Tatsunari, Toad Rider
UBGLegendary Creature — Human Ninja · from $0.25
Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, if you don't control a creature named Keimi, create Keimi, a legendary 3/3 black and green Frog creature token with "Whenever you cast an enchantment spell, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life."
{1}{G/U}: Tatsunari and target Frog you control can't be blocked this turn except by creatures with flying or reach.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
60 of 100 at $5 or less · 40 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 7 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 8 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 9 | Counterspell | Instant | 2 | $1.33 |
| 10 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 11 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 12 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 13 | Cultivate | Sorcery | 3 | $0.38 |
| 14 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 15 | Farseek | Sorcery | 2 | $0.42 |
| 16 | Bojuka Bog | Land | 0 | $1.12 |
| 17 | Beast Within | Instant | 3 | $0.49 |
| 18 | Nature's Lore | Sorcery | 2 | $2.15 |
| 19 | Rampant Growth | Sorcery | 2 | $0.39 |
| 20 | Heroic Intervention | Instant | 2 | $9.28 |
| 21 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 22 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 23 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 24 | Dark Ritual | Instant | 1 | $0.44 |
| 25 | An Offer You Can't Refuse | Instant | 1 | $3.01 |
| 26 | Birds of Paradise | Creature | 1 | $4.98 |
| 27 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 28 | Kodama's Reach | Sorcery | 3 | $1.55 |
| 29 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 30 | Three Visits | Sorcery | 2 | $5.55 |
| 31 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 32 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 33 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 34 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 35 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 36 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 37 | Rhystic Study | Enchantment | 3 | $61.06 |
| 38 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 39 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 40 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 41 | Watery Grave | Land | 0 | $9.86 |
| 42 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 43 | Arcane Denial | Instant | 2 | $1.88 |
| 44 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 45 | Reanimate | Sorcery | 1 | $6.56 |
| 46 | Negate | Instant | 2 | $0.12 |
| 47 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 48 | Cyclonic Rift | Instant | 2 | $29.75 |
| 49 | Llanowar Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.24 |
| 50 | Breeding Pool | Land | 0 | $9.15 |
| 51 | Demonic Tutor | Sorcery | 2 | $62.80 |
| 52 | Toxic Deluge | Sorcery | 3 | $5.04 |
| 53 | Swan Song | Instant | 1 | $10.72 |
| 54 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 55 | Overgrown Tomb | Land | 0 | $8.00 |
| 56 | Brainstorm | Instant | 1 | $0.56 |
| 57 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 58 | Boseiju, Who Endures | Land | 0 | $50.48 |
| 59 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 60 | Fierce Guardianship | Instant | 3 | $59.21 |
| 61 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 62 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 63 | Sunken Hollow | Land | 0 | $0.29 |
| 64 | Otawara, Soaring City | Land | 0 | $26.57 |
| 65 | Garruk's Uprising | Enchantment | 3 | $0.39 |
| 66 | Feed the Swarm | Sorcery | 2 | $0.19 |
| 67 | Talisman of Dominance | Artifact | 2 | $0.49 |
| 68 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 69 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 70 | Hinterland Harbor | Land | 0 | $0.28 |
| 71 | Frantic Search | Instant | 3 | $0.82 |
| 72 | Mystic Remora | Enchantment | 1 | $10.97 |
| 73 | Elvish Mystic | Creature | 1 | $0.35 |
| 74 | Phyrexian Arena | Enchantment | 3 | $1.92 |
| 75 | Drowned Catacomb | Land | 0 | $0.50 |
| 76 | Deadly Rollick | Instant | 4 | $26.52 |
| 77 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 78 | Woodland Cemetery | Land | 0 | $0.62 |
| 79 | Propaganda | Enchantment | 3 | $1.84 |
| 80 | Sakura-Tribe Elder | Creature | 2 | $0.30 |
| 81 | Vampiric Tutor | Instant | 1 | $48.13 |
| 82 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 83 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 84 | Mana Drain | Instant | 2 | $50.65 |
| 85 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 86 | Eternal Witness | Creature | 3 | $1.10 |
| 87 | Assassin's Trophy | Instant | 2 | $1.01 |
| 88 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 89 | Black Market Connections | Enchantment | 3 | $10.78 |
| 90 | Victimize | Sorcery | 3 | $0.57 |
| 91 | Deadly Dispute | Instant | 2 | $0.29 |
| 92 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 93 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 94 | Yavimaya Coast | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 95 | Llanowar Wastes | Land | 0 | $0.59 |
| 96 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 97 | Blood Artist | Creature | 2 | $2.78 |
| 98 | Underground River | Land | 0 | $0.51 |
| 99 | Ponder | Sorcery | 1 | $1.82 |
| 100 | Rejuvenating Springs | Land | 0 | $4.12 |
Curve of these staples
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Combos with Tatsunari, Toad Rider
10 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Tatsunari, Toad Rider + Whip Silk
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Gatherer of Graces + Phyrexian Altar + Rancor + Tatsunari, Toad Rider
Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Chthonian Nightmare + Phyrexian Altar + Priest of Gix + Tatsunari, Toad Rider
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count
Carnival of Souls + Cloudstone Curio + Dockside Chef + Hateful Eidolon + Tatsunari, Toad Rider
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count
Carnival of Souls + Cloudstone Curio + Gnarled Scarhide + Hateful Eidolon + Tatsunari, Toad Rider
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count
Carnival of Souls + Cloudstone Curio + Dockside Chef + Gnarled Scarhide + Tatsunari, Toad Rider
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifeloss · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count
Ashnod's Altar + Chthonian Nightmare + Priest of Gix + Tatsunari, Toad Rider
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite storm count · Infinite black mana
Chthonian Nightmare + Priest of Gix + Tatsunari, Toad Rider + Viscera Seer
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite scry 1 · Infinite storm count · Infinite black mana
Altar of Dementia + Chthonian Nightmare + Priest of Gix + Tatsunari, Toad Rider
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite mill · Infinite self-mill · Infinite storm count · Infinite black mana
Chthonian Nightmare + Priest of Gix + Tatsunari, Toad Rider + Umbral Collar Zealot
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite storm count · Infinite black mana · Infinite surveil
Top finishes
One finish placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 16th of 19 — CEDH ccc 7/28/26 on Topdeck.ggAug 29, 2026 · 0–2–1 · by [IR!] Magician_MTG/Julian
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.