How to Train Ur-Dragon [Primer!] by ubercaffeinated

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Dragon

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered 5-color Dragon tribal stompy list commanded by The Ur-Dragon. It leverages the commander's eminence ability to reduce the cost of all Dragon spells by {1}, effectively putting every threat ahead of curve from the start of the game. A premium 5-color mana base composed of original dual lands, fetchlands, and efficient mana dorks like Bloom Tender and Birds of Paradise accelerates the deployment of massive flying threats. The deck excels at generating overwhelming board presence, explosive card draw through power-4+ triggers, and massive bursts of Treasure mana from cards like Old Gnawbone and Ancient Copper Dragon. It closes games rapidly by combining haste enablers like Dragon Tempest and Temur Ascendancy with lethal burn triggers from Terror of the Peaks and Scourge of Valkas, dealing massive combat and direct damage across the entire table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Gold Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Avatar's Wrath
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dracogenesis
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Dragonlord Kolaghan
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Helga, Skittish Seer
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
  • 1 Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
  • 1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Majestic Genesis
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Neriv, Heart of the Storm
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steely Resolve
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Tannuk, Steadfast Second
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temur Ascendancy
  • 1 Temur Battlecrier
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ur-Dragon
  • 1 Tiamat
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Up the Beanstalk
  • 1 Ureni of the Unwritten
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Zurgo and Ojutai