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Ganax, Astral Hunter · R · 100 cards · 39 lands
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Bracket 3 - UpgradedCommander 1Creatures 44Instants 7Sorceries 2Artifacts 5Enchantments 2Lands 39
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Strategy
Ganax, Astral Hunter leads a deck built from the cards players most often run with it, pointing repeated damage at players. The list holds 12 ramp pieces, 10 pieces of targeted interaction, 3 board wipes and 9 sources of card draw, at an average mana value of 4.53.
Early: The early turns belong to ramp. Goldspan Dragon and the other 12 ramp pieces exist to get Ganax, Astral Hunter out well before its printed cost of 5 would allow.
Mid: Once the commander is down, the deck wants to be doing two things at once: advancing its own board and answering everyone else's. Dragon Tempest is the first answer you will usually reach for, and Skyline Despot keeps the hand full while you do it.
Late: Hold Balefire Dragon for the turn the table gets ahead of you - with 3 in the deck you can afford to use one early and still have an answer later. At 4.53 average mana value the top end is genuinely expensive - land drops matter.
Win conditions: Wins by pointing damage at players until they run out of life.
- Lathliss, Dragon Queen - Core to the plan
- Dragon Tempest - Interaction
- Dragonlord's Servant - Core to the plan
- Dragonspeaker Shaman - Core to the plan
- Scourge of Valkas - Interaction
- Goldspan Dragon - Ramp
- Utvara Hellkite - Core to the plan
- Drakuseth, Maw of Flames - Interaction
~$523.92
estimated to build this deck
Commander (1)
Ganax, Astral Hunter
Legendary Creature — Dragon
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.)
Creatures (44)
Lathliss, Dragon Queen
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$0.38
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.
Dragonlord's Servant
Creature — Goblin Shaman
$0.27
Dragon spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Dragonspeaker Shaman
Creature — Human Barbarian Shaman
$1.94
Dragon spells you cast cost {2} less to cast.
Scourge of Valkas
Creature — Dragon
$3.65
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.
Goldspan Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$10.17
Flying, haste
Whenever this creature attacks or becomes the target of a spell, create a Treasure token.
Treasures you control have "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add two mana of any one color."
Wrathful Red Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$9.16
Flying
Whenever a Dragon you control is dealt damage, it deals that much damage to any target that isn't a Dragon.
Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$0.46
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
$0.32
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control six or more lands, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.
Rapacious Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$0.14
Flying
When this creature enters, create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Twinflame Tyrant
Creature — Dragon
$25.62
Flying
If a source you control would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals double that damage instead.
Thunderbreak Regent
Creature — Dragon
$0.33
Flying
Whenever a Dragon you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, this creature deals 3 damage to that player.
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
$0.44
Flying, trample
When Atsushi dies, choose one —
• Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.
• Create three Treasure tokens.
Balefire Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$14.83
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, it deals that much damage to each creature that player controls.
Leyline Tyrant
Creature — Dragon
$2.17
Flying
You don't lose unspent red mana as steps and phases end.
When this creature dies, you may pay any amount of {R}. When you do, it deals that much damage to any target.
Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$0.38
Flying
Gadrak can't attack unless you control four or more artifacts.
At the beginning of your end step, create a Treasure token for each nontoken creature that died this turn. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Patron of the Arts
Creature — Dragon Noble
$0.25
When this creature enters or dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Nesting Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$0.36
Flying
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 0/2 red Dragon Egg creature token with defender and "When this token dies, create a 2/2 red Dragon creature token with flying and '{R}: This token gets +1/+0 until end of turn.'"
Terror of the Peaks
Creature — Dragon
$23.62
Flying
Spells your opponents cast that target this creature cost an additional 3 life to cast.
Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals damage equal to that creature's power to any target.
Swashbuckler Extraordinaire
Creature — Dragon Rogue Warrior
$0.33
When this creature enters, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Whenever you attack, you may sacrifice one or more Treasures. When you do, up to that many target creatures gain double strike until end of turn.
