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The Ur-Dragon deck
The Ur-Dragon · Colorless · 100 cards · 38 lands
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Bracket unknownCommander 1Creatures 36Instants 14Sorceries 7Artifacts 2Enchantments 2Lands 38
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Strategy
This is a five-color Dragon tribal deck built around The Ur-Dragon, whose Eminence ability reduces the cost of your other Dragon spells by {1} even from the command zone, and whose attack trigger draws you a card for each attacking Dragon while letting you cheat a permanent from hand onto the battlefield. The deck floods the board with Dragons, generates enormous card advantage through combat, and closes games with flying beaters and damage triggers.
Early: Ramp and fix your mana while setting up cost reduction. Play Sol Ring, Birds of Paradise, and Rivaz of the Claw for acceleration, and cast Farseek, Nature's Lore, Three Visits, Rampant Growth, Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, and Growth Spiral to hit your five colors. Deploy cost reducers early: Dragonspeaker Shaman cuts Dragon spells by {2}, while Dragonlord's Servant and Sarkhan, Soul Aflame each cut them by {1}, stacking with The Ur-Dragon's Eminence. Scaled Nurturer and Ganax, Astral Hunter provide extra mana toward Dragons. Hold up Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Counterspell, or Negate to protect your development.
Mid: Start chaining Dragons to trigger your engines. Lathliss, Dragon Queen and Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm both explode when nontoken Dragons enter, making 5/5 tokens or nonlegendary copies respectively. Dragon Tempest and Scourge of Valkas deal damage equal to your Dragon count whenever a Dragon enters, and Dragon Tempest also grants haste to your fliers. Temur Ascendancy grants haste and draws cards off your big Dragons entering. Cast Sarkhan's Triumph to tutor for the Dragon you need, and use Korlessa, Scale Singer to cast Dragons off the top of your library. Keep removal like Anguished Unmaking, Assassin's Trophy, Beast Within, and Chaos Warp ready.
Late: Attack with your Dragon swarm to trigger The Ur-Dragon, drawing a card per attacker and dropping a permanent from hand onto the battlefield for free. Atarka, World Render gives attacking Dragons double strike, Thrakkus the Butcher doubles their power, and Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury pumps your team. Ojutai, Soul of Winter and Silumgar, the Drifting Death lock down blockers by tapping permanents or shrinking defenders. Hellkite Courser can flicker The Ur-Dragon onto the battlefield with haste for a surprise attacker. Use Crux of Fate's first mode to wipe non-Dragon boards while your Dragons survive.
Win conditions: Win primarily through evasive flying Dragon combat damage, amplified by Atarka, World Render's double strike and Thrakkus the Butcher's power doubling. Drakuseth, Maw of Flames deals 4 plus two 3-damage hits every attack, and Scourge of Valkas plus Dragon Tempest can burn opponents out as Dragons enter. Broodcaller Scourge cheats extra permanents into play on combat damage. Alternatively, Hellkite Tyrant wins the game outright if you control twenty or more artifacts at your upkeep, feasible with Treasure generation from Ganax, Astral Hunter, Smaug, Wicked Worm, and stolen artifacts.
- Lathliss, Dragon Queen - Token engine making 5/5 Dragons whenever nontoken Dragons enter and pumping the team
- Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm - Doubles your nontoken Dragons with token copies, multiplying every enters and attacks trigger
- Dragon Tempest - Grants haste to your fliers and deals damage scaling with Dragon count on each Dragon entering
- Atarka, World Render - Grants double strike to attacking Dragons for explosive combat damage
- Thrakkus the Butcher - Doubles the power of all your Dragons when it attacks
- Dragonspeaker Shaman - Cuts Dragon spell costs by {2}, stacking with other reducers
- Hellkite Tyrant - Alternate win condition through controlling twenty or more artifacts, and steals opponents' artifacts
- Sarkhan's Triumph - Tutors any Dragon creature card into hand to find the right piece
- Sol Ring - Premier ramp to accelerate into your Dragons
~$89.48
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
The Ur-Dragon
Legendary Creature — Dragon Avatar
Eminence — As long as The Ur-Dragon is in the command zone or on the battlefield, other Dragon spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Flying
Whenever one or more Dragons you control attack, draw that many cards, then you may put a permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Creatures (36)
Smaug, Wicked Worm
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$2.33
Flying
When Smaug enters, create X tapped Treasure tokens, where X is the number of artifacts your opponents control.
