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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.
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◇ Catalog #60
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
fca·#60·rare·borderless
Illus. Tetsuya Nomura
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Jun '25
1 yr ago
Value
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Volatility · high
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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.
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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).
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