Mina & Denn: Lands and Drags

Commander / EDH Dragons Ramp RG (Gruul)

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Creature (23)

• 1x Akoum Hellkite
• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Dragonlord Atarka
• 1x Dragonmaster Outcast
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Greenwarden of Murasa
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Mana-Charged Dragon
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Omnath, Locus of Rage
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Scourge of Valkas SL
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Stormbreath Dragon SL
• 1x Utvara Hellkite
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels
• 1x Yavimaya Elder
• 1x Zhur-Taa Druid

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Chandra, Flamecaller
• 1x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

Land (40)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 5x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Haven of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Lotus Vale
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 5x Mountain
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Petrified Field
• 1x Raging Ravine
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Scorched Ruins
• 1x Sea Gate Wreckage
• 1x Slippery Karst
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Fires of Yavimaya
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Primeval Bounty

Artifact (3)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds HP
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Horn of Greed

Instant (7)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Magmaquake
• 1x Sarkhan's Triumph
• 1x Signal the Clans

Sorcery (17)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Bonfire of the Damned
• 1x Chain Reaction SL
• 1x Creeping Renaissance
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Descent of the Dragons
• 1x Genesis Wave
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Life from the Loam SL
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Tempt with Vengeance
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Verdant Confluence

Commander (1)

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Creature (7)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Groundskeeper
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Spellbreaker Behemoth
• 1x Thunderbreak Regent
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sarkhan Vol

Land (2)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Taiga

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Fervor
• 1x In the Web of War

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Mina and Denn, Wildborn (M&D), the perfect ramp for drags! The goal of this deck is to play M&D early, ramp up fast, and overrun the board with dragons.

M&D loan themselves well to landfall style decks, but I wanted something more original. I used to run Rampaging Baloths, Titania, Protector of Argoth, Liege of the Tangle, Nissa, Worldwaker and other all-star land-related cards, but the deck just felt too standard to me.

After 20 games or so, I worked out that my favorite elements of the deck were:

• Playing exotic lands
• Tutoring with Tooth and Nail for Xenagos, God of Revels and Atarka, World Render.

So I decided to just focus on those two parts.

Gameplan

Aside from how the dragons interact with each other, this is not a combo deck. If you're evil you could Crucible of Worlds and Strip Mine, and once I get Aggravated Assault, it will combo with Savage Ventmaw. Not much else to write about though, combo-wise.

The gameplan can be grouped into ramp, sweep, and destroy.

Ramp

If my first hand is all lands and I'm playing a game with 4 or more people, I'll take it. Otherwise, I really want to see 3 lands in my opening hand. I've taken 2 with a land tutor before, but those games tend to have a very slow start.

It's important to play M&D as soon as possible. The goal of this deck is to ramp up very quickly so we can start playing dragons, and that's what M&D do best.

Sweep

The mid-game is usually more destructive. People start building their armies or combos, and I often try to slow them down while slowly training my dragon engines. The cards that play a critical role here are:

• Blasphemous Act
• Bonfire of the Damned
• Chain Reaction
• Decimate
• Descent of the Dragons
• Hull Breach
• Chandra, Flamecaller (also a great card draw engine if you burn out)

This is also a nice time to get Dragonmaster Outcast on the board if possible.

Destroy

Hell yes, Dragons. Dragons for days.

• Akoum Hellkite
• Atarka, World Render
• Avaricious Dragon
• Dragonlord Atarka
• Dragonmaster Outcast
• Hellkite Tyrant
• Mana-Charged Dragon
• Savage Ventmaw
• Scourge of the Throne
• Scourge of Valkas
• Steel Hellkite
• Stormbreath Dragon
• Utvara Hellkite

Xenagos, God of Revels is clearly a winner in this deck.

The alternate, non-drag bashers are:

• Omnath, Locus of Rage
• Avenger of Zendikar

Wiping elementals can be a wincon as well.

Recur from the yard using:

• Greenwarden of Murasa
• Eternal Witness

The rest are mainly tutors and draw cards.

Suggestions

I'm pretty new to dragons and Gruul in general, so if anybody has any suggestions, please don't hesitate to comment!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.15
Tokens	Ashaya, the Awoken World, Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Dragon 4/4 R, Dragon 5/5 R, Dragon 6/6 R, Elemental 1/1 R w/ Haste, Elemental 3/1 R, Elemental 5/5 RG, Emblem Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Plant 0/1 G, Satyr 2/2 GR
Folders	Edh, EDH, Mina and Denn, Wildborn