Draconic Council by Tgro2012

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Dragon

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color Dragon Tribal Stompy list helmed by The Ur-Dragon. The primary game plan revolves around leveraging the commander's Eminence ability to discount Dragon spells from turn one, accelerating through two-mana land ramp and cost-reducers into overwhelming mid-game threats. By Turn 4, the deck establishes foundational engines such as Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm, Temur Ascendancy, or Rivaz of the Claw. On Turn 5, it pivots directly into a lethal onset by deploying heavy airborne beaters like Terror of the Peaks, Utvara Hellkite, and Atarka, World Render. Haste enablers and direct ETB burn allow the deck to pressure life totals immediately, eliminating a primary opponent on arrival before finishing the table on Turn 6. While vulnerable to well-timed board wipes and heavy interaction, mass recursion tools like Patriarch's Bidding and raw tutoring from Tiamat ensure formidable resilience and late-game inevitability.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ao, the Dawn Sky
  • 1 Arcades Sabboth
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atarka, World Render
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bladewing the Risen
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloomvine Regent // Claim Territory
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Breaching Dragonstorm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Call the Spirit Dragons
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chromium
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Dracogenesis
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Dragonlord Atarka
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Dragonologist
  • 1 Encroaching Dragonstorm
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Floodfarm Verge
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gloomlake Verge
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch
  • 1 Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Jasper
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nicol Bolas
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Palladia-Mors
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rith, Liberated Primeval
  • 1 Rivaz of the Claw
  • 1 Roiling Dragonstorm
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Temur Ascendancy
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Ur-Dragon
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tiamat
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Up the Beanstalk
  • 1 Ureni of the Unwritten
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Vaevictis Asmadi
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Whirlwing Stormbrood // Dynamic Soar