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Format: Commander

Commander: The Ur-Dragon

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

The Ur-Dragon commands a high-impact, five-color Dragon tribal deck focused on accelerating mana velocity, cheating casting costs, and deploying lethal airborne threats. Built around the Eminence ability, the deck lowers the mana curve of its entire dragon roster directly from the command zone, allowing early acceleration from mana dorks and rocks to translate swiftly into game-ending board states. The primary strategy ramps into foundational value engines like Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm, Fist of Suns, or Rivaz of the Claw by Turn 4, setting up overwhelming critical onset on Turn 5 through multi-dragon deployment or direct attacks from The Ur-Dragon via Hellkite Courser. Once assembled, the deck leverages damage doublers such as Atarka, World Render and Twinflame Tyrant, alongside ETB burn from Terror of the Peaks and Scourge of Valkas, to eliminate the table within one response cycle. Supported by robust countermagic, targeted removal, and board protection, the deck reliably crushes opposing life totals.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Brass Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Gold Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Silver Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Atarka, World Render
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Call the Spirit Dragons
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dracogenesis
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragonborn Champion
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fist of Suns
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Imperial Seal
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morophon, the Boundless
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Jasper
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Old Gnawbone
  • 1 Raugrin Triome
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rivaz of the Claw
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
  • 1 Savai Triome
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scion of the Ur-Dragon
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Summon: Bahamut
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Sylvia Brightspear
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Ur-Dragon
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tiamat
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Two-Headed Hellkite
  • 1 Ureni of the Unwritten
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zagoth Triome
  • 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival