Overview:

This Ur-Dragon deck is a Dragon tribal build leveraging cost reduction and combat synergies to deploy high-impact Dragons, generate value through attack triggers, and overwhelm opponents with aerial threats. The strategy focuses on ramping into powerful Dragons, drawing cards via The Ur-Dragon’s ability, and enabling explosive turns with extra combat steps or token generation.

Primer:

Core Strategy:
Deploy Dragons early via cost reducers (e.g., Herald's Horn, Dragonlord's Servant) and ramp (Cultivate, Farseek). Use The Ur-Dragon’s eminence to discount Dragons and draw/cheat permanents when attacking. Key payoffs include Dragon Tempest (pings on ETB), Scourge of Valkas (scaling damage), and Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm (token copies). Win via combat damage, supported by Hellkite Charger (extra combats) and Thrakkus the Butcher (power doubling).

Mulligan Priorities:

• 3+ lands (prioritize untapped).
• Early ramp (e.g., Sol Ring, Arcane Signet) or cost reducers.
• At least 1 high-impact Dragon or card draw engine.
  Avoid hands with only high-cost Dragons or no ramp.

Key Tips:

• Sequence Dragons to maximize attack triggers (draw into more threats).
• Protect key enablers like Crucible of Fire or Dragon Tempest with Lightning Greaves.
• Use Sarkhan's Triumph to tutor critical Dragons like Lathliss, Dragon Queen.
• Deploy Silumgar, the Drifting Death or Deathbringer Regent to clear blockers.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• No infinite combos: Relies entirely on combat; struggles against life gain or pillow forts.
• Slow recovery: Minimal recursion; board wipes (e.g., Wrath of God) cripple momentum.

Moderate

• Mana inefficiency: 11 tapped lands and limited color fixing slow early plays.
• Interaction gaps: Only 3 targeted removal spells (Mortify, Despark, Spit Flame).

Minor

• Flying vulnerability: Most Dragons have flying, but no answers to fliers like Aetherize.

Most Important Cards:

• Dragon Tempest
• Scourge of Valkas
• Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
• Lathliss, Dragon Queen
• Crucible of Fire
• Savage Ventmaw
• Herald's Horn
• Hellkite Charger
• Thrakkus the Butcher
• Dragon's Hoard

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 5/10
Can deploy threats by T5–6 but lacks fast mana or combos; wins via combat around T9–11.

Resilience: 5/10
Recovers slowly from wipes but has some redundancy in Dragon threats and cost reducers.

Consistency: 6/10
Moderate ramp and cost reduction, but only 1 tutor (Sarkhan's Triumph) limits combo potential.

Interaction: 4/10
Minimal instant-speed answers; relies on sorcery-speed removal and combat tricks.

Rating Justification:

The deck is a focused Dragon tribal build with strong synergies but lacks infinite combos, fast mana, and interaction, aligning with the "Focused Casual" (4.5) to "Optimized Casual" (5.0) range.

Power level: 4.5 - 5.0