
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand Commander Deck
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand runs a political chaos plan in mono-white. Each time Dack enters, he flips creatures off the top of the library and hands one to each opponent, permanently goaded, so the table is forced to attack each other while the pilot hides behind attack taxes and fogs. Blink, flicker and recast effects re-trigger Dack's entry again and again, and owner-based return effects can later reclaim the creatures that were given away. How it wins: Repeated goaded gifts grind opponents into each other's combat damage while the pilot stays safe, then 4/4 Bird tokens and its own creatures finish off the weakened survivors. Key roles: - Re-triggering Dack: Exiling and returning Dack Fayden, Helping Hand, or bouncing and recasting him, repeats the goaded creature giveaway every turn cycle and keeps forcing fights across the table (Conjurer's Closet, Flickering Hound, Airbender Ascension). - Reclaiming gifts: Effects that return creatures to their owner, or let the owner recast them, pull the cards Dack handed out back to their true owner, turning gifts into a delayed card advantage swing (Morningtide's Light, Avatar's Wrath, The Eagles Are Coming!). - Gift payloads: Creatures whose enter or death triggers are symmetrical or harmless in an opponent's hands, so a gifted copy still adds board chaos without backfiring much (Kor Cartographer, Solemn Simulacrum, Beza, the Bounding Spring). - Staying out of the crossfire: Attack taxes, damage prevention and an indestructibility effect keep goaded attackers pointed away from the pilot, letting opponents spend their combats on each other (Ghostly Prison, Morningtide's Light, Flawless Maneuver). - Catch-up land ramp: Land-granting removal gives opponents extra lands, which feeds the deck's "if an opponent controls more lands" ramp to reach the six-mana commander and its expensive recursion (Knight of the White Orchid, Archaeomancer's Map, Path to Exile). - Reset and control: Wraths, spot removal and neutralizing auras clean up any gifted creature or threat that turns on the pilot, and a sweeper or a recursion spell can bring back the best creature or permanent afterwards (Starfall Invocation, Darksteel Mutation, Restoration Seminar).
Dack Fayden, Helping Hand decklist
- Arcane Signet
- Darksteel Mutation
- Path to Exile
- Solemn Simulacrum
- Swords to Plowshares
- Fellwar Stone
- Ghostly Prison
- Conjurer's Closet
- Knight of the White Orchid
- Pearl Medallion
- Generous Gift
- Flawless Maneuver
- Archaeomancer's Map
- Stroke of Midnight
- Get Lost
- White Orchid Phantom
- Beza, the Bounding Spring
- Starfall Invocation
- Morningtide's Light
- Airbender Ascension
- Avatar's Wrath
- Restoration Seminar
- The Eagles Are Coming!
- Celebrate the Mountain-king
- Flickering Hound
- Sol Ring
- Farewell
- Skyclave Apparition
- Duplicant
- Angel of the Ruins
- Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
- Loran of the Third Path
- Flickerwisp
- Charming Prince
- Claim Jumper
- Angel of Serenity
- Angel of Indemnity
- Sunblast Angel
- Restoration Angel
- Felidar Guardian
- Homeward Path
- Emeria, the Sky Ruin
- Touch the Spirit Realm
- Ephemerate
- Teleportation Circle
- Cloudshift
- 31× Plains
- Karmic Guide
- Champions of Minas Tirith
- Inspiring Overseer
- Ox Drover
- Tempt with Bunnies
- Smuggler's Share
- Ulamog's Crusher
- Return to the Light Realms
- Preston, the Vanisher
- Ori, Plate Stacker
- Urza's Cave
- Kor Cartographer
- Appa, Steadfast Guardian
- Howling Mine
- Trouble in Pairs
- Talon Gates of Madara
- Sphere of Safety
- Archangel of Tithes
- Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- Mystifying Maze
- Aang, Airbending Master
- Priest of Ancient Lore
