The Umezawa Clan

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Midrange Multiplayer Primer UB (Dimir)

Como

Land (28)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkslick Shores
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Gemstone Caverns
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Island
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Gitaxian Probe
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Doomsday

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Dress Down
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Rhystic Study

Instant (24)

• 1x An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x March of Swirling Mist
• 1x Mental Misstep
• 1x Miscast
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Suspend
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Force of Will

Artifact (12)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Amber
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Cursed Totem *f-etch*
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

Commander (1)

Creature (24)

• 1x Memnite
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Phyrexian Walker
• 1x Cauldron Familiar
• 1x Changeling Outcast *f-etch*
• 1x Faerie Seer *f-etch*
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Signal Pest
• 1x Slither Blade
• 1x Spectral Sailor
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x Wingcrafter
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker *f-etch*
• 1x Moon-Circuit Hacker
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Silver-Fur Master
• 1x Soulless Jailer
• 1x Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow *f-etch*
• 1x Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Quicksilver Fisher
• 1x Wandering Archaic  ^Flip

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Any suggestions or comments are always welcome.

Introduction

Satoru is a midrange deck that controls the pace of the game with control magic and cheats out creatures that make an impact. Can use Thassa's Oracle with Demonic Consultation/Tainted Pact as a primary wincon or use other combos to win the game.

Why should you play Satoru Umezawa

1. A Wild Blightsteel Colossus appeared!
2. You can viably use big creatures that you don't see in other decks
3. You can Anticipate once a turn with Ninjutsu
4. You don't have to worry too much about stax pieces
5. Ninjas

Why you shouldn't play Satoru Umezawa

1. It isn't as powerful as Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
2. Containment Priest shuts down the deck if not dealt with
3. The Deck is commander-centric
4. If you aren't able to cast the commander, you always have to go to your plan B
5. You want to win as fast as possible
6. You don't like to go to combat

Combo Lines

Thassa's Oracle

Demonic Consultation

1. Cast Thassa's Oracle
2. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield and triggers
3. Hold priority and cast Demonic Consultation
4. Demonic Consultation resolves, name any card that is not in your deck or is already on board
5. Thassa's Oracle resolves and you win because you'll have zero cards in deck

Tainted Pact

1. Cast Thassa's Oracle
2. Thassa's Oracle enters the battlefield and triggers
3. Hold priority and cast Tainted Pact
4. Tainted Pact resolves, go until you keep the last card in your deck
5. Thassa's Oracle resolves and you win because you'll have zero cards in deck

Notable Inclusions

Black

Night's Whisper - A better draw spell for this deck than cards like Windfall and Timetwister

Colorless

Cursed Totem - Doesn't effect the deck that much. It'll only effect Dauthi Voidwalker and Spectral Sailor, but I don't always need to activate their abilities.
Grafdigger's Cage - Don't need to get any creatures from library to field, so it would only effect other people's decks

Notable Exclusions

Black

Opposition Agent - A great card, but wasn't able to flash him in to use the effect. The deck needs all the mana that you need to get going, so I barely have the mana to use him.

Blue

Windfall - I usually don't have great times to use these kinds of wheel effects, so I don't include them. Might need to test them more in depth later on, but won't need them right now.
Timetwister - I don't have one and don't think the deck needs this type of wheel-like effect anytime soon. Will need to test other wheel-like effects to see if this deck would need it or not.
Pact of Negation - Though a great counterspell, I don't need it during my combo turn, seeing that my combo turn is either a Thassa's Oracle win or through Ninjutsu. It also is expensive when it gets back to my next turn, seeing that I need the mana for Ninjutsu.

Multicolor

Notion Thief - I don't have a lot of ways to use wheel effects in this deck. Also, he has the same problem as Opposition Agent where it is a great card, but wasn't able to flash him in.

Top Ranked	Achieved #65 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #57 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #3 position in Commander / EDH Midrange 2 years ago Achieved #3 position in Commander / EDH Ninja 2 years ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 year
Exclude colors	WRG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	1.68
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Treasure
Folders	Yuriko Improvement, Good decks, Decks, Retired EDH Decks