Diaochan, Artful Troll

Commander / EDH* Control

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Creature (10)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Colossus of Akros
• 1x Darksteel Colossus
• 1x Darksteel Gargoyle
• 1x Darksteel Juggernaut
• 1x Darksteel Sentinel
• 1x Diaochan, Artful Beauty
• 1x Drill-Skimmer
• 1x Manor Gargoyle

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Koth of the Hammer

Land (40)

• 1x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1x Dread Statuary
• 1x Ghitu Encampment
• 1x Mishra's Factory
• 34x Mountain
• 1x Terrain Generator
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Genju of the Spires

Artifact (34)

• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Chimeric Egg
• 1x Chimeric Idol
• 1x Chimeric Mass
• 1x Chimeric Sphere
• 1x Chimeric Staff
• 1x Cloak and Dagger
• 1x Darksteel Brute
• 1x Darksteel Forge
• 1x Darksteel Garrison
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Darksteel Reactor
• 1x Ensouled Scimitar
• 1x Foriysian Totem
• 1x General's Kabuto
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Guardian Idol
• 1x Haunted Plate Mail
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Jade Statue
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Planar Portal
• 1x Ring of Three Wishes
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Shield of Kaldra
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x That Which Was Taken
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Worn Powerstone
• 1x Xanthic Statue

Instant (5)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Galvanic Blast
• 1x Reiterate
• 1x Shattering Pulse
• 1x Wild Ricochet

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Bonfire of the Damned
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Incendiary Command
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Mass Mutiny
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Shattering Spree
• 1x Sudden Demise

Commander (1)

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Diaochan kills your stuff...but can you kill Diaochan?

So, Diaochan, Artful Beauty ...a cool political card. You tap her to kill his thing, then he gets to kill one of yours. This makes her a bit fragile. Often, you opponent will just want to kill her off with her own ability. How do you get around that? With shroud, she's no longer a legal target. You can make her indestructible as well, but that eliminates the usefulness of her ability: they can still target her, it just does nothing. With shroud and no creatures, in a 1v1 game, her ability reads: Tap: Destroy target creature. Its controller sacrifices a creature. Strong. But, you ask, how do you win with no creatures. Easy

You Don't Play Creatures.

Well, at least not all of the time. We do have some indestructible guys as finishers, but you can get away with just running out artifacts. Diaochan's ability can't do anything about artifacts.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 3 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	3.84
Tokens	Emblem Koth of the Hammer
Folders	ideas