Casual Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Commander / EDH Budget Casual Dragons Five Color Multiplayer

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Creature (27)

• 1x Bladewing the Risen
• 1x Crosis, the Purger
• 1x Darigaaz, the Igniter
• 1x Dragon Broodmother
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Dragon Tyrant
• 1x Furnace Dragon
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Hellkite Overlord
• 1x Intet, the Dreamer
• 1x Jhoira of the Ghitu
• 1x Kaalia of the Vast
• 1x Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund
• 1x Keiga, the Tide Star
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
• 1x Numot, the Devastator
• 1x Oros, the Avenger
• 1x Rith, the Awakener
• 1x Scion of the Ur-Dragon
• 1x Scourge of Kher Ridges
• 1x Teneb, the Harvester
• 1x Treva, the Renewer
• 1x Utvara Hellkite
• 1x Vorosh, the Hunter
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star
• 1x Zirilan of the Claw

Land (38)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Elfhame Palace
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 2x Forest
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Hall of the Bandit Lord
• 2x Island
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 2x Plains
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Strip Mine
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Crucible of Fire
• 1x Prismatic Omen

Artifact (18)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Quicksilver Amulet
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Akroma's Vengeance
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Dragonstorm
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Plague Wind
• 1x Rise from the Grave
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Unexpected Results
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Zombify

Commander (1)

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Sorcery (3)

• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Rite of Replication

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Scion of the Ur-Dragon

This deck formed from the simple idea of playing all of the tri-color legendary dragons (with the exception of Dromar, the Banisher ) with Scion as the commander, being able to search up any one of them and activate their ability for a total of 5 mana. Since then, the deck has evolved a bit and now sports reanimation (because Scion puts the copied dragons into the graveyard) and board wipes (because the deck is usually slow from the get-go). Dragonstorm is in the deck because I love the From the Vault: Dragons version of that card, and Unexpected Results is in the deck because it's fun.

The decklist

While this deck list is pretty self-explanatory (a bunch of dragons, a commander that finds them and throws them into the graveyard, a sprinkle of reanimation spells and boardwipes, and a slew of mana fixing because of a budget manabase), I'll mimic my other deck list descriptions and highlight a few cards:

1. Keiga, the Tide Star, Yosei, the Morning Star, Kokusho, the Evening Star: These dragons are primarily used to dissuade removal targeted at Scion because WotC haven't printed any dragons with shroud or hexproof.
2. Dragon Mage : A nice surprise vs. people who have their hands chock full of stuff. The fact that it can be searched up with Scion on-demand to refill your hand for 2 mana is great.
3. Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund: Gives all of your dragons haste and takes back dragons stolen with Mind Control-effects. Bribery would screw me over, but luckily no one is playing that card in my playgroup.
4. Utvara Hellkite: Has great synergy with Scion. Even better if you can reanimate it on the same turn as you copied it onto Scion (= two 6/6 dragons with flying for each attacking dragon you control).
5. Dragon Tyrant : One of the oldest combos with Scion of the Ur-Dragon is to copy Vorosh, the Hunter onto it on turn 6 and put six +1/+1 counters on it, then follow up with a Dragon Tyrant copy on turn 7 for 24 commander damage with flying and trample. This combo is clunky to say the least, but the possibility is there, and fliers with double strike and trample are always fun.

Some comments

The deck has some problems dealing with indestructible permanents (notably Avacyn, Angel of Hope, but stuff like Plague Wind and Decree of Pain can always be replaced with Final Judgment and Merciless Eviction if need be.

While the mana base is wonky, I've oddly enough never been manascrewed with this deck thanks in part to the large amount of manafacts. A person with access to a more expensive mana base would probably be able to cut some of the manafacts without much fuzz though.

Traditionally, Scion decks are more controll-y than this one, but the main idea behind this deck was to build a "dragon deck", not a "control deck with scion as a win-con".

Please feel free to leave constructive criticism!

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 30 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	4.78
Tokens	Dragon 1/1 RG, Dragon 6/6 R, Saproling 1/1 G