Dimir Assassin Flicker Toolbox

Commander / EDH Casual Jank UB (Dimir)

Sarowa

Creature (13)

• 1x Baleful Strix
• 1x Ingenious Infiltrator
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Mistblade Shinobi
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor
• 1x Sakashima's Student
• 1x Skullsnatcher
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Walker of Secret Ways
• 1x Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render *f-pre*
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 8x Island
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Isle
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Propaganda
• 1x Vanishing

Artifact (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Glaring Spotlight
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Portal of Sanctuary
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Thought Vessel

Instant (20)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Call to Heel
• 1x Chain of Vapor
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Displace
• 1x Echoing Truth
• 1x Essence Flux
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Illusionist's Stratagem
• 1x Lazotep Plating
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mission Briefing
• 1x Negate
• 1x Rescue
• 1x Siren's Ruse
• 1x Teferi's Time Twist
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Beseech the Queen
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Mastermind's Acquisition
• 1x Scheming Symmetry
• 1x The Elderspell
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Commander (1)

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Creature (14)

• 1x Azra Smokeshaper
• 1x Baral, Chief of Compliance
• 1x Fallen Shinobi
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Mist-Syndicate Naga
• 1x Moonblade Shinobi
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Okiba-Gang Shinobi
• 1x Padeem, Consul of Innovation
• 1x Quickling
• 1x Silent-Blade Oni
• 1x Sire of Stagnation
• 1x Spectral Sailor
• 1x Throat Slitter

Land (2)

• 1x Bad River
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Mirrormade
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Search for Azcanta  ^Flip
• 1x Trail of Evidence

Artifact (6)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Mystic Forge
• 1x The Immortal Sun
• 1x The Magic Mirror
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Vessel of Endless Rest

Instant (41)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Artificer's Epiphany
• 1x Blink of an Eye
• 1x Boomerang
• 1x Capsize
• 1x Compelling Deterrence
• 1x Consuming Vortex
• 1x Disperse
• 1x Dive Down
• 1x Drown in Shapelessness
• 1x Echoing Truth
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Expel from Orazca
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Force Away
• 1x Glint
• 1x Hubris
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Just the Wind
• 1x Leave in the Dust
• 1x Mizzium Skin
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Part the Veil
• 1x Peel from Reality
• 1x Repulse
• 1x Rescind
• 1x Run Away Together
• 1x Snap
• 1x Snapback
• 1x String of Disappearances
• 1x Turn into a Pumpkin
• 1x Tyrant's Scorn
• 1x Unexplained Disappearance
• 1x Unsubstantiate
• 1x Unsummon
• 1x Vapor Snag
• 1x Voyage's End
• 1x Wipe Away
• 1x Word of Undoing

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Displacement Wave
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Night's Whisper
• 1x Plea for Power
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Razaketh's Rite
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Theft of Dreams
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Unmoored Ego

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Attack with Etrata as much as possible and protect her as efficiently as possible.

This is a redesign of my previous deck that was based around copying Etrata. IMO, it feels much faster and more impactful.

Vanishing is still the ultimate way to avoid returning Etrata to the command zone, and there are many ways to tutor for it. Beware Krosan Grip .

Crystal Shard and Erratic Portal are nice repeatable bounce effects that help keep Etrata out of the command zone. Ideally you will recast her immediately. Otherwise, a flicker/blink effect may be preferable in the early game. They can also deal with problematic creatures on your opponents' boards, assuming they are tapped out, and they can discourage tapping out. Portal of Sanctuary and Sanctum of Eternity will work in a pinch for attacking, but be sure to have other spells in hand that can protect her on an opponent's turn.

Be particularly wary of any board wipes, because only bounce, blink, and phasing effects can save her from those, while flicker effects cannot.

This deck has particularly weak defense to attacking creatures. An early Propaganda can help with this tremendously.

Glaring Spotlight and Arcane Lighthouse can help deal with difficult to target creatures, like Narset, Enlightened Master .

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Exclude colors	WRG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	37 - 0 Rares 26 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.66
Tokens	Spirit 2/2 C, Zombie Army 0/0 B
Based on	Dimir Assassin Multitudes Sarowa EDH