Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

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Yuriko balances cheap enablers, Ninjas, top-deck setup, high-mana-value cards that remain castable, and interaction that protects combat connections.

Color identity: B / U
Deck role: Combat-damage triggers
Game plan: Develop mana and a cheap evasive attacker.

Market Summary

Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow market checks

Market trends

Price and supply agreeMarket status38Cards monitored8Active signals10Supply pressure14Higher confidenceSep 29, 2026Last market update

Price and supply agree: Fallen Shinobi is the first card to verify because Fallen Shinobi: falling price over the 30d window (-28%).

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Core Synergy

Ornithopter

Evasive one-mana enablers

Ornithopter helps Yuriko enter early without spending mana on the enabler.

Role: Zero Mana Evasive Enabler
Set: TDMU

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Market Watch

Fallen Shinobi

Falling Price

Ninja theft branch

Fallen Shinobi: falling price over the 30d window (-28%).

NeoPrice: $9.38
Inventory: 61 copies

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Recent Intelligence

Yuriko Ninjutsu Baseline

Commander

Ornithopter

Yuriko balances cheap enablers, Ninjas, top-deck setup, high-mana-value cards that remain castable, and interaction that protects combat connections.

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Commander Overview

How This Commander Plays

Yuriko turns evasive attackers into Ninjas, converts every Ninja connection into a card, and turns those cards' mana values into life loss for every opponent. The deck balances cheap enablers, Ninjas, top-deck manipulation, high-mana-value cards that remain castable, and interaction that protects the combat engine.

Core Game Plan

Develop mana and a cheap evasive attacker.
Attack an opponent with no legal blocker.
Activate commander ninjutsu after blockers are declared.
Connect with Yuriko and additional Ninjas.
Order and manipulate the library before triggers resolve.
Reveal useful high-mana-value cards and pressure every opponent.
Repeat the engine or finish through an approved combo.

Key Mechanics

Combat-damage triggersCommander ninjutsu rulesEvasion setupTop-deck setupMana-value reveal pressureVersion separation

Build Paths

Ninja tempo

Use one-mana evasive creatures, Yuriko's commander ninjutsu, and efficient interaction to keep the combat engine connecting.

Tempo is the verified deck plan, but no approved Tempo Strategy slug exists yet.

Mana-value reveal pressure

Pair top-deck setup with cards such as Temporal Trespass, Dig Through Time, Treasure Cruise, and Shadow of Mortality.

Alternate, delve, pitch, and reduced costs do not change library mana value.

Competitive consultation

Use Thassa's Oracle with Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact as a commander-independent finish.

Power metadata belongs separately from Commander legality and market evidence.

Thousand-Faced Shadow combo

Use Thousand-Faced Shadow with Great Whale or Palinchron to create token-copy and untap loops.

Great Whale and Palinchron are separate exact combo records, not one merged line.

Imported exact combo records are Thousand-Faced Shadow with Great Whale, Thousand-Faced Shadow with Palinchron, Demonic Consultation with Thassa's Oracle, and Tainted Pact with Thassa's Oracle. Consultation lines are not Yuriko-dependent.

Core Mechanics