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Activating Yuriko's commander ninjutsu ability isn't the same as casting Yuriko as a spell. You won't have to pay the commander tax to activate that ability, and activating that ability won't increase the commander tax to pay later.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #542
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
cmr·#542·mythic·etched_foil
Illus. Yongjae Choi
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Nov '20
5 yr ago
Value
$6.84$0 (-7.0%)
30 days high $6.28 · low $5.78
Volatility · moderate
Tracking since · May 8, 2026
NM$5.84
LP—
MP—
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #2,403 · Niche pick
Variants
Gameplay
Legendary Creature — Human Ninja
Commander ninjutsu {U}{B} ({U}{B}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand or the command zone tapped and attacking.)
Whenever a Ninja you control deals combat damage to a player, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. Each opponent loses life equal to that card's mana value.
1/3
Legalities
tlrlegal
duelrestricted
brawllegal
pennynot legal
PreDHnot legal
Rulings · 4
wotc
If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
wotc
Although the ninjutsu ability has the creature enter the battlefield attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature (for the purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example).
Context
Last observed at $5.84, down from $6.28 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $5.78 and $6.28 across 30 observations. Headline volatility reads moderate. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 30 minutes ago at $5.84.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from CMR — the lineup includes Etched Foil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
This card belongs to *Commander Legends* (released November 2020).
Card #542 in Commander Legends.
Rarity tier: mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities.
Card type: Legendary Creature — Human Ninja. Color identity: black/blue. Mana cost: {1}{U}{B} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Commander ninjutsu.
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.
EDHrec ranks this card #2,403 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Yongjae Choi. Rarix tracks 433 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.
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