Legendary Creature — Human Ninja Rogue

Satoru, the Infiltrator

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The Commander

Menace

Whenever Satoru and/or one or more other nontoken creatures you control enter, if none of them were cast or no mana was spent to cast them, draw a card.

Guide

Gameplan

Satoru rewards putting nontoken creatures into play for free—via ninjutsu, reanimation, blink, and "cheat" effects—drawing a card each time a creature enters that wasn't cast or had no mana spent. You assemble an evasive tempo board, refill your hand constantly, and grind opponents out with repeated value or chain into a combo finish.

Strengths

Constant, repeatable card advantage that snowballs hard once the engine is online
Cheap (MV 2) commander with built-in evasion via menace, enabling ninjutsu shenanigans
Excellent synergy with blink, reanimation, and free-cast effects in the strong UB color pair
Low commander tax means easy recasting after removal

Weaknesses

Relies on enablers to actually trigger draw—Satoru alone does little
Vulnerable to board wipes that erase your built-up creature engine
UB lacks easy enchantment/artifact removal
Can be a tempo deck without a clean closing threat unless built toward combo

Key Cards

Ninjutsu — Returning attackers and swapping in ninjas like Satoru himself triggers the draw repeatedly since no mana was spent casting them.
Yuriko, the Tenured Orochi — Backup ninja payoff and additional evasive damage that pairs perfectly with the bounce-and-reenter loops.
Reanimate — Reanimation spells put creatures onto the battlefield without casting them, cleanly triggering Satoru's draw.
Brago, King Eternal — Repeatable blink of all your nontoken creatures means a massive cascade of card draw each combat.
Conjurer's Closet — End-of-turn blink of a creature triggers Satoru and resets ETBs every turn for free value.
Ghostly Flicker — Flickering two nontoken permanents draws cards and combos with ETB value creatures for loops.

Upgrade Path

Add free-cast and recursion enablers like Aether Vial, Footfall Crater-style haste, and strong ETB creatures (Spark Double, Sakashima) plus repeatable blink (Deadeye Navigator, Eternal Witness loops) to weaponize the draw engine. Tighten the mana with fast rocks and dual lands, and include a dedicated combo line such as a sac outlet plus a recursive creature for an infinite-draw/damage kill. Layer in protection (Heroic Intervention, counterspells) to defend the engine against board wipes.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Commander and ninja damage through menace and evasion
▸Blink/flicker loops generating overwhelming card and board advantage to grind out opponents
▸Combo finish via infinite ETBs (e.g., looping creatures with a sac/damage outlet)
▸Reanimating an oversized finisher and beating down

Archetypes

Ninjas / Tempo — Ninjutsu lets you swap evasive creatures into play with no mana spent, drawing cards while pressuring life totals.
Blink — Flicker effects re-enter nontoken creatures for free, triggering Satoru's draw plus ETB abilities every cycle.
Reanimator — Putting big creatures onto the battlefield from the graveyard counts as entering uncast, fueling draws and threats.
Combo — Free-entering creatures plus blink loops can fuel infinite-draw and ETB combos to close the game.