Dire Tactics
- Mana cost
- {W}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths #183 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.26 USD
Exile target creature. If you don't control a Human, you lose life equal to that creature's toughness.
Dire Tactics has 1 printing, first in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020). EDHREC ranks it #6,413 among Commander cards. It appears most in Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness decks (4,003 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Dire Tactics
- Ruthless Regiment - Commander 2020, led by Jirina Kudro
Commanders that run Dire Tactics most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness: 4,003 decks
- Queen Marchesa: 1,000 decks
- Saskia the Unyielding: 968 decks
- Jirina Kudro: 797 decks
- Kelsien, the Plague: 699 decks
- Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale: 679 decks
- Ketramose, the New Dawn: 606 decks
- General Kudro of Drannith: 435 decks
Often played with Dire Tactics
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Use the exiled creature’s toughness as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life you lose.
- : Whether you control a Human is checked only after exiling the target creature. If that creature had exiled a Human you controlled until that creature left the battlefield, that Human will return to the battlefield in time to be counted.