The Return of Scion by user7316197

Format: Commander

Commander: Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 88

Deck overview

This Scion of the Ur-Dragon deck is a dedicated cEDH combo-control build designed to win through high-efficiency win conditions and overwhelming stack control. The primary strategy races toward a compact win using Thassa's Oracle paired with Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact, capable of closing games reliably by Turn 3. Five-color access provides an optimal mana base of original dual lands and fetch lands, accelerated by format-ceiling fast mana like Chrome Mox, Mox Diamond, Lotus Petal, and Mana Vault. If the primary route is contested, the deck seamlessly pivots to secondary lines featuring Underworld Breach, Lion's Eye Diamond, and Brain Freeze, or leverages Scion of the Ur-Dragon to entomb and reanimate Hoarding Broodlord with Colossal Grave-Reaver and Saw in Half. Comprehensive disruption including Force of Will, Fierce Guardianship, and Deflecting Swat, combined with proactive protection spells like Silence and Veil of Summer, ensures resilient assembly and execution.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abeyance
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brilliant Wings
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Colossal Grave-Reaver
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Disrupt
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gemstone Mine
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Interdict
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Manamorphose
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scion of the Ur-Dragon
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Cabbage Merchant
  • 1 Thran Quarry
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Worldly Tutor