The Azure Dragoooooooon by HoidsWit

Format: Commander

Commander: Estinien Varlineau

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is an Orzhov Dragon Midrange strategy led by Estinien Varlineau. It accelerates early with efficient mana rocks before casting its commander on Turn 3 or 4. By attacking opponents with evasive Dragons or Estinien itself, the deck generates recurring card advantage in the second main phase. To offset the self-inflicted life loss, the deck runs dedicated lifegain tools like Shadowspear and Spirit Link. Potent stax creatures such as Clarion Conqueror and Drannith Magistrate slow down opponents without hindering your own triggered abilities. The midgame transitions into powerful aerial combat using heavy-hitting Dragons like Ancient Gold Dragon, Sylvia Brightspear, and Shadrix Silverquill. The deck closes games around Turn 8 through decisive alpha strikes with Akroma's Will or by pairing Shinryu, Transcendent Rival with focused combat damage to defeat a single target and instantly win the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstruse Appropriation
  • 1 Akroma's Will
  • 1 Ancient Gold Dragon
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Ao, the Dawn Sky
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Changeling Outcast
  • 1 Clarion Conqueror
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Ebondeath, Dracolich
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Estinien Varlineau
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Getaway Glamer
  • 1 Glasswing Grace // Age-Graced Chapel
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Guardian Scalelord
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Long Road Home
  • 1 Lost Jitte
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Purging Stormbrood // Absorb Essence
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Restoration Magic
  • 1 Rune of Sustenance
  • 1 Scalelord Reckoner
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scavenger Regent // Exude Toxin
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shadrix Silverquill
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Silence
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Spirit Link
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Sunscorch Regent
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvia Brightspear
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Timeless Dragon
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Vampiric Link
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vault of the Archangel
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival