Anima Draconis by Motu94

Format: Commander

Commander: Sarkhan, Soul Aflame

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is an Izzet Dragon tribal engine commanded by Sarkhan, Soul Aflame. Sarkhan provides an essential mana discount for Dragon spells and temporarily copies any Dragon that enters the battlefield under your control. The primary strategy accelerates mana through low-cost artifact ramp on early turns, casts Sarkhan on Turn 3, and deploys high-impact Dragons on subsequent turns to duplicate potent enter-the-battlefield triggers, combat effects, and burn abilities. The deck's primary win condition is an infinite combat combo using Astral Dragon and Cursed Mirror, which creates infinite hasty Dragon copies to eliminate the table in one attack. Backing up this combo is an aggressive airborne beatdown plan supported by Dragon Tempest, Scourge of Valkas, and Scourge of the Throne. The deck maintains high resilience and interaction through an extensive suite of counterspells, bounce spells, hexproof protection, and explosive burst mana spells like Mana Geyser.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Aetherspouts
  • 1 Ancient Silver Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Astral Dragon
  • 1 Backdraft Hellkite
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Caldera Pyremaw
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragonstorm
  • 1 Expressive Iteration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Firespitter Whelp
  • 1 Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Iymrith, Desert Doom
  • 1 Izzet Charm
  • 1 Izzet Signet
  • 1 Lazotep Plating
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mystic Retrieval
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nimbleclaw Adept
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
  • 1 Parapet Thrasher
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismari Charm
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Robe of the Archmagi
  • 1 Rousing Refrain
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Run Away Together
  • 1 Sarkhan's Triumph
  • 1 Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Stormscale Scion
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Unsubstantiate
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Whir of Invention