The Return of Scion by user7316197

Format: Commander

Commander: Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Bracket: 5

DeckCheck Threat Index: 92

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity 5-color cEDH combo deck engineered to secure rapid, protected victories through Thassa's Oracle paired with Demonic Consultation or Tainted Pact, using Underworld Breach storm lines as a lethal backup. Powered by format-ceiling fast mana, flawless 5-color fixing, and universal tutors, the deck consistently achieves an operational assembly by Turn 2 and launches protected win attempts on Turn 3. It insulates its win windows with a deep suite of Silence effects—including Grand Abolisher, Jennifer Walters, and Voice of Victory—alongside free counterspells like Force of Will and Fierce Guardianship. Potent passive engines such as Mystic Remora, Rhystic Study, Opposition Agent, and Orcish Bowmasters heavily tax opponent development while fueling your hand with resources. Even through targeted interaction, low-cost recursion like Sevinne's Reclamation and redundant combo routes ensure immediate recovery without lost tempo.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abeyance
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brilliant Wings
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Traitors
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Demonic Consultation
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Disrupt
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gemstone Mine
  • 1 Gifts Ungiven
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 1 Ignoble Hierarch
  • 1 Interdict
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Jennifer Walters // The Sensational She-Hulk
  • 1 Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Lion's Eye Diamond
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Manamorphose
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Mox Opal
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Noble Hierarch
  • 1 Noxious Revival
  • 1 Opposition Agent
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Scion of the Ur-Dragon
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Tainted Pact
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Tataru Taru
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 The Cabbage Merchant
  • 1 Thran Quarry
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Underground Sea
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Valley Floodcaller
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Worldly Tutor