Rules thing to remember: if you use Commander Ninjutsu, you don't cast Yuriko - which means, that it cheats commander tax. If you only use Commander Ninjutsu and don't cast Yuriko for her normal cost, the Commander Ninjutsu still costs UB, and casting her normally costs only 1UB. Also Ninjutsu is a very sneaky ability. If you attack with a creature and Yuriko, and somebody casts removal spell on Yuriko, you can still use Ninjutsu during this combat and connect with Yuriko. You can also Ninjutsu AFTER combat damage if you want, because of end of combat phase.

Shhh. Ninjas. Keep on being yourself DJ.

My Yuriko deck has gone through all the motions, budget, focused and I finally got her about as optimized as I can and she is HANDS DOWN my favorite commander to play.

I love how you add " and if you don't like money" when talking about maze of ith

Bro I was just about to put together a yuriko deck, thanks for the upload my dude

Amazing video! I've been thinking about Yuriko ever since I cracked my MH booster box, I love your builds

Been waiting for some sort of ninja commander list! Thank you!

Dude I’ve been planning this deck for months! So excited to see how you make it

I'd actually built ashiok oathbreaker ninjas and was thinking of expanding it into commander, this is helpful I hadn't thought about split cards

ty so much for making this deck tech. you promised us ninjas and im so glad you delivered. I loved your spilt card ideas. I ony wish I had money to make this deck and didn't already have four ub decks...oh who im a kidding im so going to build a version of this deck!

Yuriko was my first commander deck and still my favorite

Super helpful. Earned my sub for sure

Okay but dj you missing the seceret ninja technique of "throne of the god pharaoh" it's really good early dmg that stacks ups and chains well with the mass yuriko triggers and your opponents won't deal with it until it's too late. Hidden op tech ;))

Honestly, I would love to see gameplay videos to decks like this. It sounds awesome, but I have a hard time imagining how it would play. But I understand that Commander gameplay is very hard to shoot and especially present in a watchable way.

So glad I picked up the Planechase Anthology pack when my LGS had it on sale. I initially bought it for the planes (EDH with planechase is awesome), but when Yuriko came out, I immediately built a Ninja deck around her. Then Core 2019 and Modern Horizons added more Ninja's. Now, the deck is one of the most fun ones I have. Even if Yuriko gets stolen (which really is the only way she can get 'lost'), I have a lot of Boomerang-style cards that'll simply return her to her rightful owner. And yeah, doing all these kinds of cool tricks during combat is so powerful. And fun :-)

It's good to see a fair build for Yuiko!

Ninjutsu is cool because it's a combat-based mechanic that _isn't_ Boros. You're encouraged to attack in UB!

SMOKE SHROUD - Damn fine card for this deck, it'll attach to the ninja you ninjitsu in and give it evasion for the next turn.

Have not read all the comments but have you looked at Cunning Evasion? It seems tailor made for ninjas. A one and a blue for an enchantment that states “Whenever a creature you control is blocked, you may return it to its owner’s hand.” It means that you need to block every attacker or something is getting through and even blocking your creatures won’t necessarily kill your creatures.

This is really coincidental since i just finished a yuriko deck

I am also running undercity plague and midnight recovery in this build. Having tons of evasive helps cypher a lot

I just made my ninja deck the other day, I used Damia, sage of stone as my commander for extra mana and card draw

The cure for common game channel is doing a deck for every legend creature card ever made one a day it's been two years

You should do a Jalira deck tech. It feels right up your alley, taking a slightly different approach to the Big Blue Fatties strategy that Braids uses(though, admittedly not as interactive). I’m building one with Braids in the 99 and as an option to swap with Jalira when I want due to the similarities in the style of the decks.

I love your channel so much I always do the intro along with (all be it horribly).

Yuriko is so flavorful and good! Sometimes she's even too oppressive. To avoid this I tried to focus on each player top library manipulation, with tuck effects like Commit and Submerge and things like Gonti and Thief of Sanity to clear the top off those goodies. So much fun!

Some cards I plan to put into my yuriko deck are sai of the shinobi, stormrider rig, and ronin warclub. If you plan flash in a ninja might as well have stuff to make them a bit stronger.

