How to Train Ur-Dragon by JoshEdward

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Dragon

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Dragon Tribal aggro-combo engine piloted by The Ur-Dragon. It leverages the commander's eminence ability alongside premium low-cost acceleration, including 0-1 mana rocks and dorks, to consistently cast massive Dragons ahead of the normal mana curve. The deck focuses on assembling haste enablers like Dragon Tempest and Temur Ascendancy to immediately convert heavy Dragon drops into lethal combat damage and devastating enter-the-battlefield burn triggers from cards like Terror of the Peaks and Scourge of Valkas. Massive mana generators such as Old Gnawbone and Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient provide explosive mana surpluses that fuel additional threats or enable infinite combat loops with Aggravated Assault. Robust card draw engines keep resources full, while protection cards like Teferi's Protection and Dragonlord Dromoka shield critical turns from opposing interaction. Overall, the deck delivers overwhelming aerial pressure, high resilience, and rapid closing speed across the multiplayer table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Gold Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 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 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Dragonlord Kolaghan
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Helga, Skittish Seer
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
  • 1 Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
  • 1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 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 Sarkhan, Fireblood
  • 1 Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scavenger Regent // Exude Toxin
  • 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 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvia Brightspear
  • 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 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Zurgo and Ojutai