The Commander
Flying
Whenever Darigaaz deals combat damage to a player, you may pay 
. If you do, choose a color, then that player reveals their hand and Darigaaz deals damage to the player equal to the number of cards of that color revealed this way.
Guide
Gameplan
Cast Darigaaz, swing for 6 flying damage, then pay to deal extra damage based on a color in their hand — but the real plan is leveraging a 6/6 flyer in a Jund value/midrange shell. You ramp into him early, protect him, and grind opponents out with removal, recursion, and incremental advantage while his beats and triggers chip players down.
Strengths
- Aggressive evasive body that pressures life totals immediately
- Jund's deep access to ramp, removal, and recursion supports a flexible game
- Color-reveal trigger can deal surprising burst damage against grippy hands
- Commander damage plus the trigger gives a real Voltron angle
Weaknesses
- The damage trigger is unreliable and often deals little against empty or off-color hands
- 6 mana for a vanilla-ish flyer makes him removal bait with no built-in protection
- No card advantage or evasion engine baked into the commander itself
- Three-color manabase strain and reliance on connecting in combat
Key Cards
- Lightning Greaves — Haste and shroud let Darigaaz attack the turn he lands and dodge removal.
- Sword of Feast and Famine — Untaps your lands for a second spell and forces discard, amplifying both combat and the reveal trigger.
- Rhystic Study — Generates the card advantage Darigaaz himself lacks while you grind.
- Sneak Attack — Cheats Darigaaz in for surprise flying damage and immediate triggers.
- Xenagos, God of Revels — Doubles Darigaaz's power and grants haste for a 12-damage flying swing.
Upgrade Path
Lean into protection and evasion: add Swiftfoot Boots, more equipment, and haste enablers so he connects reliably. Improve the manabase with fetches, shocks, and Triomes, and add fast ramp like Sol Ring and Signets to deploy him ahead of curve. To raise the ceiling, include extra-combat and double-strike effects (Aggravated Assault, Berserkers' Onslaught) to convert his triggers and commander damage into faster kills.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Commander damage from a buffed, evasive Darigaaz
- ▸Repeated combat-damage triggers burning players out
- ▸Beating down with a Dragon tribal board
- ▸Grinding the table with value and finishing with big creatures
Archetypes
- Voltron — Equip and buff Darigaaz to push lethal flying commander damage plus trigger burst.
- Jund Midrange — His colors offer the best removal, ramp, and value creatures to grind opponents out.
- Dragon Tribal — Darigaaz anchors a Jund dragons theme with payoffs and big evasive threats.
- Reanimator — BGR lets you dump and recur big dragons cheaply, replaying Darigaaz from the yard.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (BGR), by popularity.
