Ninja of the Deep Hours
Ninja of the Deep Hours: Creature - Human Ninja, Foundations Jumpstart. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Human Ninja
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Collector number
- 108
- Artist
- Randy Vargas
- Commander rank
- 3,518 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Ninjutsu
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About Ninja of the Deep Hours
Ninja of the Deep Hours is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue creature from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 108 in that set, with art by Randy Vargas. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 11 sets, from Betrayers of Kamigawa (2005) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.06 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{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 draw a card.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.06 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Ninja of the Deep Hours by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Ninja of the Deep Hours
Ninja of the Deep Hours has been printed in 11 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1912 | Rare | 2025 |
| Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #223 | Common | 2021 |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #313 | Special | 2021 |
| The List (PLST) #C18-95 | Common | 2019 |
| Commander 2018 (C18) #95 | Common | 2018 |
| Planechase Anthology (PCA) #21 | Common | 2016 |
| Commander 2015 (C15) #99 | Common | 2015 |
| Planechase 2012 (PC2) #21 | Common | 2012 |
| Salvat 2005 (PSAL) #E30 | Common | 2005 |
| Salvat 2005 (PSAL) #E41 | Common | 2005 |
| Salvat 2005 (PSAL) #E6 | Common | 2005 |
| Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) #44 | Common | 2005 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Ninja of the Deep Hours, newest first.
- The ninjutsu ability can be activated during the declare blockers step, combat damage step, or end of combat step. If you wait until after the declare blockers step, because all combat damage is dealt at once, the Ninja won't normally 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 creature put onto the battlefield with ninjutsu enters the battlefield attacking the same player or planeswalker that the returned creature was attacking. This is a rule specific to ninjutsu.
- As you activate a ninjutsu ability, you reveal the Ninja card in your hand and return the attacking creature. The Ninja 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 in this case, even if it has first strike.
- The ninjutsu ability can be activated only after blockers have been declared. Before then, attacking creatures are neither blocked nor unblocked.
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