Ramos deck test 3

Format: Commander

Commander: Ramos, Dragon Engine

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This deck is a five-color Battle-focused midrange deck helmed by Ramos, Dragon Engine. Rather than grinding through defense counters exclusively with combat damage, the strategy exploits counter-removal mechanics using cards like Thief of Blood, Aether Snap, Vampire Hexmage, and Hex Parasite. Stripping defense counters immediately transforms Sieges into powerful creatures, enchantments, and planeswalkers at sorcery speed. Ramos, Dragon Engine acts as a potent secondary engine, converting multicolored spells into +1/+1 counters and producing explosive 10-mana bursts to cast multiple high-impact spells in a single turn. The deck generates steady card advantage and broad utility through battle enter-the-battlefield abilities, then finishes games via overwhelming combat damage from transformed armies, token swarms, and a giant Thief of Blood. While the strategy boasts strong value compounding and resilience, it operates largely at sorcery speed and remains vulnerable to well-timed sweepers and counterspells targeting its centerpiece payoffs.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Snap
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Begin the Invasion
  • 1 Binding the Old Gods
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cosmic Hunger
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Glissa Sunslayer
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hex Parasite
  • 1 Into the Fire
  • 1 Invasion of Alara // Awaken the Maelstrom
  • 1 Invasion of Amonkhet // Lazotep Convert
  • 1 Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders
  • 1 Invasion of Azgol // Ashen Reaper
  • 1 Invasion of Belenon // Belenon War Anthem
  • 1 Invasion of Dominaria // Serra Faithkeeper
  • 1 Invasion of Eldraine // Prickle Faeries
  • 1 Invasion of Ergamon // Truga Cliffcharger
  • 1 Invasion of Fiora // Marchesa, Resolute Monarch
  • 1 Invasion of Gobakhan // Lightshield Array
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Invasion of Innistrad // Deluge of the Dead
  • 1 Invasion of Ixalan // Belligerent Regisaur
  • 1 Invasion of Karsus // Refraction Elemental
  • 1 Invasion of Kylem // Valor's Reach Tag Team
  • 1 Invasion of Mercadia // Kyren Flamewright
  • 1 Invasion of Moag // Bloomwielder Dryads
  • 1 Invasion of New Phyrexia // Teferi Akosa of Zhalfir
  • 1 Invasion of Pyrulea // Gargantuan Slabhorn
  • 1 Invasion of Ravnica // Guildpact Paragon
  • 1 Invasion of Regatha // Disciples of the Inferno
  • 1 Invasion of Segovia // Caetus, Sea Tyrant of Segovia
  • 1 Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge
  • 1 Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky
  • 1 Invasion of Vryn // Overloaded Mage-Ring
  • 1 Invasion of Xerex // Vertex Paladin
  • 1 Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Monastery
  • 1 Nahiri's Warcrafting
  • 1 Nomad Outpost
  • 1 Ondu Inversion // Ondu Skyruins
  • 1 Opulent Palace
  • 1 Painful Truths
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Planar Genesis
  • 1 Ramos, Dragon Engine
  • 1 Rampaging Raptor
  • 1 Render Inert
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Savage Lands
  • 1 Seaside Citadel
  • 1 Shock
  • 1 Siphon Insight
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thief of Blood
  • 1 Treasure Map // Treasure Cove
  • 1 Vampire Hexmage
  • 1 Volcanic Spite
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble