Standard Dimir Excruciator
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| Date | View Decklist | Player | Event | Place | Record | Uniqueness | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21 | View | tchuco | Standard Challenge 32 2026-03-21 | 10th | — | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 21 | View | Raizeer | Standard Challenge 32 | 19th | 3-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 21 | View | Raizeer | Standard Challenge 32 2026-03-21 | 19th | — | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Mar 21 | View | Tunaktunak | Standard Challenge 32 | 21st | 3-3 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Mar 21 | View | kcomedina | Standard Challenge 32 | 25th | 2-4 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 21 | View | kcomedina | Standard Challenge 32 2026-03-21 | 25th | — | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Mar 21 | View | jev_ | Standard Challenge 32 2026-03-21 | 27th | 2-4 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Mar 20 | View | tchuco | Standard Challenge 32 | 3rd | 7-2 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Mar 20 | View | Dlihchtarw | Standard Challenge 32 | 7th | 5-3 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Mar 20 | View | Univerce | Standard Challenge 32 | 16th | 4-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 20 | View | kcomedina | Standard Challenge 32 | 20th | 4-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 20 | View | air_vengeance | Standard Challenge 64 | 24th | 4-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 19 | View | tchuco | Standard Challenge 32 | 15th | 4-2 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Mar 19 | View | Raizeer | Standard Challenge 32 | 16th | 4-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 19 | View | kcomedina | Standard Challenge 32 | 18th | 3-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 19 | View | Mazianos | Standard Challenge 32 | 26th | 3-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 19 | View | air_vengeance | Standard League 2026-03-19 | — | 5-0 | Tuned · band 5 of 10 · 5 | |
| Mar 17 | View | Univerce | Standard Challenge 64 | 5th | 6-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 17 | View | VitorCarvalho01 | Standard Challenge 64 | 12th | 5-2 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Mar 16 | View | hermanomlg | Standard Challenge 64 | 2nd | 7-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 16 | View | VitorCarvalho01 | Standard Challenge 64 | 3rd | 7-2 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Mar 16 | View | Univerce | Standard Challenge 64 | 5th | 6-2 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Mar 16 | View | Omegauo | Standard Challenge 64 | 6th | 6-2 | Typical · band 2 of 10 · 2 | |
| Mar 16 | View | kcomedina | Standard Challenge 64 | 20th | 4-3 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 | |
| Mar 15 | View | tchuco | Standard Challenge 32 | 6th | 5-2 | Standard · band 4 of 10 · 4 |
Dimir Excruciator has climbed from ~6.1% to 7.3% of the Standard metagame over the last 90 days.
Meta share, last 90 days
Climbed from ~6.1% to 7.3% · trend line is 3-week smoothed
Approaches, last 90 days
Weekly breakdown of lists by automatically detected approach
Rising Dimir Excruciator cards
Cards gaining share within Dimir Excruciator vs the prior 14 days, adjusted for format-wide play rate.
Maindeck
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bender's Waterskin | New | 13% | +12.8% |
| Kavaero, Mind-Bitten | 83% | 87% | +3.9% |
Sideboard
| Card | Was | Now | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Negate | 8% | 60% | +51.2% |
| Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel | 14% | 49% | +35% |
| Preacher of the Schism | 17% | 49% | +32.3% |
| M.O.D.O.K. | 17% | 47% | +30.1% |
| Petrified Hamlet | New | 13% | +12.8% |
| Stab | New | 13% | +12.8% |
| Spell Pierce | New | 11% | +10.6% |
| Bitter Triumph | New | 6% | +6.4% |
| Doomsday Excruciator | 58% | 64% | +5.5% |
Typical Standard Dimir Excruciator maindeck cards
Maindeck adoption across 290 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Bitter Triumph | 2.9 | 100% |
| Deceit | 4.0 | 100% |
| Doomsday Excruciator | 2.8 | 100% |
| Gloomlake Verge | 4.0 | 100% |
| Requiting Hex | 4.0 | 100% |
| Restless Reef | 4.0 | 100% |
| Swamp | 9.1 | 100% |
| Watery Grave | 4.0 | 100% |
| Winternight Stories | 2.5 | 100% |
| Cavern of Souls | 1.9 | 99% |
| Emeritus of Ideation | 2.1 | 98% |
| Day of Black Sun | 2.2 | 95% |
| Undercity Sewers | 1.5 | 92% |
| Duress | 3.5 | 91% |
| Kavaero, Mind-Bitten | 4.0 | 91% |
| Deadly Cover-Up | 1.2 | 87% |
| Strategic Betrayal | 1.1 | 83% |
| Stock Up | 2.8 | 83% |
| Multiversal Passage | 1.1 | 57% |
| Shoot the Sheriff | 1.3 | 33% |
| Hidden Lair | 2.2 | 29% |
| Insatiable Avarice | 1.5 | 25% |
| M.O.D.O.K. | 1.0 | 21% |
| Starting Town | 1.1 | 18% |
| Harvester of Misery | 1.5 | 17% |
| Nowhere to Run | 1.0 | 11% |
| Intimidation Tactics | 1.1 | 10% |
| Superior Spider-Man | 3.8 | 10% |
| Oildeep Gearhulk | 1.8 | 10% |
| Overlord of the Balemurk | 2.7 | 9% |
| Quantum Riddler | 2.2 | 9% |
| Malboro | 1.0 | 3% |
| Bender's Waterskin | 3.0 | 2% |
| Steamcore Scholar | 3.0 | 1% |
| Island | 2.0 | 1% |
| Bounce Off | 1.0 | <1% |
| Qarsi Revenant | 2.0 | <1% |
| The Terminus of Return | 1.5 | <1% |
| Agna Qel'a | 1.0 | <1% |
| Flow State | 4.0 | <1% |
Typical Standard Dimir Excruciator sideboard
Built from sideboard adoption across 290 decklists in the last 90 days.
Full sideboard card play rate
Per-card sideboard adoption across 290 decklists in the last 90 days. Click a row to filter decklists.
| Card | Avg copies | % |
|---|---|---|
| Strategic Betrayal | 1.2 | 94% |
| Flashfreeze | 2.2 | 88% |
| Qarsi Revenant | 2.1 | 83% |
| Ghost Vacuum | 1.1 | 77% |
| Oildeep Gearhulk | 2.8 | 67% |
| Quantum Riddler | 1.6 | 64% |
| Disdainful Stroke | 1.5 | 63% |
| Duress | 1.5 | 52% |
| Deadly Cover-Up | 1.2 | 44% |
| Deathmark | 1.4 | 41% |
| Doomsday Excruciator | 1.0 | 39% |
| Decorum Dissertation | 1.0 | 28% |
| Negate | 1.2 | 28% |
| Shoot the Sheriff | 1.4 | 20% |
| Emeritus of Ideation | 1.0 | 17% |
| Intimidation Tactics | 1.5 | 17% |
| Annul | 1.5 | 13% |
| The End | 1.0 | 13% |
| M.O.D.O.K. | 1.0 | 11% |
| Preacher of the Schism | 3.8 | 10% |
| Harvester of Misery | 1.0 | 10% |
| Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel | 2.6 | 10% |
| Petrified Hamlet | 1.0 | 8% |
| Sunderflock | 2.0 | 8% |
| Island | 1.0 | 6% |
| Dauntless Scrapbot | 1.0 | 6% |
| Cruelclaw's Heist | 1.7 | 5% |
| Day of Black Sun | 1.4 | 5% |
| Nowhere to Run | 1.2 | 4% |
| Agatha's Soul Cauldron | 1.0 | 4% |
| Soul-Guide Lantern | 1.0 | 3% |
| Ancient Vendetta | 1.0 | 2% |
| Stab | 1.7 | 2% |
| Bitter Triumph | 1.0 | 2% |
| Spell Pierce | 1.0 | 2% |
| Wrench, Speedway Saboteur | 1.4 | 2% |
| Spell Snare | 1.7 | 1% |
| Stock Up | 1.0 | 1% |
| Wan Shi Tong, Librarian | 1.0 | 1% |
| Zero Point Ballad | 1.0 | <1% |
Dimir Excruciator Standard FAQ
Is Dimir Excruciator good in Standard right now?
It's a solid choice — Dimir Excruciator is 7.3% of Standard decklists in the last two weeks (up 15% vs the prior window), with 8 Top 8s. Best recent finish: 2nd (7-2) at Standard Challenge 32 on Jul 24, 2026.
What are the key cards in Standard Dimir Excruciator?
Nearly every list runs Bitter Triumph, Deceit, Doomsday Excruciator, and Gloomlake Verge (99%+ of Standard Dimir Excruciator decklists in the last 90 days). Most lists are Stock (95); variants add Overlord of the Balemurk (18), Quantum Riddler (17), and Superior Spider-Man (15).
What's a typical Standard Dimir Excruciator sideboard?
The most common Standard Dimir Excruciator sideboard cards over the last 90 days: Strategic Betrayal (94% of lists), Flashfreeze (88% of lists), Qarsi Revenant (83% of lists), and Ghost Vacuum (77% of lists). Negate is the fastest riser, up from 8% to 60% of sideboards.
Are there different builds of Standard Dimir Excruciator?
Mostly one stock build — recent lists are highly standardized. Recent lists split into Overlord of the Balemurk, Quantum Riddler, Superior Spider-Man, and Stock approaches.
What does Uniqueness mean?
Uniqueness rates each list from band 1 (Stock) through band 10 (Unique). Higher means a list is more unusual vs recent peers of this strategy.
How many Standard Dimir Excruciator decklists are there?
Decklist Data tracks 709 Standard Dimir Excruciator decklists all-time (47 in the last 14 days) from Magic: The Gathering Online (MTGO) Challenges and Leagues. New results are indexed automatically — latest Dimir Excruciator result Jul 28, 2026.