Time Warp Dandân

Saprazzan Heir by Terese Nielsen

Dandân

Dandân is a Magic: the Gathering variant where two players play with a shared 80 card deck, based around the Arabian Nights fish creature Dandân, the counterspell Memory Lapse (to counter and then draw your opponent’s spells), text-changing spells like Mind Bend (to kill Dandân), and library manipulation effects like Halimar Depths (to control your opponent’s draws):

Typically the deck is mono-blue or U/x, and plays ~10 Dandân, ~8 Memory Lapse, and various other cards as 2-of’s.

More background on Dandân: The Ultimate Guide to Dandân (Forgetful Fish) | TCGplayer Infinite

Time Warp Dandân

I made my own version of Dandân with all custom cards (variants on Time Warp, Accumulated Knowledge, Ojutai’s Command, etc.) and emblems that modify the rules to make the gameplay smoother and more interesting. I loved playing UW Miracles in Legacy, so I wanted to create a format that captured a feeling similar to that deck’s gameplay, with lots of cantrips and decision making. If you enjoy grindy control mirrors, taking extra turns, or casting Dig Through Time, you’ll like this deck!

Contents

1. Card Gallery

2. How to Play

   1. Cockatrice

   2. Google Docs

   3. Mpcfill Project

3. Sample Gameplay

Card Gallery

See all the cards here:

How to Play

Cockatrice

You can try the deck for free using Cockatrice, an open source client for playing trading card games online.

Download Cockatrice here

Download the Time Warp Dandân card images, xml and decklist here

Follow the instructions to add the custom card set to Cockatrice here: (replace the SWU files with the Time Warp Dandân files)

To play a game in Cockatrice, go to Actions → Start Local Game (while not connected to the server) and create a 2-player game. Load the Dandân deck for player 1 and load the deck with a single Forest for player 2.

Card Images printout

You can print out the cards to make your own proxies here

Mpcfill Files

You can order high quality proxies of the deck from MakePlayingCards.com by following the instructions here:

1. Download the MPC-ready card images and xml here.

2. Download the MPC Autofill tool for your operating system here.

3. Follow the instructions here to create a MakePlayingCards order.

Current cost on MakePlayingCards is ~$40 total ($26.15 for a 108 deck on S30 cardstock + $12 for shipping to USA). You can also upgrade to S33 cardstock (slightly thicker and better quality) for another $4. I’d also recommend changing the finish to “Gloss Finish” rather than “MPC finish” for the no additional cost (see here for details). Turnaround time is less than 2 weeks.

Sample Gameplay

(Some cards might have been changed since these were recorded, so the cards in the videos might not match what is in the card gallery).

Thanks for reading! If you have any comments or suggestions, you can message me @blackmetallic on Discord or u/blackmetallic22 on Reddit.

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