Overview:

This Lathliss Dragon Tribal deck focuses on overwhelming opponents with flying Dragons, token generation, and damage amplification. The strategy revolves around ramping into high-cost Dragons, creating 5/5 Dragon tokens via Lathliss, and leveraging ETB/damage multipliers like Terror of the Peaks and Fiendish Duo. While lacking infinite combos, it can generate explosive turns through mana acceleration and Dragon synergy.

Primer:

Core Strategy:

1. Early Ramp: Deploy fast mana (Sol Ring, Ruby Medallion) and cost reducers (Dragonlord’s Servant) to cast Dragons ahead of curve. Use rituals (Pyretic Ritual, Geosurge) for explosive turns.
2. Token Swarm: Cast Dragons to trigger Lathliss’s 5/5 token generation. Amplify this with Roaming Throne (choosing Dragon) for doubled triggers.
3. Damage Conversion: Use Dragon Tempest (haste + damage per Dragon) and Terror of the Peaks (direct damage on ETB) to convert board presence into lethal. Double damage via Fiendish Duo or City on Fire.
4. Treasure Synergy: Goldspan Dragon and Ganax, Astral Hunter generate Treasures to fund more Dragons or fuel Inferno of the Star Mounts’s 20-damage ability.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 3+ lands and at least 1 ramp artifact or cost reducer.
• Prioritize early plays like Dragonmaster Outcast or Sarkhan, Fireblood.
• Avoid hands with only high-cost Dragons and no acceleration.

Key Tips:

• Protect Terror of the Peaks and Lathliss—they’re critical to the damage engine.
• Use Stranglehold to shut down opponents’ tutors/extra turns.
• Blasphemous Act + Repercussion can wipe boards and deal massive damage.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• No Recovery from Board Wipes: Minimal recursion/graveyard play; rebuilding after wipes is slow.
• Relies on Commander: Lathliss is essential for token generation; 3+ removals cripple the strategy.

Moderate

• Limited Interaction: Only 5 targeted removal spells and no free counterspells.
• Mana Base Fragility: 10+ tapped lands and artifact reliance make it vulnerable to Blood Moon or land destruction.

Minor

• Predictable Wincons: Wins via combat or damage multipliers; lacks alternate paths.

Most Important Cards:

• Terror of the Peaks
• Fiendish Duo
• Dragon Tempest
• Goldspan Dragon
• Roaming Throne
• Furnace of Rath
• City on Fire
• Coat of Arms
• Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
• Stranglehold

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 5/10
Can deploy threats by T4-5 with optimal ramp but typically wins via combat around T8-10.

Resilience: 4/10
Weak to removal-heavy metas; relies on commander and key enchantments with minimal protection.

Consistency: 6/10
12+ ramp pieces and Dragon tutors (Imperial Recruiter, Orb of Dragonkind) improve redundancy, but card draw is limited.

Interaction: 3/10
Minimal instant-speed answers; relies on reactive damage (e.g., Breath Weapon) over targeted disruption.

Rating Justification:

This deck sits at 4.0-4.5, aligning with "Casual/Precon" to "Focused Casual" tiers. It can overwhelm via combat by T10-12 with Dragon swarms but lacks the speed, protection, and combo potential of higher-tier decks.

Power level: 4.0 - 4.5