Commander - Diaochan, Artful Beauty
1 x Rummaging Goblin
1 x Iron Myr
1 x Scrambleverse
1 x Mimic Vat
1 x Umbral Mantle
1 x Reverberate
1 x Haunted Plate Mail
1 x Chimeric Mass
1 x Archwing Dragon
1 x Cloak and Dagger
1 x Mizzium Mortars
1 x Blasphemous Act
1 x Brand
1 x Burning Sands
1 x Goblin Game
1 x Hoarding Dragon
1 x Brimstone Volley
1 x Molten Psyche
1 x Chaos Warp
1 x Greater Gargadon
1 x Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 x Incendiary Command
1 x Thousand-Year Elixir
1 x Koth of the Hammer
1 x General's Kabuto
1 x Vicious Shadows
1 x Lightning Bolt
1 x Godo, Bandit Warlord
1 x Whispersilk Cloak
1 x Ring of Three Wishes
1 x Pyrite Spellbomb
1 x Shield of the Last Kappa
1 x Breaking Point
1 x Wild Ricochet
1 x Vulshok Refugee
1 x Heart of Ramos
1 x Reversal of Fortune
1 x Chandra Nalaar
1 x Fanatic of Mogus
1 x Chimeric Staff
1 x Darksteel Ingot
1 x Splinter Twin
1 x Shattered Perception
1 x Boldwyr Intimidator
1 x Lotus Bloom
1 x Fellwar Stone
1 x Coldsteel Heart
1 x Vandalblast
1 x Everflowing Chalice
1 x Shrine of Burning Rage
1 x Slagstorm
1 x Volt Charge
1 x Chandra, the Firebrand
1 x Devil's Play
1 x Hammer of Purphoros
1 x Illusionist's Bracers
1 x Fire Diamond
1 x Thornbite Staff
1 x Myojin of Infinite Rage
1 x Dangerous Wager
1 x Thieves' Auction
1 x Foriysian Totem
1 x Spire Barrage
1 x Lightning Greaves
1 x Xanthic Statue
1 x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
34 x Mountain
So I've not had chance to give the deck a proper test but the basic idea is essentially the same as the FN version, don't have targets for Diaochan's ability and kill all of the things. The all-star combo of the deck is Thornbite Staff with anything that gives shroud to Diaochan, having the ability to, in theory, destroy unlimited creatures for free and then animate your artifacts is living the dream.
Changes I would make would probably be putting in Akroma's Memorial, Sword of Ice and Fire, Sword of War and Peace, i.e. stuff to give my creatures protection from red. Obliterate would also probably see a spot, possibly with some other wrath effects or something to deal with indestructible. Sol Ring would be an auto-include if I owned one and given how heavy I am on artifacts I can get metalcraft on Etched Champion relatively easily so he'd probably see a spot (again, protection from red with Diaochan is glorious happy times). Some stuff is in just because of how fun it is, although Burning Sands always looked like such a dirty play I've held off casting it a couple of times...
Open to any and all suggestions, hope the post isn't too unwieldy,
I am also looking for inspiration for a Higure mono-blue ninjitstu deck with lots of crazy blue cards. (although given the black ninjitsu cards I might have to find a decent B/U commander)
Thoughts?
