Diaochan, Artful Beauty
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
: Destroy target creature of your choice, then destroy target creature of an opponent's choice. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal
- Price
- $1.12
- EDHREC rank
- #19270
Diaochan, Artful Beauty turns any combat step into a forced board wipe — she destroys a creature your opponent chooses and a creature you choose, every turn she's untapped and attacking is off the table. The catch is real: your opponents pick their own target, so she requires protection and untap enablers like Thornbite Staff to reach her ceiling.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Diaochan, Artful Beauty actually lives — her political removal is scaled for multiplayer tables where opponents frequently have targets worth destroying and her fragility is offset by the shields she earns from threatening everyone equally. In Legacy and Vintage she's theoretically legal but entirely outclassed; four mana for a creature that requires tap-and-survive to generate value doesn't compete in those formats. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth mentioning: as a signature spell target or a supporting creature in a mono-red shell, she can threaten boards in a smaller, faster game, though her timing restrictions are a steeper cost there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Diaochan, Artful BeautyThornbite StaffSoul of New Phyrexia
Destroy any number of creatures opponents control during each of your turns
View on Commander Spellbook ↗
Diaochan, Artful BeautyThornbite StaffEldrazi Monument
Destroy any number of creatures opponents control during each of your turns
View on Commander Spellbook ↗
Diaochan, Artful BeautyThornbite StaffAvacyn, Angel of Hope
Destroy any number of creatures opponents control during each of your turns
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$1.12 cheap tier
At $1.12, Diaochan, Artful Beauty sits firmly in the bulk-rare tier — easy to pick up without budgeting around her. That price is stable; she sees enough Commander play to keep her off the floor, but not enough spike demand to push her higher.
Explore
Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.