1x Walk the Aeons
• 1x Wash Out

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Sideboard

Creature (11)

• 1x Archaeomancer
• 1x Cyclone Summoner
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Faerie Impostor
• 1x Mist Raven
• 1x Moon-Circuit Hacker
• 1x Moonblade Shinobi
• 1x Nevermaker
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Walker of Secret Ways

Artifact (4)

• 1x Grafted Exoskeleton
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Dance of Many

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Reshape

Instant (1)

• 1x Familiar's Ruse

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Wu Scout

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“All things return to their beginnings. The waters that spill across the Kamitaki Falls flow to sea, only to be returned to her as the rain that joins the mighty river.”

-Dosan, the Falling Leaf

Key Combos:

For infinite mana

Panharmonicon + Peregrine Drake + Shrieking Drake

-or-

Cloud of Faeries + Panharmonicon + Shrieking Drake

-or-

Deadeye Navigator + Great Whale / Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake

Equilibrium + Shrieking Drake :

= repeatable return to hand

Genesis Chamber + Shrieking Drake :

= 1/1 token

Mist-Syndicate Naga + Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive

Why Higure?

Why not just make a Yuriko deck? Aside from Higure being from the original set of betrayers ninjas, and having art so beautiful that you want to see it every game, there are some notable strengths to Higure worth building a deck around. The idea with this deck is to take advantage of ninjutsu in various ways:

1. ETB effects on creatures that we will play several times such as Vendilion Clique or Skyscanner, or through enchantments such as Equilibrium.
2. Equipment that reward our unblockable damage, such as Quietus Spike or Grafted Exoskeleton
3. We have Arcane Adaptation in the deck as well as Maskwood Nexus that let us tutor out any creature we want, or make any creature unblockable.

Higure is inferior to Yuriko in most ways, but his ability to tutor out ninjas means we can get to them every game. He becomes something of a means to Sakashima's Student, who can often swing for big, unblocked damage.

Mana Generation

This can not be played like a Yuriko deck because there is no commander ninjutsu. Also, Ninjas do not win games by just getting through. Therefore we need to play some more heavy hitters, and both they and Higure require mana. In order to generate this mana, we have the aforementioned combos. We also have plenty of mana rocks, and doublers such as Gauntlet of Power. The deck can draw into these quite smoothly based on other creature-based synergies.

Protection

We can protect our abundance of little creatures and ninjas with Kira, Great Glass-Spinner and Teferi's Veil. also, don't be afraid to return ninja to our hand with Unsummon and the like, as it is often just as good to have them in our hand as on the battlefield.

Shapeshifting Jutsu

Originally, I played Sakashima's Student just to copy the best thing other people were playing. However, I found that while it is great to play their best thing, swinging, unblocked for , it tended to leave me a step behind. So instead I decided that I’d better have my own powerhouses in the deck to clone. The ideal creatures to have on the board are either Myojin of Seeing Winds or Diluvian Primordial. Replaying these for tends to bust the game open, as we draw into other combos, take extra turns, wipe out other’s boards, etc.

Currently in the market for an Agent of Treachery to fill the same role.

Top Ranked	Achieved #25 position overall 3 years ago Achieved #18 position in Commander / EDH 3 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Faeries 3 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Key combos	Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake Deadeye Navigator + Great Whale Equilibrium + Shrieking Drake Cloud of Faeries + Panharmonicon + Shrieking Drake Panharmonicon + Peregrine Drake + Shrieking Drake Genesis Chamber + Shrieking Drake Mist-Syndicate Naga + Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	29 - 8 Rares 19 - 6 Uncommons 21 - 4 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	2.94
Tokens	Copy Clone, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Illusion 1/1 U w/ Flying, Morph 2/2 C, Myr 1/1 C, Shapeshifter 2/2 U, Thopter 1/1 C
Folders	Like, inspiration for budget commander decks