Elder Dragons & Highlanders

Commander / EDH Attach Theme/Gimmick

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Land (36)

• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Boros Guildgate
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Crystal Quarry
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Haven of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Izzet Guildgate
• 1x Maze's End
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 1x Rakdos Guildgate
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Simic Guildgate
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Vivid Meadow

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Deliver Unto Evil
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Supreme Verdict

Creature (21)

• 1x Anafenza, the Foremost
• 1x Arcades Sabboth
• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Brago, King Eternal
• 1x Captain Sisay
• 1x Carth the Lion
• 1x Chromium
• 1x Halvar, God of Battle  ^Flip
• 1x Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
• 1x Jenara, Asura of War
• 1x Lu Xun, Scholar General
• 1x Maraxus of Keld
• 1x Mogis, God of Slaughter
• 1x Nicol Bolas
• 1x Nicol Bolas, the Ravager  ^Flip
• 1x Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• 1x Palladia-Mors
• 1x Piru, the Volatile
• 1x Surrak, the Hunt Caller
• 1x Tajic, Blade of the Legion
• 1x Vaevictis Asmadi

Planeswalker (11)

• 1x Ajani, Mentor of Heroes
• 1x Dakkon, Shadow Slayer
• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Garruk, Apex Predator
• 1x Gideon, Champion of Justice
• 1x Nahiri, the Harbinger
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
• 1x Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
• 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Instant (3)

• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Utter End

Commander (1)

Artifact (19)

• 1x Akroma's Memorial
• 1x Avacyn's Memorial
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Door to Nothingness
• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Embercleave
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Glaive of the Guildpact
• 1x Godsend
• 1x Helm of Kaldra
• 1x Heroes' Podium
• 1x Hero's Blade
• 1x Konda's Banner
• 1x Legacy Weapon
• 1x Shield of Kaldra
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Kaldra
• 1x Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang
• 1x Unscythe, Killer of Kings

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Day of Destiny
• 1x Gift of Immortality
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Omniscience
• 1x Prismatic Omen
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

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The namesake of the format, and with 5 new elder dragons released, this seems just...too perfect.

This is a heavy theme deck: Elder Dragons are rather obvious, all 10 printed elder dragons - though in this case I'm also considering Ugin as an Elder Dragon because it's just too good having both Ugin & Nicol Bolas in the same deck. Highlanders, I've interpreted to be legendary creatures with bladed weapons depicted in their art.

But of course, a highlander must also HAVE his sword - thus, the collection of bladed weapon equipment.

I should probably explain a few card choices, so I'll try to address that here.

Card choices:

Maze's End, as I've mentioned in the comments (unless I delete them), I've wanted to build a deck around since it was spoiled, but I never built it in Standard while it was legal there, so this is my only other choice, given it's the only format I play now. This is my first 5-color deck, so it's in for that reason alone. Granted, now that I've got this deck almost fully built, I'm starting to consider 24-3-15-imagine-dragons as a serious contender for a 2nd 5-color deck - I'm just trying to decide if the theme there is distinctly different enough from this deck to make it worth building so soon after this one.

In Garruk's Wake, especially over Crux of Fate mostly because the image on the promo version has a nice dark "Highlander" feel to it. Of course, I'd love to fit Crux in here too, but then the question is...what comes out for it?

Helm of Kaldra and Shield of Kaldra are only in here for the legendary Kaldra token I can get out of having all 3 bits, which makes for a fun alternative type of Highlander. I'd love to get a Kaldra token out, slap Elbrus, the Binding Blade   on it, then have Elbrus flip into Withengar Unbound. One of several dream plays...

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Characters:

Gideon, Champion of Justice while not technically a Highlander by my own criteria (though I suppose 4 bladed whips on a gauntlet could technically decapitate someone...), his ultimate ability is definitely very much in-line with the Highlander theme. In my eyes, Gideon IS . Plus, if I turn him into a creature, I can equip a sword on him for the turn, and it'll fall off when he reverts back to being a Planeswalker-only.

Maraxus of Keld is, hopefully quite obviously, . Big beefy bastard, antagonistic as all hell? Sounds like Maraxus to me, alright!

Ajani, Mentor of Heroes is aka . I mean, seriously, look at that getup.
Plus, can't you picture Ajani, the Shcottish Leonin who shomehow hailsh from Shpain?

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There Can Be Only One!

Comments, criticisms, and suggestions all welcome!

Date added	9 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	24 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.88
Tokens	4/4 C Token Legendary Creature Avatar, 5/5 U Token Creature Dragon Spirit, Beast 3/3 B, Emblem Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Emblem Garruk, Apex Predator, Emblem Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Soldier 1/1 W, Spirit 2/2 C, Vampire 1/1 B w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B
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