Dimir Dakra Mystic

Standard* Control UB (Dimir)

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Creature (11)

• 4x Brain Maggot
• 4x Dakra Mystic
• 3x Prognostic Sphinx

Planeswalker (7)

• 4x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
• 3x Jace, Architect of Thought

Land (25)

• 8x Island
• 2x Mutavault
• 7x Swamp
• 4x Temple of Deceit
• 4x Watery Grave

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Font of Fortunes

Instant (11)

• 3x Devour Flesh
• 2x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Opportunity
• 3x Psychic Strike
• 2x Syncopate

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Notion Thief

Artifact (1)

• 1x Pithing Needle

Instant (6)

• 2x Dark Betrayal
• 2x Doom Blade
• 2x Negate

Sorcery (6)

• 2x Drown in Sorrow
• 4x Duress

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Since Journey into Nyx was spoiled, I have been wondering what the BEST deck with 4x Dakra Mystic in it would be. I thought through the obvious Mystic/Master of the Feast/Notion Thief deck, and it seemed too fragile to me. It is attractive to totally break Mystic with trickiness, but I really don't like the idea of mainboard Notion Thief (yuck) or casting Master of the Feast in a non-aggressive shell without a Thief on board (super yuck). It occurred to me that there is a more straightforward approach: maximize Mystic's ability by having hand information. If you know your opponent's hand, then you can make the right call with the ability. Then it hit me: Brain Maggot is like Thoughtseize 5-8 for the deck. Strong early plays in the form of Thoughtseize and Brain Maggot also protect a solid early threat: Ashiok.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 13 - 3 Rares 11 - 2 Uncommons 10 - 10 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.51