"Helping Hand" by user9210964

Format: Commander

Commander: Dack Fayden, Helping Hand

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This mono-white deck leverages Dack Fayden, Helping Hand to weaponize high-cost Eldrazi, Colossi, and devastating donation curses against the table. The strategy opens by deploying dense, low-cost stax pieces like Rule of Law, Archon of Emeria, and Cursed Totem to suppress fast mana, combo lines, and storm decks. Once opponents are constrained, casting Dack Fayden on Turn 5 reveals and puts three massive creatures directly from the library onto the battlefield goaded under opponents' control. These creatures include game-ending beaters like Blightsteel Colossus and Galactus, Devourer of Worlds, as well as crippling donation locks such as Steel Golem and Akron Legionnaire. Opponents are forced into mutually assured destruction through goaded combat, while cards like Homeward Path allow you to reclaim your behemoths to deliver the final lethal blows.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroan Horse
  • 1 Akron Legionnaire
  • 1 Alabaster Leech
  • 1 Angel of Jubilation
  • 1 Arachne, Psionic Weaver
  • 1 Archon of Emeria
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Artisan of Kozilek
  • 1 Aura of Silence
  • 1 Bane of Bala Ged
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Crovax, Ascendant Hero
  • 1 Cursed Totem
  • 1 Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Doorkeeper Thrull
  • 1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Ephemerate
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Ethersworn Canonist
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Flicker of Fate
  • 1 Galactus, Devourer of Worlds
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Geist-Fueled Scarecrow
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Grid Monitor
  • 1 Hand of Emrakul
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Isochron Scepter
  • 1 It That Betrays
  • 1 Karn, Argent Defender
  • 1 Kataki, War's Wage
  • 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Magus of the Tabernacle
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mishra's War Machine
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pathrazer of Ulamog
  • 1 Peacekeeper
  • 1 Pearl Medallion
  • 1 Phyrexian Censor
  • 26 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rule of Law
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulless Jailer
  • 1 Sphere of Safety
  • 1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
  • 1 Steel Golem
  • 1 Sudden Disappearance
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Mind Stone
  • 1 Ulamog's Crusher
  • 1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
  • 1 Vexing Bauble