Skip to content
Commander Nexus
  1. Commander Nexus
  2. Commanders
  3. Diaochan, Artful Beauty

Command zone

Diaochan, Artful Beauty

Diaochan, Artful Beauty

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

Diaochan wants a deck that answers everything its opponents play, then wins late. It also works in a deck built around Advisors or Humans.

  • Mana cost3 genericred
  • Red ()
  • Power / toughness1 / 1
  • RarityRare

tap: Destroy target creature of your choice, then destroy target creature of an opponent's choice. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.

Build a deck with Diaochan Find it in the app

Archetypes
Themes

Cards That Fit Diaochan, Artful Beauty

Picked for what they do in Diaochan's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Diaochan's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

plan6

The 6 Cards

Does what Diaochan, Artful Beauty does6

The 6 Cards

Rulings for Diaochan, Artful Beauty

explain how Diaochan works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 20 Sep 2013

If a turn has multiple combat phases, the ability can only be activated before the beginning of the declare attackers step of the first combat phase in that turn.

1 ruling, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Diaochan, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryRPlayers write colors as letters: R for red.ControlControl decks answer what everyone else plays, stopping spells and removing dangerous cards, then win slowly once they are in charge. Expect lots of removal, spells that cancel other spells, and extra card draw.Open the Control pageTarget RemovalRemoves a single chosen permanent by destroying it, exiling it or returning it to its owner's hand, however big it is. It is the precise answer to one problem, as opposed to a board wipe that hits everything. Damage and -X/-X can miss a big creature, so they are Damage Removal and -X/-X Removal instead. Swords to Plowshares, Beast WithinOpen the Target Removal page