No Dragons, But a Couple Claws

Format: Commander

Commander: Eshki Dragonclaw

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is a Temur tempo and Voltron build commanded by Eshki Dragonclaw. The deck leverages an ultra-low mana curve packed with 1-drop evasive creatures and 1-drop noncreature cantrips, auras, and protection spells. By casting both a creature and a noncreature spell each turn, it reliably triggers Eshki's combat ability to grow into a massive trample threat while drawing extra cards. Secondary engines like Jori En, Ruin Diver, Ezuri, Claw of Progress, and Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse turn this steady double-spelling and card draw into wider token boards and pump effects. The deck protects its commander using efficient 1-2 CMC hexproof and indestructible spells alongside cheap countermagic. While it lacks infinite combos and must eliminate opponents sequentially across several combat steps, its high functional redundancy, steady card velocity, and cheap interaction make it a resilient and aggressive tempo contender.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Alphinaud Leveilleur
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Biosynthic Burst
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bountiful Landscape
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Coastal Piracy
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cursecatcher
  • 1 Devoted Duelist
  • 1 Distortion Strike
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Eaten by Piranhas
  • 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
  • 1 Emrakul's Messenger
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Eshki Dragonclaw
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezuri, Claw of Progress
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Ferrous Lake
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Fresh Start
  • 1 Gaea's Gift
  • 1 Gudul Lurker
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heritage Reclamation
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Ilysian Caryatid
  • 1 Improbable Alliance
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse
  • 1 Jori En, Ruin Diver
  • 1 Kid Loki
  • 1 Lasting Tarfire
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lockjaw, Slobbering Teleporter
  • 1 Mischievous Mystic
  • 1 Mist-Cloaked Herald
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Origin of Metalbending
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Pym Particles
  • 1 Raging Battle Mouse
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Rattleclaw Mystic
  • 1 Razzle-Dazzler
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sarkhan's Resolve
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Slip Through Space
  • 1 Slither Blade
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Strength of Will
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Taigam, Master Opportunist
  • 1 Tam, Mindful First-Year
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Veil of Secrecy
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Wandertale Mentor
  • 1 Witness Protection
  • 1 You Come to a River
  • 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder