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Satoru Umezawa
Legendary Creature — Human Ninja
Whenever you activate a ninjutsu ability, look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. This ability triggers only once each turn. Each creature card in your hand has ninjutsu {2}{U}{B}.
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“Ninjutsu toolbox that filters your deck into a hand full of evasive threats.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tempo attrition
Ninjutsu, Evasion, Card Draw, Tempo
Strategy
Satoru Umezawa is your gateway to a slick tempo deck that turns ninjutsu into card advantage. Every time you activate ninjutsu—whether with Satoru or any creature in your hand—you're digging three cards deep, filtering your deck and loading up your hand with gas. The gameplan is lean and mean: deploy cheap creatures, attack with them to trigger ninjutsu, bounce them back into hand (or cast them as ninjas), repeat, and bury your opponents in card advantage while staying ahead on tempo.
The beauty is that Satoru democratizes ninjutsu across your entire creature suite. Normally ninjutsu is reserved for ninja lords; now every creature card you hold becomes a ninja. This means you're running a toolbox of evasive threats—flashy unblockable dudes that slip in, turn sideways, and vanish. Combined with evasion-focused creatures, clone effects, and cards that reward casting from hand, you're assembling a deck that's hard to block, harder to trade with, and constantly replenishing its resources.
You win by chipping away with unblockable damage, grinding out incremental advantage, and the occasional lethal swing when your opponent can't keep up with your card flow and tempo pressure.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive ninjas like Fallen Shinobi; use efficient evasive creatures like Faerie Seer and Ornithopter instead, and lean on modal creatures that provide flexibility without breaking the bank.
Most-Played Cards
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Slither Blade
Triton Shorestalker
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Changeling Outcast
Silent-Blade Oni
Ornithopter
Mist-Cloaked Herald
Tormented Soul
Fallen Shinobi
Invisible Stalker
Rune-Scarred Demon
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