Baneful Omen ends game so much faster, especially when I do top deck manipulation. So much so I'm already the top priority in my playgroup lol. Such a fun deck to play

Built a Yuriko deck a month ago in my casual group where we are pretty on about what power levels we are playing at each game. Everyone agreed that Yuriko is inherently a power level 7 because of always only costing 2 mana, along with card draw and life loss.

This is pretty good timing for me. I'm testing out an Isshai/Ikra Shidiqi deck that uses a similar strategy (play unblockable creatures, buff them with anthems, get a bunch of Attack/Combat Damage Triggers). I'll give Yuriko a try and see how she handles.

I had a lot of luck with land based creatures in Yuriko, you get to ninjitsu after a board wipe, also no rags to riches. Also emerge is a solid option, elder deep fiend is a great way to clear out blockers

I played against ninjas and love their mechanic!

Gonna buy this, probably

Nice, i can't believe a deck that i asked for so much really got into a video. And it's good. What about a "Korlash, heir to blackblade" deck tech? Keep it up man!

I run a Yuriko Extra Turns deck, siren stormtamer, Invisible Stalker, baleful strix, nether traitor (may be a bit over budget) are all cards you should consider including.

I built a deck similar to this but for the high cmc cards i used some eldralzi allowing me to have annihilator and the deck as well as I can get the triggers off yuriko

Ninja Pose ! (Prof

Hint: Buy the Aminatou commander deck and Planechase Anthology, then you're already halfway there.

Conspiracy and Equilibrium are also good includes. Nether traitor is great too!

Awesome video! I build a budget Yuriko list myself, but never got to buy it cause the powerlevel of my casual edh groups is so low, that this feels kinda too consistent for it *feelsbad*

I run Dauthi Embrace in mine to give my creatures shadow to help them get in if I don't have the cards to help my ninjas get through. Also its a good political tool since it gives any creature shadow.

yay!

Hey DJ, huge fan. I've been wanting to try and build Yisan, the Wanderer Bard in a fun, toolboxy way that doesn't go cedh at all. I'm struggling to come up with interesting interactions in monogreen that are cool but no overpowered. If it seems like a good idea, I'd love to see a video with your thoughts. Maybe you could do a whole thing about taking cedh commanders and building them in more fun ways? Anyway, thanks for the content

If you can find the subjective reality commander pre con for a good price, pick it up! Lots of good inclusions for this deck including Yuriko herself of course

Dear Mister DJ. It’s almost ben a year. Are we going to see a new tour of all your decks? Keep up the awesome work!

Dj what is your opinion on smoke shroud and cunning evasion? Surprised not to see them get mentioned.

I have my ninja deck completely foiled

U dope my man

Funny, Higure was 50 cents before Yuriko came out.

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I thought this was an ASMR video because of the beginning xD

ok, so! with etrata you can ninjutsu her back to your hand after damage and avoid the shufle triger if bc it will fail to find

Jumbo Commander. 2 yrs ago by watching your youtube, I build an Omnath Deck base from your decklist. Had a couple changes and additions. Now with the new Omnath with blue color. I'm thinking keep the old land matters and add blue spells? Since it was base from your decklist, is it still gonna be a good fan deck or more competitive now that I can add counterspells? Thanks a lot.

What about cunning evasion? It let's you return creatures to your hand when they become blocked.

could u do like a regular deck tech on Ayli im having a hard time choosing which direction to take the deck in

Watching this now, I sure wish mystical tutor was $6 lol

Is this deck still good? And is it potentially gettin upgrade since we are returning to kamigawa?

Is there a non budget version from you DJ? I woult love to see whats possible with this deck :)

Have you guys ever revealed Draco with Yuriko? I have one in my deck and the reaction people get is priceless :D

Cool interaction with Etrata: ninjitsu in a thing to return her to your had in response to her trigger. Wouldnt it be amazing to actually pull off a hit counter win?

So, what would you add to replace curtains' call and coveted peacock? I can't seem to find a copy of either of those for MTGO.