Goldlust Triad
Creature — Dragon
$6.34
Flying
Myriad (Whenever this creature attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.
Skyline Despot
Creature — Dragon
$0.58
Flying
When this creature enters, you become the monarch.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you're the monarch, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.
Scourge of the Throne
Creature — Dragon
$0.53
Flying
Dethrone (Whenever this creature attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever this creature attacks for the first time each turn, if it's attacking the player with the most life or tied for most life, untap all attacking creatures. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
Inferno of the Star Mounts
Legendary Creature — Dragon
$3.3
This spell can't be countered.
Flying, haste
{R}: Inferno of the Star Mounts gets +1/+0 until end of turn. When its power becomes 20 this way, it deals 20 damage to any target.
Dragon Egg
Creature — Dragon Egg
$0.09
Defender
When this creature dies, create a 2/2 red Dragon creature token with flying and "{R}: This token gets +1/+0 until end of turn."
Tyrant's Familiar
Creature — Dragon
$0.38
Flying, haste
Lieutenant — As long as you control your commander, this creature gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 7 damage to target creature defending player controls."
Parapet Thrasher
Creature — Dragon
$2.14
Flying
Whenever one or more Dragons you control deal combat damage to an opponent, choose one that hasn't been chosen this turn —
• Destroy target artifact that opponent controls.
• This creature deals 4 damage to each other opponent.
• Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.
Dragon Mage
Creature — Dragon Wizard
$0.18
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, each player discards their hand, then draws seven cards.
Magmatic Hellkite
Creature — Dragon
$0.52
Flying
When this creature enters, destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. Its controller searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield tapped with a stun counter on it, then shuffles. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Minion of the Mighty
Creature — Kobold
$0.38
Menace
Pack tactics — Whenever this creature attacks, if you attacked with creatures with total power 6 or greater this combat, you may put a Dragon creature card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.
Xorn
Creature — Elemental
$9.34
If you would create one or more Treasure tokens, instead create those tokens plus an additional Treasure token.
Steel Hellkite
Artifact Creature — Dragon
$0.26
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.
Ryusei, the Falling Star
Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
$1.03
Flying
When Ryusei dies, it deals 5 damage to each creature without flying.
Reckless Barbarian
Creature — Dragon Barbarian
$0.29
Sacrifice this creature: Add {R}{R}.
Demanding Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$0.23
Flying
When this creature enters, it deals 5 damage to target opponent unless that player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Nogi, Draco-Zealot
Legendary Creature — Kobold Shaman
$0.64
Dragon spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
Whenever Nogi attacks, if you control three or more Dragons, until end of turn, Nogi becomes a Dragon with base power and toughness 5/5 and gains flying.
Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
Legendary Creature — Bird Dragon
$4.67
Flying
Whenever Dragonhawk enters or attacks, exile the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of creatures you control with power 4 or greater. You may play those cards until your next end step. At the beginning of your next end step, Dragonhawk deals 2 damage to each opponent for each of those cards that are still exiled.
Stormscale Scion
Creature — Dragon
$2.46
Flying
Other Dragons you control get +1/+1.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. Copies become tokens.)
Firespitter Whelp
Creature — Dragon
$0.23
Flying
Whenever you cast a noncreature or Dragon spell, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.
Red Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$0.26
Flying
Fire Breath — When this creature enters, it deals 4 damage to each opponent.
Thundermane Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$1.04
Flying
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast creature spells with power 4 or greater from the top of your library. If you cast a creature spell this way, it gains haste until end of turn.
Knollspine Dragon
Creature — Dragon
$0.38
Flying
When this creature enters, you may discard your hand and draw cards equal to the damage dealt to target opponent this turn.
Shivan Devastator
Creature — Dragon Hydra
$3.6
Flying, haste
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
Professional Face-Breaker
Creature — Human Warrior
$5.23
Menace
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.
