The Second Coming of Fayden by officergumby

Format: Commander

Commander: Dack Fayden, Helping Hand

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Mono-White control and goad strategy helmed by Dack Fayden, Helping Hand. The primary game plan accelerates into a Turn 5 commander cast, which digs through the library to cheat three massive threats—primarily high-power Eldrazi like Darksteel Colossus, Galactus, Devourer of Worlds, and Pathrazer of Ulamog—directly onto the battlefield under opponents' control with permanent goad. Because these behemoths are forced to attack other players, opponents enter devastating cross-table combat while their boards are dismantled by Annihilator triggers. Meanwhile, the pilot remains insulated from combat damage using pillowfort tools and fog effects like Morningtide's Light. A redundant package of owner-based blink spells such as Charming Prince, Flickerwisp, and Touch the Spirit Realm allows the pilot to flicker the donated monsters and return them to their own battlefield under owner control, consolidating board supremacy and closing the game against the weakened surviving opponent.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Airbender Ascension
  • 1 Ajani Steadfast
  • 1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
  • 1 Ancient Den
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artisan of Kozilek
  • 1 Atraxi Warden
  • 1 Bane of Bala Ged
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Brainstone
  • 1 Breaker of Armies
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Cleansing Meditation
  • 1 Combat Thresher
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Deploy the Gatewatch
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Emrakul, the Exigent Doom
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Flicker of Fate
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 1 Flickerwisp
  • 1 Fíli the Pathfinder
  • 1 Galactus, Devourer of Worlds
  • 1 Gatewatch Beacon
  • 1 Getaway Glamer
  • 1 Gideon Jura
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Glimmerpoint Stag
  • 1 Grateful Apparition
  • 1 Guardian of Ghirapur
  • 1 Hand of Emrakul
  • 1 Herald of War
  • 1 Justiciar's Portal
  • 1 Karoo
  • 1 Land Tax
  • 1 Long Road Home
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Mangara, the Diplomat
  • 1 Marble Diamond
  • 1 Mistveil Plains
  • 1 Monumental Henge
  • 1 Morningtide's Light
  • 1 Murmuring Volume
  • 1 Mystifying Maze
  • 1 Nevinyrral's Disk
  • 1 Northampton Farm
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Ascended
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otherworldly Journey
  • 1 Parting Gust
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pathrazer of Ulamog
  • 1 Pay No Heed
  • 14 Plains
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Remote Farm
  • 1 Resolute Archangel
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Restoration Seminar
  • 1 Return to the Light Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruins of Trokair
  • 1 Salvation Swan
  • 1 Sandstone Oracle
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Secluded Steppe
  • 1 Semester's End
  • 1 Skrelv's Hive
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Staff of the Storyteller
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Eagles Are Coming!
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Touch the Spirit Realm
  • 1 Tri-Sentinel, Act of Vengeance
  • 1 Ulamog's Crusher
  • 1 War Room