Thalakos seer; has shadow, costs UU and you draw a card when it leaves play

I'd love to build a Yuriko deck but I already have an Edric deck and they're just too similar to justify the cost of building another one.

i just want to throw out, if you can find a copy of the ninja planechase deck, i believe it comes with a copy of every ninja up to sakashima's student (which came out in that deck if i'm not mistaken) I don't know how much the deck is now, but I picked it up for 10 or 15 bucks and that felt very much worth it to me to get at least one of each ninja, plus there are some other nice things in there too. EDIT: holy fk... i guess nevermind. I didn't realize the price of the deck had gone up so much... 50-100$??? O.o... well i guess i got lucky getting it when i did.

My friend got this deck and it is so annoying. Here is my unkillable commander who costs 2 mana, gets around Commander tax, has some kind of haste and drains the table for 10 on turn 2. When you're starting to fight back in turn 4-6 he chaines some extra turn spells together and finishes of the table.

Don't forget Draco, 16 cmc and is only $1.99

I was going to build a deck with this Commander using tetsuko other Rogues and assassins I like this one since I already have some of the cards but I don't get the actual ninjutsu deal. I'm still kind of new could you kind of them or somebody that reads this explain that to me

Hey DJ! Why not add Skull Storm to this deck? It deals 9 damage with Yuriko's ability, and will definitely be the best card in the deck, since we're only paying 2 to cast her from the command zone! And she'll get killed tons of times. At least when I play with my version of her deck, she hardly gets to stay on the battlefield... There were never a game in which I had Skull Storm cast, that I didn't win! And, it's a flavour win as well, since the 2 cards came in the same deck!

I run some copy spells and helm of the host. Make a copy of Yuriko that isn’t legendary and copy the copy. Swing with all the yurikos and just draw your library

cheap, funny, ninjas. This commander has everything

Hey guys, I have a combo for Serra oathbreaker. Tell me your thoughts! Using the new bishop from core set 2020, I devised a combo using Phyrexian alter, divine visitation, and the new bishop (note I’m using this for Serra oathbreaker): Use Serra’s minus and create an angel with the bishop in play, gaining you four life. Then, sacrifice it to the alert to gain a mana. That will trigger the bishop and give you a 1/1. But, because of divine visitation, it becomes a 4/4 angel. Repeat the process for infinite mana and life. Tell me your thought on this stupid combo!

Only 3 mana rocks and 37 lands? Sound a little low. Also I would suggest Halimar Depths as a land (look at top 3 and rearrange them). Cool deck though. Im gonna remake my Aminatou deck to this since I have most of the cards :). Maybe Aminatou herself could fit in the deck actually... That plus 1 ability might actually be handy in this deck.

I built her and played her for the first time. Played emperor, carried the team. Played three two man teams. Carried my team. Let my friend play her. She won. She is seriously nuts. I felt bad winning everytime she was used.

Do you have a more expensive version?

Yuriko is frustrating to deal with, but as long as you don't run eldrazi in the deck, I guess its okay Also FIRST

woah woah Split cards count? ohh shit man.

I’m getting back into edh and I want to find N optimized list. Anyone have reccomendations?

Build this Deck with some Mill-effects like Sphinx Tutoleg and some Control Stuff and push it to the Limit. It is not a Budget anymore... because....na it's Yuriko.

20:15 Delve, not Dredge.

20:12 Let's take a look at DREDGE. DJ, I hate to tell you, but dredge doesn't work very well in this deck. There's barely any graveyard interaction. Delve would be a far better mechanic. Lol.

Force of will would be a great include if you have one laying around or if you just want to add more money to it Counterspell a spell for free is always great plus it has a decently large Mana cost

Ninja's dont block! Sekiro: Am I a joke to you

*N O*

Sakashima is up to $40 atm 😇

Ha, sakashima's student is $85 now

Interesting you didn't use the doomsday win condition

the ninja's are deadly and silent

How much did this deck cost when this video came out? Its $100 now.

love this deck. Commander en español? sigan nuestro canal.

12:19 They're not just ninjas. They're mutant ninja turtles.

All of those "expensive cards" aren't really that expensive if you proxy those. Just proxy those cards if you can't afford them.

Ninja's don't block? Obviously you haven't played Sekiro.

Budget? What kind of budget is it. 300?

Change up the music man, the loop is getting old.

It is not ninjitsu, is ninjutsu. Please stop, it's time to stop.

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