Eshki Dragonclaw by DonnyB

Format: Commander

Commander: Eshki Dragonclaw

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Temur deck builds around Eshki Dragonclaw as a combat-centric value engine that grows bigger each turn while rewarding spell sequencing. The core loop is casting at least one creature and one noncreature spell each turn to trigger Eshki's combat-start ability, drawing a card and pumping her with two +1/+1 counters. This simultaneously feeds cards like Jori En, Ruin Diver, Kraum, Violent Cacophony, and Managorger Hydra, while Branching Evolution doubles counter accumulation. The deck finishes through commander damage amplified by extra-combat spells (Full Throttle, Karlach, Fury of Avernus, Moraug, Fury of Akoum), Chandra's Ignition as a one-shot sweeper/finisher, or wide boards of boosted creatures. A dense suite of cheap cantrips and protection spells keeps the engine running while ensuring Eshki survives combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ascendant Acolyte
  • 1 Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Boomerang Basics
  • 1 Bountiful Landscape
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Burning-Tree Emissary
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Devoted Duelist
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Elusive Otter // Grove's Bounty
  • 1 Enter the Enigma
  • 1 Eshki Dragonclaw
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Fractal Harness
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Full Throttle
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Jori En, Ruin Diver
  • 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kellan, Inquisitive Prodigy // Tail the Suspect
  • 1 Kraum, Violent Cacophony
  • 1 Leap
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Manamorphose
  • 1 Mistbreath Elder
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Pain for All
  • 1 Questing Druid // Seek the Beast
  • 1 Reinforced Ronin
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rosethorn Acolyte // Seasonal Ritual
  • 1 Scalding Viper // Steam Clean
  • 1 Shackle Slinger
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temur Battlecrier
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Uthros Psionicist
  • 1 Wildfire Devils
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast