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Mistblade Shinobi

Creature — Human Ninja

Ninjutsu {U} ({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, you may return target creature that player controls to its owner's hand.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
common
Set
Salvat 2005
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#3131
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Mistblade Shinobi card art
Mistblade Shinobi bounces an opponent's creature every time it connects — repeatable, free tempo that costs nothing beyond the ninjutsu trigger. In Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow lists it sees nearly 79% inclusion because the payoff compounds immediately, and Thousand-Faced Shadow exists specifically to feed setups like this one.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

78.6% of decks · synergy 0.70

Mistblade Shinobi appears in 79% of Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow decks because bouncing a blocker clears the path for repeated ninjutsu triggers, which is the exact engine Yuriko needs to drain the table.

02
Splinter, Radical Rat

Splinter, Radical Rat

63.9% of decks · synergy 0.62

Splinter, Radical Rat rewards unblocked creatures with extra value, so Mistblade Shinobi does double duty — clearing a blocker on the way in and then generating Splinter's trigger on a clean hit.

03
Goro-Goro and Satoru

Goro-Goro and Satoru

51.9% of decks · synergy 0.51

Goro-Goro and Satoru wants creatures connecting, and Mistblade Shinobi's bounce effect removes the blocker that would otherwise shut that plan down.

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 legal
oathbreaker legal

Mistblade Shinobi is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it almost exclusively sees play in Commander. In Pauper it's technically usable, but a one-power common that requires a combat step to do anything is too slow for that format's aggressive and tempo-focused threats. Legacy and Vintage have access to ninjutsu synergies but rarely build around them given the raw power of everything else available. Commander is where Mistblade Shinobi thrives — repeated bounces in a multiplayer game compound quickly, and the low ninjutsu cost means almost any unblocked creature becomes a setup.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Mistblade Shinobi isn't currently available here, so check Scryfall or a major retailer for a current figure. Given its near-80% inclusion rate in the most popular ninjutsu commander, it's likely priced accordingly — check before assuming it's a cheap pickup.

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