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Satoru Umezawa

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8 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Satoru Umezawa, Secret Lair Drop printing
Secret Lair Drop SLD · No. 2283 2025-10-13

Card text

{1}{U}{B}
Legendary Creature — Human Ninja
Whenever you activate a ninjutsu ability, look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. This ability triggers only once each turn. Each creature card in your hand has ninjutsu {2}{U}{B}.
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The 8 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ✓ Legal
Historic ✓ Legal
Timeless ✓ Legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ✓ Legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

9 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

The ninjutsu ability can be activated only after blockers have been declared. Before then, attacking creatures are neither blocked nor unblocked.

2022-02-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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).

2022-02-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2022-02-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2022-02-18 · Wizards of the Coast

Once you activate a ninjutsu ability, no player can affect that ability by removing Satoru Umezawa from the battlefield. Even if Satoru leaves the battlefield before it resolves, you'll still be able to put the creature onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.

2022-02-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2022-02-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2022-02-18 · Wizards of the Coast

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2022-02-18 · Wizards of the Coast

Satoru Umezawa's triggered ability triggers whenever you activate a ninjustsu ability, and it will resolve before that ability resolves. The card with ninjustsu will still be in your hand while resolving the ability and must remain revealed until the ninjutsu ability resolves or is otherwise removed from the stack.

2022-02-18 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Satoru Umezawa, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty printing
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
NEO · #234
Rare
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Abyss Game Store · Condition LP
Satoru Umezawa, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty printing
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
NEO · #426
Rare
∅ No QC price
Rémi Card Trader · Foil Etched
Satoru Umezawa, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty printing
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
NEO · #507
Rare
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
La Boutique Mythique · Condition LP · Foil
Satoru Umezawa, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos printing
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos
PNEO · #234p
Rare
∅ No QC price
Satoru Umezawa, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos printing
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos
PNEO · #234s
Rare
∅ No QC price