First printed in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (2022)
Creature — Snake Ninja
Ninjutsu 
(, 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, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control that doesn't have a +1/+1 counter on it.
2/1
- Illustrated by
- Svetlin Velinov
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH, Standard Brawl
Rulings (8)
- The creature with ninjutsu enters the battlefield attacking the same player or planeswalker that the returned creature was attacking. This is a rule specific to ninjutsu; in other cases, when a creature is put onto the battlefield attacking, that creature's controller chooses which player or planeswalker it's attacking.
- The ninjutsu ability can be activated during the declare blockers step, combat damage step, or end of combat step. In most cases (see below), if you wait until the combatdamage step or end of combat step, it will be after combat damage has been dealt, so the Ninja won't deal combat damage.
- Although the Ninja is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature (for purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example).
- The ninjutsu ability can be activated only after blockers have been declared. Before then, attacking creatures are neither blocked nor unblocked.
- Puff of smoke not included.
- The target of Coiling Stalker's triggered ability will become an illegal target if a +1/+1 counter is placed on it before the triggered ability resolves.
- As you activate a ninjutsu ability, you reveal the Ninja card in your hand and return the attacking creature. The Ninja card stays revealed and isn't put onto the battlefield until the ability resolves. If it leaves your hand before then, it won't enter the battlefield at all.
- If a creature in combat has first strike or double strike, you can activate the ninjutsu ability during the first-strike combat damage step. The Ninja will deal combat damage during the regular combat damage step, even if it has first strike.
Prices
Paper price: €0.04 / $0.13 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket and TCGplayer through MTGJSON, 5 Nov 2026).
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 4 Nov 2026).
Combos
4 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite combat damage to one opponent, Infinite creature tokens…: Coiling Stalker + Great Whale + Thousand-Faced Shadow
- Infinite combat damage to one opponent, Infinite creature tokens…: Coiling Stalker + Palinchron + Thousand-Faced Shadow
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Coiling Stalker + Great Whale + Satoru Umezawa
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Coiling Stalker + Palinchron + Satoru Umezawa