Background Dragons by Skinwalker

Format: Commander

Commander: Ganax, Astral Hunter and Agent of the Iron Throne

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck combines high-impact Dragon tribal threats with a Treasure-based aristocrat burn package led by Ganax, Astral Hunter and Agent of the Iron Throne. The game plan establishes early mana acceleration via traditional Rakdos artifacts and rituals, landing Agent of the Iron Throne on Turn 3 and Ganax on Turn 4. From there, each Dragon cast provides immediate Treasure tokens, fueling explosive turns with high-cost flyers like Ancient Copper Dragon, Goldspan Dragon, and Utvara Hellkite. Passive burn engines such as Mirkwood Bats, Ingenious Artillerist, and Reckless Fireweaver turn every mana generation and token sacrifice into non-combat life loss for each opponent. Supported by flexible removal and free defensive interaction like Deflecting Swat, the deck steadily whittles away life totals before finishing the table around Turn 7 via combined combat and burn.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Academy Manufactor
• 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
• 1 Alchemist's Talent
• 1 Ancient Brass Dragon
• 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Bedevil
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Brass's Bounty
• 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Costly Plunder
• 1 Crime Novelist
• 1 Crux of Fate
• 1 Curse of Opulence
• 1 Cursed Mirror
• 1 Deadly Dispute
• 1 Deadly Rollick
• 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Demand Answers
• 1 Descent into Avernus
• 1 Dragon Tempest
• 1 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
• 1 Dragonlord's Servant
• 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
• 1 Dragonstorm
• 1 Fake Your Own Death
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
• 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
• 1 Glittering Stockpile
• 1 Goldspan Dragon
• 1 Hellkite Tyrant
• 1 Hit the Mother Lode
• 1 Ingenious Artillerist
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
• 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
• 1 Malevolent Witchkite
• 1 Marionette Apprentice
• 1 Mines of Moria
• 1 Mirkwood Bats
• 14 Mountain
• 1 Nadier's Nightblade
• 1 Patriarch's Bidding
• 1 Patron of the Arts
• 1 Pirate's Pillage
• 1 Rain of Riches
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Rapacious Dragon
• 1 Reckless Barbarian
• 1 Reckless Fireweaver
• 1 Revel in Riches
• 1 Rivaz of the Claw
• 1 Seize the Spoils
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spinerock Knoll
• 1 Strike It Rich
• 14 Swamp
• 1 Swashbuckler Extraordinaire
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 The Reaver Cleaver
• 1 There and Back Again
• 1 Tibalt's Trickery
• 1 Treasure Vault
• 1 Twinflame Tyrant
• 1 Unexpected Windfall
• 1 Urza's Incubator
• 1 Utvara Hellkite
• 1 Wrathful Red Dragon
• 1 Xorn