Whenever you cast a spell, if mana from a Treasure was spent to cast it, you draw a card and lose 1 life.
Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
$4.58
Flying, ward {2}
Whenever another nontoken Dragon you control enters, create a token that's a copy of it, except the token isn't legendary.
Atarka, World Render
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$0.38
Flying, trample
Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, it gains double strike until end of turn.
Lathliss, Dragon Queen
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$0.37
Flying
Whenever another nontoken Dragon you control enters, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.
{1}{R}: Dragons you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Dragonspeaker Shaman
Creature — Human Barbarian Shaman
$1.61
Dragon spells you cast cost {2} less to cast.
Hellkite Courser
Creature — Dragon
$3.21
Flying
When this creature enters, you may put a commander you own from the command zone onto the battlefield. It gains haste. Return it to the command zone at the beginning of the next end step.
Dragonlord's Servant
Creature — Goblin Shaman
$0.26
Dragon spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Rivaz of the Claw
Legendary Creature — Lizard Warlock
$0.78
Menace
{T}: Add two mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast Dragon creature spells.
Once during each of your turns, you may cast a Dragon creature spell from your graveyard.
Whenever you cast a Dragon creature spell from your graveyard, it gains "When this creature dies, exile it."
Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
Legendary Creature — Human Shaman
$1.06
Dragon spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever a Dragon you control enters, you may have Sarkhan become a copy of it until end of turn, except its name is Sarkhan, Soul Aflame and it's legendary in addition to its other types.
Scourge of Valkas
Creature — Dragon
$3.42
Flying
Whenever this creature or another Dragon you control enters, it deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of Dragons you control.
{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Rith, Liberated Primeval
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$1.73
Flying, ward {2}
Other Dragons you control have ward {2}.
At the beginning of your end step, if a creature or planeswalker an opponent controlled was dealt excess damage this turn, create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.
Savage Ventmaw
Creature — Dragon
$0.25
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, add {R}{R}{R}{G}{G}{G}. Until end of turn, you don't lose this mana as steps and phases end.
Silumgar, the Drifting Death
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$0.41
Flying, hexproof
Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, creatures defending player controls get -1/-1 until end of turn.
Ramos, Dragon Engine
Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon
$0.41
Flying
Whenever you cast a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Ramos for each of that spell's colors.
Remove five +1/+1 counters from Ramos: Add {W}{W}{U}{U}{B}{B}{R}{R}{G}{G}. Activate only once each turn.
Scalelord Reckoner
Creature — Dragon
$0.85
Flying
Whenever a Dragon you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, destroy target nonland permanent that player controls.
Ganax, Astral Hunter
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$0.51
Flying
Whenever Ganax or another Dragon you control enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Thrakkus the Butcher
Legendary Creature — Dragon Peasant
$0.3
Trample
Whenever Thrakkus attacks, double the power of each Dragon you control until end of turn.
Korlessa, Scale Singer
Legendary Creature — Dragon Bard
$0.19
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast Dragon spells from the top of your library.
Hellkite Tyrant
Creature — Dragon
$2.14
Flying, trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, gain control of all artifacts that player controls.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control twenty or more artifacts, you win the game.
Wrathful Red Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$5.61
Flying
Whenever a Dragon you control is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to any target that isn't a Dragon.
Betor, Kin to All
Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon
$5.23
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, if creatures you control have total toughness 10 or greater, draw a card. Then if creatures you control have total toughness 20 or greater, untap each creature you control. Then if creatures you control have total toughness 40 or greater, each opponent loses half their life, rounded up.
Scavenger Regent // Exude Toxin
Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — Omen
$0.44
Flying
Ward—Discard a card.
//
Each non-Dragon creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. (Then shuffle this card into its owner's library.)
Zurgo and Ojutai
Legendary Creature — Orc Dragon
$0.91
Flying, haste
Zurgo and Ojutai has hexproof as long as it entered this turn.
Whenever one or more Dragons you control deal combat damage to a player or battle, look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. You may return one of those Dragons to its owner's hand.
Scaled Nurturer
Creature — Dragon Druid
$0.28
{T}: Add {G}. When you spend this mana to cast a Dragon creature spell, you gain 2 life.
