MTG Salvation

I've been testing Fallen Shinobi and, despite the high ninjutsu cost, the card is bonkers. It has won me multiple games.
The other new ninjas don't really wow me over much.

Prismatic Vista is another easy inclusion for a new card. Deck thinning, shuffle effect, find the colour you need, etc.

Oh look, a perfect new Yuriko card: Changeling Outcast

Quote from plushpenguin »

4 new cards for me will make the list.

Mission Briefing
Nightveil Sprite
Discovery // Dispersal
Connive // Concoct (this card is mostly used for the left side which is very good against 2 power CMDRs)

I am also looking for room for a Xenograft. This leaves me with relatively few options for any sort of testing.

I recently included a number of those same cards. This is where my own list has ended up at this point:

Solid new card for Yuriko just spoiled.

1U
Faerie Rogue
1/2 with flying, when it attacks surveil 1.

Solid enabler for Yuriko and helps with both top deck manipulation and filling the yard for Delve cards.

Quote from 75chan »

Personal Tutor is a card we should run

Well, really it should be Imperial Seal. Or both. But most people won't shell out for a Seal.

Quote from Sheriff-K »

PS. I ran into an interesting scenario where Sakashima's Student and Yuriko, can create infinite Mana in the Combat Step with a Lost Vale and Cloud of Faeries on the Board.. 'xD

Are you sure? Unless I'm missing something, it just gives you infinite swapping between Yuriko and Sakashima's Student. Which I guess kills the table if you also have Vela the Night-Clad or similar on the table, but I don't see it netting any mana.

Quote from Sheriff-K »

How do you guys feel about Bident of Thassa..? Seems like Drawing a ton of extra Cards would be nice.. But 4CMC IS pretty high, and our Commander is already a Card Draw Engine.. (It can also potentially be used to open up a path to swing in uninhibited.)

PS. (@plushpenguin, I don't think you updated your main post deck list w/ the -trition +stalker.)

I played with Bident for a little bit and was consistently underwhelmed. Just never wanted/needed to spend 4 mana on extra cards.

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For recovering post boardwipe how about adding more man lands? Inkmoth or blinkmonth are both cheap to activate and have evasive.

I find running Inkmoth Nexus will pull opportunistic land destruction, because people will assume you're running some way to 10 infect them in one shot. I do like the idea of running Blinkmoth Nexus, though.

Also helpful for coming back from a wrath, I've been very happy with a couple of hasty enablers that were in the list I posted. Specifically, Gurmag Swiftwing and Nether Traitor.

I saw earlier mentions of Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Bearer of Silence. I haven't seen the latter enough to have much of a judgement on it just yet, but it seems solid. As for Jace, while it's true that he's not super easily protected in this deck, I really like him. Brainstorm or bounce something, both help with the plan.

I've been tinkering with a very similar list. I came to a lot of the same conclusions as you about a number of the cards you're running.
If you're curious, here's the state of my list currently. I'd be happy to answer any questions you have about any of the cards I've chosen.