Overview:
A five-color tribal changeling deck helmed by The Ur-Dragon, utilizing shapeshifters to benefit from multiple tribal synergies while maintaining dragon tribal as a backup plan. The deck aims to leverage tribal payoffs across various creature types while benefiting from The Ur-Dragon's cost reduction and card advantage abilities.
Primer:
The deck's primary strategy revolves around deploying changelings early to benefit from various tribal lords and synergies. Key pieces like Maskwood Nexus and Mirror Entity allow all creatures to gain every creature type, maximizing tribal payoffs. The deck can generate significant card advantage through tribal-matters cards like Kindred Discovery and The Ur-Dragon's attack trigger.
The secondary strategy involves traditional dragon tribal elements, using The Ur-Dragon's eminence ability to reduce costs and potentially cheat large permanents into play. The deck can pivot between aggressive tribal synergies and bigger threats depending on the game state, with cards like Tiamat providing access to specific dragons when needed.
Weaknesses:
The deck's mana base is somewhat strained trying to support five colors, making it vulnerable to land destruction and blood moon effects. The reliance on creatures makes it susceptible to board wipes, though some protection exists. The deck can sometimes suffer from trying to do too many things at once, potentially diluting its primary strategy.
Top 10 Most Impactful Cards:
- Maskwood Nexus
- Mirror Entity
- Morophon, the Boundless
- Tiamat
- Kindred Discovery
- Realmwalker
- The Ur-Dragon
- Cavern of Souls
- Unsettled Mariner
- Magda, Brazen Outlaw
Attribute Ratings:
- Speed: 5/10
- Resilience: 6/10
- Consistency: 7/10
- Interaction: 4/10
Rating Justification:
This deck operates at a focused casual level, with enough tribal synergies to be effective but lacking the explosive speed or interaction of higher-powered decks. While it can generate significant value through tribal synergies and card advantage, it typically needs several turns to establish its board presence and begin executing its strategy. The deck's ability to utilize multiple tribal synergies gives it flexibility, but it doesn't quite reach the optimization level of more focused tribal builds.
Final power level rating: 5.0 - 5.5
The Ur-Dragon