Dihada's Ploy
Instant
Draw two cards, then discard a card. You gain life equal to the number of cards you've discarded this turn.
Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #11696
Dihada's Ploy draws two cards and discards two — net zero in hand count, but the discard is a cost you're engineering around, not absorbing. In any deck that wants cards in the graveyard, Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer turns that discard into free spells, making this a two-mana draw-two with upside.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer triggers off each discarded card, so Dihada's Ploy effectively reads 'draw two, cast up to two discarded nonland cards for free' — two mana to refuel your hand and your graveyard engine at the same time.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Dihada's Ploy is a role-player, not a staple — it earns its slot only in decks that convert discards into advantage, and it's too slow and narrow for general-purpose draw. Pauper is where the card sees the most competitive daylight, since the common card pool is thin on clean two-mana draw spells and self-mill matters in several archetypes. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern all have access to significantly more efficient draw and looting effects, so Dihada's Ploy won't make the cut in those formats outside of highly specific graveyard shells.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Dihada's Ploy is firmly bulk — you're buying it for pennies when you need it, not speculating. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a new graveyard commander pushes it into broader circulation.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.