Bracket 3 · Our Dack Fayden, Helping Hand decklist · Blink
Our Dack Fayden list is mono-white blink with huge creatures. Dack reveals creatures from your library, gives one to each opponent goaded, and makes them fight each other.
The deck stacks giants like Blightsteel Colossus, Ulamog and Kozilek, repeats Dack with Restoration Angel, Ephemerate and Teleportation Circle, and takes the gifts back with flicker spells that return creatures to their owner.
- Strategy
- Blink
- Bracket
- 3
- Avg. mana value
- 4.08
- Lands
- 37
01The Commander
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand is a six-mana Human Advisor. When Dack enters, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal one creature per opponent.
Those creatures enter the battlefield goaded for the rest of the game, and each opponent gains control of one of them. A goaded creature attacks each combat, and it must attack someone other than you if it can.
Flicker effects return a card to its owner's control. Flicker a creature you gave away and it comes back to you.
02How This Deck Wins
- 1
Ramp to Dack
Land Tax, Archaeomancer's Map, Thran Dynamo and Pearl Medallion get you to six mana.
- 2
Hand out goaded giants
Dack gives each opponent a goaded creature like Blightsteel Colossus or Pathrazer of Ulamog that has to attack the other players.
- 3
Repeat and reclaim
Flicker Dack with Ephemerate or Restoration Angel for more gifts, and use Flicker of Fate to take the best giant back.
03Deck at a Glance
Bracket 3 · Blink · 100 cards
Composition
- Commander1
- Creatures25
- Instants & sorceries17
- Artifacts & enchantments20
- Planeswalkers0
- Lands37
- Tokens4
Mana Curve
Color Split
symbols
- White 100%
By the Numbers
Cards by Role
04Giants to Give Away
Dack reveals these, and they wreck whoever they attack.
Also in this role
05Flicker Dack
Every time Dack enters, each opponent gets another goaded giant.
Also in this role
06Take It Back
These return creatures to their owner, so your giants come home.
Also in this role
07Removal and Protection
White answers keep you safe while the table fights.
Also in this role
08Card Draw and Ramp
Catch up on lands and cards.
Also in this role
09Combos and Key Interactions
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand + Teleportation Circle
Flicker Dack every end step to hand out a new goaded giant to each opponent.
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand + Flicker of Fate
Flicker the best creature you gave away and it returns to you.
Panharmonicon + Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
Dack's trigger happens twice, so each opponent gets two giants.
10How to Play
Opening hand
Keep hands with three or four lands, a mana rock and a flicker spell. Land Tax and Archaeomancer's Map help you hit six mana.
Early gameturns 1-3
Play Land Tax, Archaeomancer's Map and mana rocks, and protect yourself with Ghostly Prison.
Mid gameturns 4-7
Cast Dack and give out goaded giants. Use Scroll Rack to set up big creatures on top.
Late gameturn 8+
Flicker Dack with Ephemerate, Restoration Angel or Teleportation Circle, then take the best giant back with Flicker of Fate.
Tips
- Goaded creatures attack each combat and must attack someone other than you if able.
- Flicker spells that return cards to their owner bring your giants back to you.
- Ulamog and Kozilek's cast triggers don't happen when Dack puts them onto the battlefield.
- Preston makes a 0/1 Illusion copy of each creature Dack puts onto the battlefield.
Common mistakes
- Giving a giant to the opponent most likely to win.
- Forgetting goaded creatures can still attack you if you're the only legal target.
- Flickering a giant back while it's needed to keep an opponent busy.
- Running low on creatures in your library.
Watch out for
- Opponents with sacrifice outlets who can use the giants against you.
- Effects that remove goad.
- Removal on Dack.
- Wipes that clear your blink creatures.
11Bracket and Rule 0
Our list runs 2 Game Changers (Ancient Tomb, Trouble in Pairs), within the Bracket 3 limit of three.
The deck is a political goad deck with no two-card infinite combos, but its giants come out fast, so tell your table how it plays.
12Full Decklist
Every card in our Dack Fayden, Helping Hand proxy deck (100 cards). Hover or tap a name to see the card.
Commander
- 1Dack Fayden, Helping Hand4WW
Creatures (25)
- 1Charming Prince1W
- 1Claim Jumper2W
- 1Flickerwisp1WW
- 1Guardian of Ghirapur2W
- 1Beza, the Bounding Spring2WW
- 1Felidar Guardian3W
- 1Glimmerpoint Stag2WW
- 1Preston, the Vanisher3W
- 1Restoration Angel3W
- 1Witch Enchanter3W
- 1Karmic Guide3WW
- 1Wispweaver Angel4WW
- 1Angel of Serenity4WWW
- 1Angel of the Ruins5WW
- 1Curious Colossus5WW
- 1Luminate Primordial5WW
- 1Ori, Plate Stacker5WW
- 1Sandstone Oracle7
- 1Zetalpa, Primal Dawn6WW
- 1Galactus, Devourer of Worlds10
- 1Kozilek, Butcher of Truth10
- 1Darksteel Colossus11
- 1Pathrazer of Ulamog11
- 1Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre11
- 1Blightsteel Colossus12
Instants (12)
- 1CloudshiftW
- 1EphemerateW
- 1Getaway GlamerW
- 1Path to ExileW
- 1Swords to PlowsharesW
- 1Bilbo's Gambit1W
- 1Flicker of Fate1W
- 1Long Road Home1W
- 1Otherworldly Journey1W
- 1Parting GustWW
- 1Reprieve1W
- 1Slip On the Ring1W
Sorceries (5)
- 1DaydreamW
- 1Cut a Deal2W
- 1Avatar's Wrath2WW
- 1Morningtide's Light3W
- 1Return to the Light Realms7WW
Artifacts (14)
- 1Expedition Map1
- 1Sol Ring1
- 1Arcane Signet2
- 1Fellwar Stone2
- 1Mind Stone2
- 1Pearl Medallion2
- 1Scroll Rack2
- 1The Mind Stone1W
- 1Thought Vessel2
- 1Archaeomancer's Map2W
- 1Worn Powerstone3
- 1Panharmonicon4
- 1Thran Dynamo4
- 1Conjurer's Closet5
Enchantments (6)
- 1Land TaxW
- 1Airbender Ascension1W
- 1Ghostly Prison2W
- 1Touch the Spirit Realm2W
- 1Teleportation Circle3W
- 1Trouble in Pairs2WW
Lands (37)
- 1Ancient Tomb
- 1Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1Emeria, the Sky Ruin
- 1Homeward Path
- 1Myriad Landscape
- 1Mystifying Maze
- 1Northampton Farm
- 1Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
- 26Plains
- 1Urza's Cave
- 1Urza's Saga
- 1War Room
Get the deck
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand Blink proxy deck
Dack Fayden hands out giants and lets the table fight. Flicker, gift, and take back what's yours.
Every card in this guide is shown exactly as it prints in the deck you get, sleeve-ready, with tokens.
Shop the deck · $45Every card named in this guide is in our deck, and every image is our own proxy card, rendered from the art in this deck.