Wrath Of The Dragon Avatar

Commander / EDH Combo Dragons Five Color Multiplayer Reanimator Voltron

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Combo (8)

• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Dragon Tyrant
• 1x Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund
• 1x Moltensteel Dragon
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Scourge of Valkas
• 1x Utvara Hellkite

Disruption (8)

• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Hour of Devastation
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Terminus
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Draw (4)

• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Sarkhan Unbroken
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Windfall

Filter (10)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Bring to Light
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Hate (6)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Nicol Bolas
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Vandalblast

Protection (4)

• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Silumgar, the Drifting Death
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Ramp (15)

• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Prismatic Geoscope
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

Recursion (9)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Goryo's Vengeance
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Lands (any-color) (5)

• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Reflecting Pool

Lands (basic) (5)

• 1x Forest
• 1x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Plains
• 1x Swamp

Lands (dual) (10)

• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Volcanic Island

Lands (fetch) (10)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Lands (utility) (5)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Haven of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Commander (1)

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Combo (5)

• 1x Crucible of Fire
• 1x Dragonlord Kolaghan
• 1x Hypersonic Dragon
• 1x Sarkhan the Mad
• 1x Worldgorger Dragon

Disruptiom (4)

• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Dragonlord Atarka
• 1x Rout
• 1x Steel Hellkite

Draw (3)

• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x The Ur-Dragon
• 1x Whispering Madness

Filter (1)

• 1x Entomb

Protection (3)

• 1x Dragonlord Ojutai
• 1x Quicksilver Dragon
• 1x Scalelord Reckoner

Ramp (2)

• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Skyshroud Claim

Recursion (9)

• 1x Bladewing the Risen
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Cauldron Dance
• 1x Fearsome Awakening
• 1x Life / Death
• 1x Teneb, the Harvester
• 1x Torrent of Souls
• 1x Twilight's Call
• 1x Unburial Rites

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This is a multiplayer Scion of the Ur-Dragon voltron control commander deck with reanimator package built for 75% commander meta.

Summary

Ramp and keep the board clean using mass removal until 7 mana, cast and protect Scion of the Ur-Dragon by searching for a hexproof dragon if required. Next turn transform to deal lethal commander damage to a high threat player (classical combo involves Moltensteel Dragon). Evasion is unnecessary if the board is clean. If unsuccessful, use graveyard recursion and win through Patriarch's Bidding or Living Death paired with Scourge of Valkas or Dragon Tempest. When in doubt, call Nicol Bolas and make oponnent's hands disappear.

Possible cuts

Currently on the chopping block:

• Phyrexian Tower - Probably not necessary unless in a very competitive meta, could likely be replaced with a non-land due to the deck's strong ramp package and card filtering. Maybe Chrome Mox.
• Sarkhan Unbroken - Never ultimates since he just dies to removal. Too high CMC for +1 ramp and draw ability, secondary ability is never used. Probably just replace with wheel effect like Whispering Madness
• Past in Flames - Used mainly as recursion for Patriarch's Bidding or Living Death, probably better to replace with Twilight's Call
• Utvara Hellkite - Just a win-more card. Probably better to improve consistency with Entomb instead.

Notable exclusions

• Blade of Selves - Only works with non-legendary creatures like Utvara Hellkite, Steel Hellkite or Balefire Dragon. Possibly good with Scourge of Valkas.
• Bower Passage, Cover of Darkness - We run 10 wrath effects instead and never cast Scion until we have 7 mana.
• Crucible of Worlds - While excellent with fetch lands, it is usually less practical than Life from the Loam unless one runs cards like Exploration, Azusa, Lost but Seeking and Oracle of Mul Daya. Possibly good in the Survival of the Fittest build.
• Dragonspeaker Shaman, Dragonlord's Servant, Urza's Incubator - If you hardcast dragons, you are playing this deck incorrectly.
• Hellkite Charger - Too expensive to work even with Savage Ventmaw.
• Mirari's Wake - Doubling lands at 5 CMC is too late, also this deck uses artifact ramp package.
• Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker - Too high CMC.
• Sarkhan's Triumph - You want to fetch dragons to the graveyard, hence you want Entomb instead.
• Savage Ventmaw - Only makes sense in conjuction with Aggravated Assault.
• Scourge of the Throne - Generally not reliable and if it does work it's a win-more card.
• Shields of Velis Vel is hilarious with Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund but likely not worth it in this deck just for that.
• Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon - Generally works through Scion's ability and only in conjuction with Moltensteel Dragon, see below. Double strike is not enough and there is no trample. Yes he has regenerate and possible haste, but infect would require a dedicated strategy to be effective (Tainted Strike, Triumph of the Hordes, Grafted Exoskeleton).
• Survival of the Fittest - Requires a more creature heavy build of the deck where one can use discarding dragons to retrieve essential or high threat pieces.

