trogdor! by user5492581

Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Dragon

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated five-color Dragon tribal build commanded by The Ur-Dragon. It leverages the commander's eminence ability to permanently reduce the cost of all Dragon spells by {1} colorless mana straight from the command zone. Supported by a robust suite of two-mana ramp, fixing, and cost reducers, the deck accelerates into powerful engine pieces like Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm, Temur Ascendancy, and Sarkhan, Soul Aflame by Turn 4. On Turn 5, it transitions into lethal combat pressure by resolving game-ending flying threats such as Atarka, World Render, Scourge of Valkas, Hellkite Courser, or Tiamat. These cards generate massive bursts of combat damage, double strike, and direct burn triggers. Impactful asymmetric stax pieces like Deafening Silence and Clarion Conqueror slow down faster opposing combo strategies while leaving the deck's creature-centric plan completely unhindered, enabling a reliable table finish around Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Ancient Bronze Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atarka, World Render
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Bard Class
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Call the Spirit Dragons
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clarion Conqueror
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Mantle
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Deafening Silence
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragonborn Champion
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Earthquake Dragon
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Siege
  • 1 Frostcliff Siege
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Jaheira's Respite
  • 1 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
  • 1 Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Magmaquake
  • 1 Magmatic Hellkite
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch
  • 1 Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
  • 1 Mirri's Guile
  • 1 Morophon, the Boundless
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Jasper
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nova Hellkite
  • 1 O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rith, Liberated Primeval
  • 1 Roiling Dragonstorm
  • 1 Sarkhan, Fireblood
  • 1 Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
  • 1 Scaled Nurturer
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Sivitri, Dragon Master
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stormscale Scion
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvia Brightspear
  • 1 Temple of the Dragon Queen
  • 1 Temur Ascendancy
  • 1 The Ur-Dragon
  • 1 The World Tree
  • 1 Thundermane Dragon
  • 1 Tiamat
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Ureni of the Unwritten
  • 1 Xander's Lounge