Oroku Saki, Shredder Rising

Oroku Saki is a 3/1 legendary ninja that cheats in via Sneak for {1}{B} by bouncing an unblocked attacker, entering tapped and attacking — a classic ninjutsu-style tempo play. When he deals combat damage to a player, you draw a card and lose 1 life, making him a repeatable threat in aggressive ninja/tempo shells. At 3 CMC with a cheaper Sneak cost, he's efficient but fragile at 1 toughness.

• The Sneak cost ({1}{B}) is cheaper than the hard cast ({2}{B}), making Oroku Saki primarily a tempo play — you'll almost always want to Sneak him in rather than hard cast him, which means you need a consistent supply of unblockable or evasive attackers.

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• As a legendary creature, Oroku Saki can serve as a commander in a ninja-tribal shell, where the Sneak mechanic has natural synergy with the bouncing loops that ninjutsu decks already want to run.

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• His 3/1 body is extremely fragile; even though combat damage draw-a-card is strong, he will die to almost any blocker if the Sneak mode is unavailable and he has to attack normally.

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• EDHREC rank: #14,182