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Mist-Syndicate Naga

Creature — Snake Ninja

Ninjutsu {2}{U} ({2}{U}, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of this creature.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#4924
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Mist-Syndicate Naga card art
Mist-Syndicate Naga enters unblocked and immediately creates a copy of itself — one ninjutsu activation turns into an exponentially growing board if left unanswered. The cost is a three-mana ninjutsu on a 3/1 body, which is steep enough that shells like Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow need to support it with reliable evasion and Thousand-Faced Shadow-style redundancy to keep the engine humming.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

54.4% of decks · synergy 0.49

Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow provides exactly what Mist-Syndicate Naga wants: a repeatable ninjutsu pipeline built on evasive creatures that guarantees unblocked attackers every combat. Each new Naga copy is another ninjutsu vehicle, so the board multiplies while Yuriko drains the table.

02
Splinter, Radical Rat

Splinter, Radical Rat

47.8% of decks · synergy 0.47

Splinter, Radical Rat rewards you for fielding multiple creatures with the same name, which makes the self-replicating clause on Mist-Syndicate Naga a direct engine piece rather than a side benefit. Flood the board with Naga tokens and Splinter's payoffs compound with each new copy.

03
Satoru, the Infiltrator

Satoru, the Infiltrator

25.4% of decks · synergy 0.20

Satoru, the Infiltrator draws cards whenever a creature connects via ninjutsu, and Mist-Syndicate Naga's enter-the-battlefield trigger means each copy that lands unblocked extends the chain. The card-draw and board-growth axes reinforce each other cleanly.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Mist-Syndicate Naga actually lives — the singleton format gives it room to snowball across multiple combats in a way that faster, more interactive formats punish immediately. In Legacy and Vintage, a three-mana ninjutsu on a 3/1 is too slow and fragile against the removal density and threat quality at those tables; it's technically legal but not a serious consideration. Modern offers the same problem: the payoff requires multiple unthreatened attacks to materialize, which is an eternity against that format's removal suite. Commander is the only context where Mist-Syndicate Naga's geometric growth has enough time and the right political dynamics to become genuinely threatening.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Mist-Syndicate Naga isn't currently available here — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for live market prices. Given its near-ubiquity in Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow lists and its unique self-copy ability, demand has historically kept it above bulk, so verify before assuming it's a cheap pickup.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.