Sacrifice a Treasure: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.
Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant
Legendary Creature — Human Druid
$0.4
When Sarkhan enters, you may behold a Dragon. If you do, create a Treasure token. (To behold a Dragon, choose a Dragon you control or reveal a Dragon card from your hand.)
Whenever a Dragon you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Sarkhan. Until end of turn, Sarkhan becomes a Dragon in addition to its other types and gains flying.
Instants (7)
Sarkhan's Triumph
Instant
$2.52
Search your library for a Dragon creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Demand Answers
Instant
$0.47
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or discard a card.
Draw two cards.
Redirect Lightning
Instant — Lesson
$14.09
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 5 life or pay {2}.
Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target.
Expedite
Instant
$0.29
Target creature gains haste until end of turn.
Draw a card.
Pyroblast
Instant
$3.37
Choose one —
• Counter target spell if it's blue.
• Destroy target permanent if it's blue.
Great Train Heist
Instant
$4.78
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+ {2}{R} — Untap all creatures you control. If it's your combat phase, there is an additional combat phase after this phase.
+ {2} — Creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain first strike until end of turn.
+ {R} — Choose target opponent. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to that player this turn, create a tapped Treasure token.
Sorceries (2)
Jeska's Will
Sorcery
$40.12
Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.
• Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand.
• Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.
Wheel of Misfortune
Sorcery
$7.43
Each player secretly chooses a number 0 or greater, then all players reveal those numbers simultaneously and determine the highest and lowest numbers revealed this way. Wheel of Misfortune deals damage equal to the highest number to each player who chose that number. Each player who didn't choose the lowest number discards their hand, then draws seven cards.
Artifacts (5)
Mana Vault
Artifact
$87.86
This artifact doesn't untap during your untap step.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {4}. If you do, untap this artifact.
At the beginning of your draw step, if this artifact is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.
{T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.
Chronicle of Victory
Legendary Artifact
$21.31
As Chronicle of Victory enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +2/+2 and have first strike and trample.
Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, draw a card.
Vanquisher's Banner
Artifact
$4.94
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.
Mox Jasper
Legendary Artifact
$11.19
{T}: Add one mana of any color. Activate only if you control a Dragon.
Enchantments (2)
Dragon Tempest
Enchantment
$2.8
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.
Lands (39)
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
Land
$11.73
This land enters tapped.
Whenever a Mountain you control enters, if you control at least five other Mountains, you may have this land deal 3 damage to any target.
{T}: Add {R}.
Spinerock Knoll
Land
$1.03
Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {R}.
{R}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if an opponent was dealt 7 or more damage this turn.
Mines of Moria
Legendary Land
$3.33
Mines of Moria enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
{T}: Add {R}.
{3}{R}, {T}, Exile three cards from your graveyard: Create two Treasure tokens.
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Legendary Land
$53.08
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)
Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
Land
$0.6
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}: Put a storage counter on this land.
{T}, Remove X storage counters from this land: Add X mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast Dragon spells or activate abilities of Dragons.
Treasure Vault
Artifact Land
$1.35
{T}: Add {C}.
{X}{X}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Create X Treasure tokens.
War Room
Land
$5.32
{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.
Arena of Glory
Land
$7.51
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain.
{T}: Add {R}.
{R}, {T}, Exert this land: Add {R}{R}. If that mana is spent on a creature spell, it gains haste until end of turn. (An exerted permanent won't untap during your next untap step.)
Castle Embereth
Land
$0.32
This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain.
{T}: Add {R}.
{1}{R}{R}, {T}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Three Tree City
Legendary Land
$28.42
As Three Tree City enters, choose a creature type.
{T}: Add {C}.
{2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to the number of creatures you control of the chosen type.
Bonders' Enclave
Land
$0.36
{T}: Add {C}.
{3}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
Basic lands: 27 Mountain
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