Hello everyone. House Dimir is the Blue/Black guild on Ravnica. It operates behind the scenes, dealing in secret matters. This week, I've discovered some Dimir deck lists that you can try out, but please keep these lists a secret. I wouldn't want word to get back to House Dimir that I've been sharing their secret information. Let's get started.

Dimir Faeries

We'll get started by taking a look at a deck that features a fair amount of our flying, fae friends. Let's look at the deck.

Dimir Faeries | MOM Standard | Slothmtg, Aetherhub

• Creatures (11)
• 1 Ertai Resurrected
• 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 4 Faerie Mastermind
• 4 Halo Forager

• Planeswalkers (5)
• 1 Sorin the Mirthless
• 4 Kaito Shizuki

• Instants (9)
• 1 Disdainful Stroke
• 1 Make Disappear
• 1 Rona's Vortex
• 2 Cut Down
• 4 Go for the Throat

• Sorceries (9)
• 2 Duress
• 3 Path of Peril
• 4 Invoke Despair

• Lands (26)
• 2 Island
• 4 Swamp
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 2 Mirrex
• 4 Darkslick Shores
• 4 Raffine's Tower
• 4 Shipwreck Marsh
• 4 Underground River

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This deck also includes a playset of Halo Forager. When Halo Forager enters the battlefield, you can 'cast' an instant or sorcery from any player's graveyard. You can take advantage of using your opponent's own spells against them, or cast your own Cut Down or Go for the Throat an additional time. This also works well if you're able to cast Duress, as you can further reduce the options your opponent has available. Late in the game, you might have enough mana to cast Invoke Despair with this ability, but since this requires 8 mana, it will be difficult to pull off.

Dimir Mill Control

Next, I have a control deck that uses milling as its primary route to victory.

Dimir Mill Control | MOM Standard | MtgMalone, Aetherhub

• Creatures (3)
• 3 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures

• Planeswalkers (4)
• 4 Jace, the Perfected Mind

• Instants (13)
• 1 Make Disappear
• 3 Cut Down
• 3 Go for the Throat
• 3 March of Wretched Sorrow
• 3 Syncopate

• Sorceries (9)
• 2 Breach the Multiverse
• 3 Path of Peril
• 4 Silver Scrutiny

• Artifacts (4)
• 1 The Celestus
• 3 Mindsplice Apparatus

• Battles (3)
• 3 Invasion of Amonkhet // Lazotep Convert

• Lands (24)
• 4 Island
• 5 Swamp
• 2 Otawara, Soaring City
• 2 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 3 Darkslick Shores
• 4 Raffine's Tower
• 4 Shipwreck Marsh

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With Invasion of Amonkhet // Lazotep Convert, you'll begin filling up your opponent's graveyard. This will become important, as the key to winning with this deck isn't to mill your opponent's deck out of cards, but to use those milled cards for yourself. You'll do this by casting Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, and transforming her into The True Scriptures. Both Sheoldred and The True Scriptures force your opponent to sacrifice or destroy their own creatures or planeswalkers. Once you reach chapter three, you'll be able to return all the creatures that are in graveyards to the battlefield under your control. You can then use those creatures to attack your opponent directly.

To help get additional cards into your opponent's graveyard, there are a couple of important cards to remember. First is Jace, the Perfected Mind. Casting Jace will allow you to mill your opponent's deck of up to 15 cards immediately. You can also use Breach the Multiverse to mill ten more cards. After that's done, you'll be able to choose a creature or planeswalker in your opponent's graveyard to enter the battlefield under your control. Being beaten by your own cards never feels good, yet I'm looking forward to trying this deck out.

Dimir Zombie Reanimator

The next deck I have for you is a Zombie-themed deck that seems to never run out of Zombies. Let's check it out.

Dimir Zombie Reanimator | MOM Standard | JayVillain, Aetherhub

• Creatures (23)
• 2 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
• 3 Fell Stinger
• 3 Phyrexian Fleshgorger
• 3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• 4 Bladestitched Skaab
• 4 Champion of the Perished
• 4 Headless Rider

• Instants (5)
• 2 Go for the Throat
• 3 Infernal Grasp

• Enchantments (2)
• 2 The Cruelty of Gix

• Battles (6)
• 2 Invasion of Innistrad // Deluge of the Dead
• 4 Invasion of Amonkhet // Lazotep Convert

• Lands (24)
• 3 Island
• 9 Swamp
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 2 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 3 Darkslick Shores
• 3 Shipwreck Marsh
• 3 Underground River

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You can also further the number of Zombies you have on the battlefield with Invasion of Innistrad // Deluge of the Dead. This battle can be flashed into play just in time to destroy your opponent's most powerful creature. Once the battle is defeated, it will transform into Deluge of the Dead. This enchantment not only gives you two 2/2 Zombie creature tokens right away, but it allows you to create additional Zombies by exiling creatures for each player's graveyard. That equates to even more resilience to mass creature destruction spells.

Dimir Shark Control

My final deck this week utilizes control cards as a means of finishing out the game.

Dimir Shark Control | MOM Standard | Sonia, Aetherhub

• Creatures (6)
• 2 Ertai Resurrected
• 4 Chrome Host Seedshark

• Planeswalkers (2)
• 2 Tezzeret, Betrayer of Flesh

• Instants (15)
• 1 March of Swirling Mist
• 1 Syncopate
• 2 March of Wretched Sorrow
• 3 Cut Down
• 4 Go for the Throat
• 4 Make Disappear

• Sorceries (6)
• 2 Gix's Command
• 4 Invoke Despair

• Artifacts (5)
• 1 The Celestus
• 4 Reckoner Bankbuster

• Lands (26)
• 1 Island
• 10 Swamp
• 1 Dismal Backwater
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 4 Darkslick Shores
• 4 Shipwreck Marsh
• 4 Underground River

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Other notable cards in this deck include Reckoner Bankbuster, Invoke Despair, and Gix's Command. Reckoner Bankbuster acts as a source of card drawing for this deck, which helps you maintain a grip of countermagic. It can also be useful as an additional attacker later in the game. Invoke Despair is one of the most utilized cards in Standard, forcing sacrifices or loss of life from your opponent. Finally, Gix's Command does a variety of things, but its most important mode is its third one, which allows you to return up to two creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. You might need this in the event that your opponent has removal spells of their own that they target your Chrome Host Seedsharks with.

Wrapping Up

While the Dimir color pairing might not be my favorite, I'm willing to respect the power that it commands. For those times that I need a break from playing an aggressive deck, I can turn to decks like these to help clear my head and revitalize me. I hope you also enjoy these decks, but please, for my own safety, don't let Lazav, the leader of House Dimir, know that I've shared them with you.

What do you think of these decks? Feel free to share this article with your friends anywhere on social media. And be sure to join me here again next week as I continue my search for innovative decks in Standard. I'll see you then!

- Mike Likes