Teneb, the Harvester
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$0.6
Flying
Whenever Teneb deals combat damage to a player, you may pay {2}{B}. If you do, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
Ojutai, Soul of Winter
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$0.49
Flying, vigilance
Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, tap target nonland permanent an opponent controls. That permanent doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$0.64
Flying
Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Dash {3}{B}{R} (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
Dragonlord Silumgar
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
$4.44
Flying, deathtouch
When Dragonlord Silumgar enters, gain control of target creature or planeswalker for as long as you control Dragonlord Silumgar.
Broodcaller Scourge
Creature — Dragon
$0.45
Flying
Whenever one or more Dragons you control deal combat damage to a player, you may put a permanent card with mana value less than or equal to that damage from your hand onto the battlefield.
Lozhan, Dragons' Legacy
Legendary Creature — Dragon Shaman
$0.27
Flying
Whenever you cast an Adventure or Dragon spell, Lozhan deals damage equal to that spell's mana value to any target that isn't a commander.
Steel Hellkite
Artifact Creature — Dragon
$0.25
Flying
{2}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
{X}: Destroy each nonland permanent with mana value X whose controller was dealt combat damage by this creature this turn. Activate only once each turn.
Dromoka, the Eternal
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$0.42
Flying
Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, bolster 2. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put two +1/+1 counters on it.)
Dragonlord Ojutai
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
$0.55
Flying
Dragonlord Ojutai has hexproof as long as it's untapped.
Whenever Dragonlord Ojutai deals combat damage to a player, look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$0.41
Flying
Whenever Drakuseth attacks, it deals 4 damage to any target and 3 damage to each of up to two other targets.
Dragonmaster Outcast
Creature — Human Shaman
$0.34
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control six or more lands, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.
Instants (14)
Swords to Plowshares
Instant
$1.29
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Path to Exile
Instant
$1.26
Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sarkhan's Triumph
Instant
$3.07
Search your library for a Dragon creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Assassin's Trophy
Instant
$0.75
Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Beast Within
Instant
$0.58
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
An Offer You Can't Refuse
Instant
$2.92
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Chaos Warp
Instant
$0.38
The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.
Return of the Wildspeaker
Instant
$1.36
Choose one —
• Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control.
• Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.
Growth Spiral
Instant
$0.29
Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Spit Flame
Instant
$0.19
Spit Flame deals 4 damage to target creature.
Whenever a Dragon you control enters, you may pay {R}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Dragon's Fire
Instant
$0.28
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may reveal a Dragon card from your hand or choose a Dragon you control.
Dragon's Fire deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker. If you revealed a Dragon card or chose a Dragon as you cast this spell, Dragon's Fire deals damage equal to the power of that card or creature instead.
Sorceries (7)
Crux of Fate
Sorcery
$0.37
Choose one —
• Destroy all Dragon creatures.
• Destroy all non-Dragon creatures.
Farseek
Sorcery
$0.42
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Nature's Lore
Sorcery
$2.47
Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Cultivate
Sorcery
$0.35
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Three Visits
Sorcery
$5.2
Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Kodama's Reach
Sorcery — Arcane
$1.5
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Rampant Growth
Sorcery
$0.17
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Artifacts (2)
Arcane Signet
Artifact
$0.4
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Enchantments (2)
Dragon Tempest
Enchantment
$2.65
Whenever a creature you control with flying enters, it gains haste until end of turn.
Whenever a Dragon you control enters, it deals X damage to any target, where X is the number of Dragons you control.
Temur Ascendancy
Enchantment
$2.86
Creatures you control have haste.
Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, you may draw a card.
Lands (38)
Command Tower
Land
$0.27
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Path of Ancestry
Land
$0.22
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Exotic Orchard
Land
$0.23
{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Rogue's Passage
Land
$0.36
{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Crumbling Necropolis
Land
$0.32
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}, {B}, or {R}.
Bant Panorama
Land
$0.29
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Forest, Plains, or Island card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Esper Panorama
Land
$0.32
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Plains, Island, or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Grixis Panorama
Land
$0.36
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Jund Panorama
Land
$0.34
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Swamp, Mountain, or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Naya Panorama
Land
$0.22
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic Mountain, Forest, or Plains card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Terramorphic Expanse
Land
$0.15
{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Evolving Wilds
Land
$0.1
{T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Myriad Landscape
Land
$0.25
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Basic lands: 4 Swamp 4 Forest 3 Island 3 Plains 3 Mountain
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