Darien, King of Pain

by struck21 on 16 April 2016

Main Deck (99 cards)

Sideboard (1 card)

Creatures (1)

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Deck Description

Deck plays really well, at least for my style. Self Damage lands and Darien mixed with other buffs. Odric and Godsend makes for a great assaulter.

Deck Tags

  • Mono White
  • Token
  • EDH

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Darien, King of Pain

Crackdown can do good work in mono-white.

I personally wouldn't run Howling Mine in a deck without a way to tap it and urn it off (or in Nekusar). Getting one card for every 3-4 your enemies get is terrible math. Mind's Eye is solid, and I think Tamiyo's Journal is going to wind up being decent in mono-white (or mono-red or Boros, both of which have the same issues).

Tithe and Land Tax both are really helpful, if unflashy. Of course if you run Land Tax it's hard to resist running Scroll Rack, and those two cards will wind up being another $40 bucks or so, where as Tithe is like $4.

Micho Konda, Truth Seeker fits nicely with your theme of "attacking me is bad".

Expedition Map is good way to get one of your damage-myself-make-a-dude lands.

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Posted 17 April 2016 at 00:32

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Crackdown... how I have never heard of this is beyond me but I will have to get one. Howling Mine has been on the cut list but I have been lazy about getting a replacement. I am currently running Tamyio's Journal in a couple decks and waiting to see how it works out. Land Tax is another one I have toyed with but never committed to. Thanks for the Crackdown though.

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Posted 17 April 2016 at 02:17

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I run crackdown in my iroas deck. The deck is built in such a way that it affects none of my creatures and I've had a couple of matches where it just brings the game to a halt until someone can 86 it. I'm curious about adding a journal to another of my EDH decks as well because it will help it out tremendously

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Posted 17 April 2016 at 02:22

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This is my baby deck. I am currently foiling it out and still trying to improve it as I do so. Crackdown will find a home once I get one. Most likely for Howling Mine at the moment.

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Posted 17 April 2016 at 02:33

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Where Land Tax gets great is when you can use the extra lands to swap with Scroll Rack into new cards, then tutor them again next turn and do it again. It's strong enough that I started running Enlightened Tutor just to get whichever one I don't have.

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Posted 17 April 2016 at 02:44

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Makes me glad I have a set and a half of enlightened tutor lo

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Posted 17 April 2016 at 02:49

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Posted 17 April 2016 at 00:33

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