DiaoChan, the balance girl

Commander / EDH Mono-Red

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Instant (11)

• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Fissure
• 1x Grab the Reins
• 1x Inferno
• 1x Into the Core
• 1x Reiterate
• 1x Shattering Pulse
• 1x Starstorm
• 1x Wild Ricochet
• 1x Word of Seizing

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Aftershock
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Incendiary Command
• 1x Insurrection
• 1x Mogg Infestation
• 1x Molten Disaster
• 1x Red Sun's Zenith
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Trash for Treasure
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Wheel of Fortune

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Braid of Fire
• 1x Magmatic Core
• 1x Pyrohemia
• 1x Vicious Shadows

Artifact (27)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Codex Shredder
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Dingus Staff
• 1x Dreamstone Hedron
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Liquimetal Coating
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Oblivion Stone
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Shield of Kaldra
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Staff of Nin
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Trading Post
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Creature (8)

• 1x Akroma, Angel of Fury
• 1x Capricious Efreet
• 1x Darksteel Sentinel
• 1x Magus of the Moon
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stuffy Doll
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Land (38)

• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forgotten Cave
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 1x High Market
• 1x Kher Keep
• 25x Mountain
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Phyrexia's Core
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

Commander (1)

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This deck was create when my meta was full of Creature-deck...now,in the new meta where there are many combo and creatureless deck, after several years that i play this deck, it has been changed several time (and still it isn't ended) but still kick! the deck was designed as a build-around-me but now the little girl is more flexible. The first strategy, the more obvious, is play as fast as possible the general, protect her with one of the equipment and start to destroy the enemy threats (you can speed up the process using the Rings of Brighthearth). I would advise that it is not always necessaryuse her ability, try to be smart, help the board to be balanced, so none would have something to do against you or also perhaps create argue between opponents. When you hit Vicious Shadows or Dingus Staff it is the beginning of the free damage. (Dingus Staff is also a great help against the heavy graveyard-based deck). You could also make work the Vicious Shadows/Dingus Staff with Mogg Infestation, Oblivion Stone or the many Infernos effects (use them also when the board is out of controll/there is a tokens deck) The second strategy is fly under radar and backstab the opponents when they are low of life, still need politc for survive to this point of game. The third is the random tech Braid of Fire + Magmatic Core , i said random because there aren't tutors in this deck and the only way to draw this cards is...DRAW them. Still viable as idea but don't count on it for a reliable victory. At last there is the aggro possibility. The deck run just a few of creature (this idea was made for make choose opponents creature with DiaoChan ability instead of yours) but they are good beaters, use them when there isn't need to use DiaoChan or are protected/indestructible. If none LD you,there is still the option of killing via Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle bolts, that could be doubled with Thespian's Stage. Remember that as a RED there aren't many way to eliminate enchantments use things like: Capricious Efreet + Darksteel Plate Phyrexia's Core + Spine of Ish Sah traiding post + Spine of Ish Sah or Liquimetal Coating + Shattering Pulse

some trick: Codex Shredder + Rings of Brighthearth Rings of Brighthearth + Buried Ruin traiding post + solemn simulacrum

I tried many combination for this deck,also with Heartless Hidetsugu + Glacial Chasm , Burning Sands or heavy MLD like Obliterate and Jokulhaups but the first is hard to achieve and the second and third doesen't win fast and instead create hate toward you, something you must avoid to any cost...

ah, use the Reiterate effects wisely (i made enrage a 3man-table for a 4 time forked time stretch)

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Key combos	Braid of Fire + Magmatic Core Phyrexia's Core + Spine of Ish Sah Codex Shredder + Rings of Brighthearth Capricious Efreet + Darksteel Plate Liquimetal Coating + Shattering Pulse Glacial Chasm + Heartless Hidetsugu
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.89
Tokens	Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Goat 0/1 W, Goblin 1/1 R, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink