{"ops":[{"insert":"This deck is part of a 6-deck No-Format Battle-Box designed with cards already in my collection and are meant to exclusively be played with each other. Check out the full Battle-Box "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/folders/1914986"},"insert":"here"},{"insert":"!"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n\n"},{"insert":"What is this deck trying to do?"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Dimir Terrors is the battle box’s "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"spell-based tempo/control deck"},{"insert":".\nIt combines cheap interaction with creatures that become extremely efficient as the game progresses.\nIts philosophy is:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Trade efficiently early, then let your cheap threats take over."},{"insert":"\nThis is deliberately different from Izzet.\nIzzet wants to overwhelm you with velocity.\nDimir wants to make your plays awkward, trade resources, and eventually stick a threat that is much larger than its mana cost suggests.\n\nDelver of Secrets"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Delver is your early pressure.\nIf it transforms, it becomes an extremely efficient attacker.\nBut don’t become obsessed with protecting Delver at all costs.\nIt is a one-mana threat.\nThe rest of your deck is capable of winning without it.\n\nHaughty Djinn"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Djinn is one of your major payoff creatures.\nThe more instants and sorceries you’ve accumulated, the more threatening it becomes.\nThis creates an interesting tension:\nYou want to cast your spells early, but sometimes holding one is more valuable because it keeps your opponent guessing.\nTolarian Terror"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Tolarian Terror is your late-game monster.\nBecause the deck naturally casts lots of instants and sorceries, Terror can become dramatically cheaper than its printed mana cost.\nThe result is one of the deck’s most satisfying sequences:\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Spend the early game trading resources → fill your graveyard → deploy an enormous creature for very little mana."},{"insert":"\n\nVohar, Vodalian Desecrator"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Vohar provides the deck with card selection and graveyard utility while also serving as a body.\nIt helps turn mediocre draws into useful ones and contributes to the deck’s general graveyard/spell strategy.\n\nFaerie Vandal"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Faerie Vandal rewards card draw.\nThat gives the deck another angle of attack beyond simply relying on Terrors and Djinns.\n\nCounterspell"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Counterspell is your most important defensive tool.\nBut this deck is not supposed to counter everything.\nIf your opponent plays a one-mana creature that doesn’t matter, letting it resolve may be much better than spending Counterspell on it.\nSave your interaction for the cards that actually threaten your plan.\n\nFatal Push and Feed the Swarm"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"These let you interact with creatures and problematic permanents while maintaining the deck’s blue-black identity.\n\nDeep Analysis"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Deep Analysis is particularly useful because it turns the graveyard into another resource.\nDiscarding or milling it isn’t necessarily a disaster.\nIn fact, sometimes it’s exactly where you want it.\n\nHow to play it"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Early game:"},{"insert":" Develop cheap threats and interact selectively.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Middle game:"},{"insert":" Accumulate cards in the graveyard and trade resources.\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Late game:"},{"insert":" Deploy an efficient Tolarian Terror or Haughty Djinn while still holding interaction.\n\nThe big decision"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"“What actually deserves a Counterspell?”"},{"insert":"\nThis is the central skill of the deck.\nIf you counter everything, you’ll run out of resources.\nIf you counter nothing, your opponent may overwhelm you.\n\nWhat beats this deck?"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Dimir dislikes:\nExtremely fast creature starts."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Multiple threats in a single turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Graveyard disruption."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Noncreature permanents that are difficult to answer efficiently."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nBattle-box tip"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This is intentionally the deck that requires the most judgment about "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"resource management"},{"insert":".\nThe cards are powerful, but the deck becomes much worse when the pilot spends interaction simply because they 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