4 Birds of Paradise
2 Glissa Sunseeker
3 Higure, the Still Wind
1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
2 Mistblade Shinobi
4 Ninja of the Deep Hours
4 Sage Owl
4 Soratami Cloudskater
4 Kodama's Reach
4 Nature's Will
2 Sparring Collar
3 Time of Need
6 Island
2 Mountain
10 Forest
1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
1 Shivan Oasis
2 Tendo Ice Bridge |
   Will
of the Ninja.
Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
Last week, Adrian Sullivan showed us the power
of Nature's Will and Nate Heiss showed us the power of Ninja. But what,
wondered Tobias Aberg, about their power together? Tobias sent me his
deck after Adrian's column was posted but before Nate's, so I can only
assume he has some sort of time machine too.
Both Ninja and Nature's Will like unblocked creatures.
They both especially like first strike damage, which is why the secret
weapon of this deck is—oh, yes—Sparring Collar. Imagine this: You've
tapped your lands to play stuff (like, perhaps, Nature's Will). You attack
with a Sage Owl that has first strike. It deals combat damage to your
opponent. All of his lands tap and all of your lands untap. Now, still in
the first-strike damage step, you use the ninjutsu ability to pop in a
Ninja of the Deep Hours, returning the Sage Owl to your hand. Use your
lands to pay for whatever other effects you like. When the game moves to
the normal combat damage step, the Ninja deals damage to your opponent,
you draw a card, and your lands untap again. Now you replay the Sage Owl.
What you're really looking for, to take advantage of
your mana advantage, is Higure, the Still Wind. With Higure around, you'll
have plenty of ways to spend your excess mana. The oft-replayed Sage Owl,
combined with shuffle effects (Kodama's Reach, Time of Need, Higure) lets
you pull the best stuff out of your deck. Since Sparring Collar isn't the
best way ever devised to get first strike, Glissa is in the deck (findable
with Time of Need), as is Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep (which works much
better with Higure than it does with Kira).
Tobias had a couple of Relentless Assaults (as
recommended by Adrian) in the deck, but they weren't doing enough, so I
pulled them in favor of a Kira and a 4th Cloudskater. |
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