Red Dragons (Casual MTG Deck)

I will supply a rundown of how the combo works, since the deck almost entirely relies on it. It starts with Zirilan of the Claw, you activate his ability to pull in, for the sake of example a Scourge of Valkas. His enter the battlefield activates, you then attack, and then here's where it gets confusing, and requires a breakdown. In normal circumstances, Zirilans ability would force the dragon that comes into to play to be exiled at end of turn. However, thanks to a handy trick with Sundial of the Infinite, as soon as the exile effect hits the stack, you activate the Sundial in response, thus removing the effect of the removal at the end of the turn as per worded on the Sundial. Now this is quite useful, especially with cards like Twinflame as well, since the same rule applies with it. Your opponent might call a judge on you for using this combo, but the judges ruling should come into your favor if you explain how it works. The sundial says "exile all spells and abilities on the stack'' which thanks to some clever stack manipulation involves the exiling of your dragon. Sow now every dragon is a 3 cost to bring out, and a 1 cost to save.

Now, if Zirilan happens to get murdered violently, via a Doom Blade there are other ways to get your dragons out. Extraplanar Lens is the main way to do that. Since the deck runs nothing but Snow-Covered Mountain odds are your opponents won't be getting the double mana benefit from it, even if they are running a red deck. This makes it so much easier to bring out your dragons.

The other way to keep your dragons out if you don't manage to get a Lens, and/or your Zirilan dies a brutal death, is to use Rite of Flames and Seething Songs. These cards are great ways to increase your mana pool temporarily, and allow for some big dragons to be brought out quickly in a pinch.

Main combo cards are Sundial of the Infinite + Zirilan of the Claw

The deck is listed as casual because I've seen the evil that is Legacy play, and I am not ever going to go near it. This will primarily just be a fun deck I play with friends.

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Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Key combos	Sundial of the Infinite + Zirilan of the Claw
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 2 Mythic Rares 19 - 0 Rares 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	4.50
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dragon 6/6 R
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