Scion of the Ur-Dragon EDH by Ivanbodivan

Format: Commander

Commander: Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power 5-color Dragon Tribal and Reanimator strategy commanded by Scion of the Ur-Dragon. The game plan revolves around using Scion as a repeatable, instant-speed tutor to place high-impact Dragons into the graveyard while copying their abilities for explosive combat kills. On Turn 5, Scion can eliminate an opponent in a single hit by stacking activations to combine Moltensteel Dragon's firebreathing with Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon's infect. The deck backs up this aggressive clock with a deep reanimation suite, using mass revival spells like Eerie Ultimatum, Primevals' Glorious Rebirth, and Haunting Voyage to flood the battlefield with legendary Dragons. It also packs a game-ending infinite combat loop through Savage Ventmaw and Hellkite Charger. While the list features format-ceiling selection and strong engine resilience, its primary vulnerabilities are graveyard hate and a lack of cheap, instant-speed interaction.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atarka, World Render
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bladewing the Risen
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cascading Cataracts
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragon Tyrant
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Dragonlord Atarka
  • 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
  • 1 Dragonlord Ojutai
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Eerie Ultimatum
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Farseek
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 From the Rubble
  • 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
  • 1 Haunting Voyage
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Korlessa, Scale Singer
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
  • 1 Moltensteel Dragon
  • 1 Morophon, the Boundless
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necromancy
  • 1 Ojutai, Soul of Winter
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Primevals' Glorious Rebirth
  • 1 Ramos, Dragon Engine
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rivaz of the Claw
  • 1 Ruinous Ultimatum
  • 1 Sarkhan's Triumph
  • 1 Savage Ventmaw
  • 1 Scalelord Reckoner
  • 1 Scion of Draco
  • 1 Scion of the Ur-Dragon
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Silumgar, the Drifting Death
  • 1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of the Dragon Queen
  • 1 Temur Ascendancy
  • 1 Teneb, the Harvester
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Ur-Dragon
  • 1 Thrakkus the Butcher
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Two-Headed Hellkite
  • 1 Unburial Rites
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Ureni of the Unwritten
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Worldgorger Dragon