Dimir Tempo
Also known as: UB Tempo
Dimir Tempo aims to land early threats, protect them, and disrupt the opponent with countermagic, discard spells, and removal. Blue-based tempo decks have a long history in Canadian Highlander, while black offers efficient spot removal and proactive disruption such as Thoughtseize and Opposition Agent to cover the weaknesses of counterspells, along with powerful threats such as Barrowgoyf and Emperor of Bones. Sticking to two colors makes Harbinger of the Seas and Back to Basics viable as another angle of disruption.
The deck has access to a variety of useful pointed cards, allowing the spread to be customized to suit the expected metagame. After the two moxen, options include Psychic Frog, Treasure Cruise, Dig Through Time, Mana Drain, True-Name Nemesis, Reanimate, and Strip Mine, with Psychic Frog seeing the most play. True-Name Nemesis and Reanimate are often chosen to improve fair matchups, while Dig Through Time and Mana Drain are preferable when tapping out is undesirable.
Dimir’s biggest strength in the metagame is an excellent combo matchup through efficient pressure and a variety of disruptive interaction. It can compete in fair matchups, but struggles against decks like Death and Taxes that can out-value Dimir in the late game or outrace through accelerated Initiative creatures. The deck can also struggle against artifact-based strategies as the color combination lacks permanent answers to resolved artifacts.
— written by Ian Gitax
Example Decklist
Dimir Tempo
By: HD_Dabnado
Event: Wheelers Rodeo Webcam Async - September - 3rd/4th
Date: 2026-10-07
Points (10): Mox Jet (3), Mox Sapphire (3), Psychic Frog (1), Reanimate (1), Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar (1), The One Ring (1)
Planeswalkers (1)
- 1Kaito, Bane of Nightmares
Creatures (27)
- 1Deathrite Shaman
- 1Flitterwing Nuisance
- 1Mockingbird
- 1Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar
- 1Baleful Strix
- 1Bilbo, Thief in the Night
- 1Dauthi Voidwalker
- 1Deep-Cavern Bat
- 1Duelist of the Mind
- 1Emperor of Bones
- 1Ledger Shredder
- 1Orcish Bowmasters
- 1Psychic Frog
- 1Snapcaster Mage
- 1Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
- 1Abhorrent Oculus
- 1Barrowgoyf
- 1Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft //
- 1Hullbreacher
- 1Opposition Agent
- 1Raven Eagle
- 1Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1Enduring Curiosity
- 1Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1Subtlety
- 1Quantum Riddler
- 1Troll of Khazad-dûm
Sorceries (12)
- 1Bloodchief's Thirst
- 1Duress
- 1Gitaxian Probe
- 1Inquisition of Kozilek
- 1Ponder
- 1Preordain
- 1Reanimate
- 1Serum Visions
- 1Thoughtseize
- 1Flow State
- 1Stock Up
- 1Lórien Revealed
Instants (23)
- 1Brainstorm
- 1Consider
- 1Cut Down
- 1Fatal Push
- 1Mental Misstep
- 1Mental Note
- 1Opt
- 1Spell Pierce
- 1Spell Snare
- 1Thought Scour
- 1Bitter Triumph
- 1Counterspell
- 1Daze
- 1Feed the Cycle
- 1Lose Focus
- 1Mana Leak
- 1Remand
- 1Sheoldred's Edict
- 1Dismember
- 1Force of Negation
- 1Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
- 1Snuff Out
- 1Force of Will
Artifacts (3)
- 1Mox Jet
- 1Mox Sapphire
- 1The One Ring
Enchantments (3)
- 1Dress Down
- 1Proft's Eidetic Memory
- 1Fire Nation Occupation
Lands (31)
- 1Bayou
- 1Bloodstained Mire
- 1Creeping Tar Pit
- 1Darkslick Shores
- 1Drowned Catacomb
- 1Flooded Strand
- 1Gloomlake Verge
- 5Island
- 1Marsh Flats
- 1Misty Rainforest
- 1Otawara, Soaring City
- 1Polluted Delta
- 1Prismatic Vista
- 1Scalding Tarn
- 1Spymaster's Vault
- 4Swamp
- 1Tropical Island
- 1Undercity Sewers
- 1Underground Sea
- 1Verdant Catacombs
- 1Wasteland
- 1Waterlogged Grove
- 1Watery Grave
- 1Willowrush Verge
