b5 dihada by Brandasne

Format: Commander

Commander: Dihada, Binder of Wills

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 78

Deck overview

This competitive Mardu deck utilizes Dihada, Binder of Wills as a high-velocity mana and card engine to power fast combo kills and asymmetric stax locks. The primary plan accelerates Dihada onto the battlefield on Turn 2 or 3 using format-ceiling fast mana and rituals. Activating Dihada's -3 ability digs for key legendary cards, fills the graveyard, and generates Treasure tokens. These resources fuel a compact win with Underworld Breach and Flicker. Flickering Dihada repeatedly produces infinite mana and mills the deck, immediately closing the game via Torment of Hailfire, Mayhem Devil, or Mirkwood Bats. The deck protects its combo turn using premier silence effects like Grand Abolisher and Voice of Victory. When facing fast opposing combo decks, proactive stax pieces including Drannith Magistrate, Opposition Agent, and Blind Obedience effectively derail opponents while Dihada advances toward an inevitable finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Angel's Grace
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Blind Obedience
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Debt to the Deathless
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dihada, Binder of Wills
  • 1 Disruptor Flute
  • 1 Drana and Linvala
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flamescroll Celebrant // Revel in Silence
  • 1 Flicker
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gerrard's Hourglass Pendant
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Helm of Awakening
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Jaya's Immolating Inferno
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Knowledge Pool
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mana Tithe
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mornsong Aria
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Needleverge Pathway // Pillarverge Pathway
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Shadow the Hedgehog
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spider-Punk
  • 1 Stranglehold
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Voice of Victory