This deck started as a creatureless deck (so that the drawback of Diaochan, Artful Beauty's ability wouldn't affect me) and morphed into a creatureh-hate/prison/land destruction deck.The goal is to cast as many annoying artifacts and enchantments (of whcih there are many) while killing everything that moves (at which red is really good). There used to be more spot removal, but they tend to be outclassed or outnumbered really quickly (plus it doesn't pair with Defense Grid, Price of Glory and Tectonic Instability very well).

This deck wins like a true prison deck does: by having one threat (Karn, Ugin, Marit Lage, Diaochan herself, a random creature-land) on the board after having locked everything down. Its particularity is that it also can kill with direct damage from burn spells and Valakut.

This deck performs well against slow control/prison decks (hello Grand Arbiter Augustin IV) but is a little slow against very agressive decks (the three moxen are a new addition which I hope will help). The one card that I almost always lose to is Stuffy Doll because my only out is to exile it with Karn Liberated. It also works well in regular Commander because it can keep a very low profile for a long time and has a lot of global effects.

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Date added 8 years
Last updated 7 years
Legality

This deck is not Duel Commander legal.

Rarity (main - side)

11 - 0 Mythic Rares

38 - 0 Rares

20 - 0 Uncommons

10 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.05
Tokens Elemental 3/1 R, Emblem Koth of the Hammer, Emblem Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker, Marit Lage
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