Rivaz Dragon Deck. by eastman82

Format: Commander

Commander: Rivaz of the Claw

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Dragon tribal deck that uses Rivaz of the Claw as both a ramp engine and a persistent graveyard recursor. By pairing cheap discard and entombs with high-impact legendary and elder Dragons, it aims to cheat mana costs and deploy lethal airborne boards earlier than conventional ramp decks. Midgame turns leverage exponential damage multipliers like Scourge of Valkas, Terror of the Peaks, and Utvara Hellkite to convert Dragon entrances into game-ending board clears and life-total swings. Mass reanimation spells provide a built-in recovery route against creature removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Brass Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Bladewing the Risen
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Brainstealer Dragon
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Cathartic Pyre
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chainer, Nightmare Adept
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exhume
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Faithless Salvaging
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Insidious Dreams
  • 1 Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
  • 1 Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Jasper
  • 1 Orb of Dragonkind
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rivaz of the Claw
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sarkhan's Triumph
  • 1 Sarkhan, Fireblood
  • 1 Scavenger Regent // Exude Toxin
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of the Dragon Queen
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Thundermane Dragon
  • 1 Tormenting Voice
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Wrathful Red Dragon