R_Diaochan, Artful Beauty

Duel Commander Creatureless Land Destruction Mono-Red

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Artifact (25)

• 1x Chimeric Egg
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Cloak and Dagger
• 1x Coercive Portal
• 1x Coldsteel Heart
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Ensnaring Bridge
• 1x Fire Diamond
• 1x Foriysian Totem
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Web
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Portcullis
• 1x Ratchet Bomb
• 1x Star Compass
• 1x Storage Matrix
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (7)

• 1x Chandra's Outrage
• 1x Lash Out
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Price of Progress
• 1x Seismic Strike
• 1x Shrapnel Blast
• 1x Volcanic Fallout

Sorcery (19)

• 1x Anger of the Gods
• 1x Banefire
• 1x Bonfire of the Damned
• 1x Breath of Darigaaz
• 1x Burn from Within
• 1x Burning of Xinye
• 1x Chain Reaction
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Fiery Confluence
• 1x Incendiary Command
• 1x Pyroclasm
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Rolling Earthquake
• 1x Rough / Tumble
• 1x Ruination
• 1x Spitting Earth
• 1x Tormenting Voice
• 1x Wild Guess
• 1x Wildfire

Planeswalker (8)

• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller
• 1x Chandra Nalaar
• 1x Chandra, Pyromaster
• 1x Chandra, the Firebrand
• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Koth of the Hammer
• 1x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Blinkmoth Nexus
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Great Furnace
• 1x Inkmoth Nexus
• 21x Mountain
• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Sea Gate Wreckage
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• 1x Wasteland

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Blood Moon
• 1x Outpost Siege
• 1x Price of Glory
• 1x Smoke
• 1x Tectonic Instability

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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.

If you think a card absolutely deserves to be included in the list, or if I shouldn't play this particular terrible card that I'm playing, please feel free to leave a comment.

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 Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker, Marit Lage