Art by Manuel Castañón
Commander deckBUW
Splinter, Radical Rat
Capitalize on Splinter, Radical Rat's Ninja synergies by deploying cheap evasive enablers to activate Ninjutsu abilities early and repeatedly. Trigger high-value combat damage effects from powerful Ninjas to gain massive card advantage, tempo, and board control.
Asked for“Quero que faça um deck de trigger como Splinter Radical Rat como comandante, que abuse de triggers de Ninja, qualquer ninja, de qualquer forma. Sem budget, apenas quero ver as opções, não coloque mana, não coloque artefatos, apenas ninjas que funcinam ckm o Splinter”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 58 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Splinter, Radical Rat
1WBWBLegendary Creature — Mutant Ninja Rat
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
8
Culling the Weak
BInstant
sacrifices an unblocked small creature for four black mana
Cloud of Faeries
1UCreature — Faerie
free evasive attacker that untaps lands upon entering
Peregrine Drake
4UCreature — Drake
untaps lands on entering and acts as a large flying threat
Card Draw
10
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
1UBLegendary Creature — Human Ninja
premier Ninja that draws and burns opponents on Ninja combat damage
Ingenious Infiltrator
2UBCreature — Vedalken Ninja
draws a card whenever any Ninja deals combat damage
Ninja of the Deep Hours
3UCreature — Human Ninja
classic Ninja that draws a card on combat damage
Moon-Circuit Hacker
1UEnchantment Creature — Human Ninja
cheap Ninjutsu creature that loots or draws on hit
Prosperous Thief
2UCreature — Human Ninja
creates Treasure tokens when Ninjas or Rogues deal combat damage
Reconnaissance Mission
2UUEnchantment
draws cards on combat damage and cycleable if needed
Removal
10
Dokuchi Silencer
1BCreature — Human Ninja
discards a card on combat damage to destroy a target creature
Moonsnare Specialist
3UCreature — Human Ninja
bounces a creature when it enters the battlefield
Threats/Wincons
21
Satoru Umezawa
1UBLegendary Creature — Human Ninja
gives all creature cards in hand Ninjutsu and digs deep
Nashi, Moon Sage's Scion
1BBLegendary Creature — Rat Ninja
exiles top cards of libraries on hit to play for life
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
4BBLegendary Creature — Rat Ninja
steals creatures from opponent graveyards on hit
Fallen Shinobi
3UBCreature — Zombie Ninja
exiles and plays top cards of hit opponent's library
Higure, the Still Wind
3UULegendary Creature — Human Ninja
tutors Ninjas and makes them unblockable
Thousand-Faced Shadow
UCreature — Human Ninja
creates token copies of attacking creatures via Ninjutsu
Silver-Fur Master
UBCreature — Rat Ninja
lord that buffs Ninjas and reduces Ninjutsu costs
Skullsnatcher
1BCreature — Rat Ninja
cheap Ninjutsu creature that exiles graveyard cards on hit
Walker of Secret Ways
2UCreature — Human Ninja
returns Ninjas to hand to reuse Ninjutsu triggers
Dokuchi Shadow-Walker
4BBCreature — Ogre Ninja
solid statted mid-game Ninja threat
Universal Automaton
1Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
cheap 1-drop changeling to enable early Ninjutsu
Siren Stormtamer
UCreature — Siren Pirate Wizard
flying enabler that can protect key creatures
Spectral Sailor
UCreature — Spirit Pirate
flash flying enabler with late-game card draw
Kaito Shizuki
1UBLegendary Planeswalker — Kaito
planeswalker providing card selection and unblockable Ninja tokens
Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
2UBLegendary Planeswalker — Kaito
embodying Ninja planeswalker with high combat utility
Utility
9
Covert Technician
2UArtifact Creature — Human Ninja
puts artifacts onto the battlefield on combat hit
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
1ULegendary Creature — Human Rogue
makes small power creatures unblockable
Smoke Shroud
1UEnchantment — Aura
attaches to Ninjas automatically from graveyard
Wonder
3UCreature — Incarnation
grants flying to all creatures while in graveyard
Nether Traitor
BBCreature — Spirit
resilient shadow creature that recurs from graveyard
