Dragon by user7235474

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Dragon

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is a traditional Dragon Tribal battlecruiser strategy piloted by The Ur-Dragon. It leverages the commander's eminence ability alongside cost reducers like Dragonspeaker Shaman, Dragonlord's Servant, and Urza's Incubator to deploy massive, evasive flying creatures ahead of schedule. The deck transitions into its critical offensive window around Turn 5 or 6, resolving game-warping threats such as Atarka, World Render, Utvara Hellkite, and Tiamat. These Dragons generate exponential combat power through double strike, token proliferation, and raw stats. While the deck boasts heavy combat lethality and resilient high-toughness threats, it relies heavily on natural draws to fix mana across five colors and is susceptible to well-timed sweepers or targeted removal during setup turns. Protective enchantments and asymmetric sweepers like Crux of Fate help maintain board parity while closing out games over two to three combat cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All-Out Assault
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atarka, World Render
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Bladewing the Risen
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Call the Spirit Dragons
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Crucible of Fire
  • 1 Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Cruel Ultimatum
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Diabolic Revelation
  • 1 Dissolve
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragonlord Atarka
  • 1 Dragonlord's Servant
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Dragonstorm Globe
  • 1 Elvish Piper
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explosive Vegetation
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fist of Suns
  • 1 Flameblast Dragon
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Keep Safe
  • 1 Keiga, the Tide Star
  • 1 Kindred Boon
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Moonveil Dragon
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Naturalize
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
  • 1 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen
  • 1 O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami
  • 1 Ojutai, Soul of Winter
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Palace Siege
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Ramos, Dragon Engine
  • 1 Return to the Earth
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rupture Spire
  • 1 Ryusei, the Falling Star
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sarkhan Unbroken
  • 1 Savage Ventmaw
  • 1 Scalelord Reckoner
  • 1 Scion of the Ur-Dragon
  • 1 Silumgar's Command
  • 1 Silumgar's Scorn
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectra Ward
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Teeming Dragonstorm
  • 1 Teneb, the Harvester
  • 1 The Ur-Dragon
  • 1 Tiamat
  • 1 Transguild Promenade
  • 1 Tyrant's Familiar
  • 1 Unknown Shores
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Wasitora, Nekoru Queen