Andrew 2025 Commander List by Shiva

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Dragon

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive five-color Dragon tribal deck commanded by The Ur-Dragon. It leverages Eminence to discount all Dragon spells by one generic mana from the command zone, allowing the deck to accelerate into massive flying threats ahead of curve. The early game focuses on land ramp, cost reducers like Dragonspeaker Shaman and Urza's Incubator, and asymmetric stax pieces like Collector Ouphe and Stony Silence that suppress opposing artifact mana without hindering this deck's development. By Turn 4, the deck establishes an engine piece such as Temur Ascendancy or Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm, leading into a Turn 5 onset via Hellkite Courser or ETB damage engines like Dragon Tempest and Terror of the Peaks. Haste enablers ensure dragons attack immediately, triggering combat draw and free permanent drops to overwhelm the table by Turn 6. With broad protection spells and built-in redundancy, the deck maintains high resilience against removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Gold Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Silver Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Betor, Kin to All
  • 1 Call the Spirit Dragons
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Clarion Conqueror
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dispelling Exhale
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Dragonlord's Servant
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fist of Suns
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Heritage Reclamation
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Majestic Genesis
  • 1 Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 1 Monstrous Vortex
  • 1 Morophon, the Boundless
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pithing Needle
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rith, Liberated Primeval
  • 1 Rivaz of the Claw
  • 1 Sarkhan's Triumph
  • 1 Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scion of the Ur-Dragon
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Semester's End
  • 1 Shadow in the Warp
  • 1 Siege Smash
  • 1 Silumgar's Scorn
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stony Silence
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 Temur Ascendancy
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Ur-Dragon
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tiamat
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Ureni of the Unwritten
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Xander's Lounge
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Ziatora's Proving Ground
  • 1 Zirilan of the Claw