Strategy

Most of the following win conditions assume that Scion of the Ur-Dragon attacks in such a way that he is unblocked. One way to make sure that happens is to play evasion enhancements like Bower Passage or Cover of Darkness. The other is to pay a ton of removal, this deck takes the latter approach.

Basics

A few notes regarding the commander:

• You can put multiple instances of Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability on the stack. Scion of the Ur-Dragon has an activated ability which may be activated as many times as you can pay the mana cost. After the first ability resolves, Scion of the Ur-Dragon will then lose the ability to be activated again, but the abilities already on the stack are unaffected by this.
• Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability can be used during the opponent's turn for defensive or offensive purposes, e.g. pulling Silumgar, the Drifting Death to gain hexproof.
• Even after using the ability Scion of the Ur-Dragon is still considered a commander and therefore can be used to give commander damage.

Many of the win conditions are based on Scion's ability to combine multiple instances of its ability. This usually works as follows:

1. Put two instants of Scion of the Ur-Dragon ability on the stack.
2. Have the first one resolve, and put for example Moltensteel Dragon into your graveyard.
3. Before the second instance of Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability resolves, pay 12 life (less if you have red mana open) and use Moltensteel Dragon ability to give the permanent +6/+0 until end of turn.
4. Have Scion of the Ur-Dragon become either Dragon Tyrant to kill an opponent with commander damage or Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon and use infect to go for the kill.

Win conditions

A brief summary of this deck's win condition:

Atarka, World Render + Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon

1. Activate Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability twice.
2. Search for Moltensteel Dragon.
3. Activate Moltensteel Dragon's ability 5 times, paying 10 life.
4. Search for Atarka, World Render and then attack dealing 22 commander damage with trample.

Nicol Bolas

This strategy is mostly used in 1v1 situations with the goal of locking down the gamestate by having the target player discard his hand. This typically wins you the game.

1. Attack and if unblocked activate Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability once.
2. Search for Nicol Bolas.
3. Deal player damage and watch the opponent abandon all hope.

Pairing this off with Scourge of the Throne can bring an additional player on the verge of tears. Nicol Bolas is also a great candidate to be revived with Goryo's Vengeance on the next turn to make another person's life miserable.

It is also worth noting that Nicol Bolas attacks for 7 damage which makes him a good candidate to end the game with commander damage, but he is just too good for that. Never cross Nicol Bolas.

Patriarch's Bidding + Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund with/or Dragon Tempest

1. Activate Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability as many times as necessary.
2. Search for Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund (and Scourge of the Throne, Utvara Hellkite, Atarka, World Render etc.) and finish with Dragonlord Dromoka to protect your combo.
3. Play Patriarch's Bidding and deal lethal damage.

A similar endgame can be achieved with Scourge of Valkas. Note that Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund is a potential liability and in control-heavy meta should be replaced with Dragonlord Kolaghan.

Deck

Comments on card choices by category:

Mana base

A generic 5 color deck needs to run the following mana sources:

• 10 fetch lands
• 10 dual lands
• 5 basic lands
• 5 utility lands
• 5 any color lands

It is also worth noting that Crucible of Worlds which allows replaying the fetch lands from the graveyard.

Alternatives

Alternate win conditions

Honorable mentions:

Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon + Moltensteel Dragon

1. Attack and if unblocked activate Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability twice.
2. Search for Moltensteel Dragon.
3. Activate Moltensteel Dragon's ability 6 times, paying 12 life.
4. Search for Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon, Scion is now a 10/4 flying creature with Infect.

Dream Halls + Conflux + Patriarch's Bidding

Use Dream Halls to cast Conflux, cast as many spells as possible while feeding the graveyard with dragons and finish with Patriarch's Bidding or Living Death. One possible combo would look like this:

1. Activate Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability as many times as possible.
2. Search for Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund (and Scourge of the Throne, Utvara Hellkite, Atarka, World Render etc.) and finish with Dragonlord Dromoka to protect your combo.
3. Cast Conflux, fetch All Suns' Dawn and feed your graveyard with dragons.
4. Cast All Suns' Dawn and return Conflux to your hand.
5. Recast Conflux to get more spells and feed the graveyard even more.
6. Cast as many spells as possible using Dream Halls and finish with Patriarch's Bidding providing haste with Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund or Dragon Tempest.

Conflux can be played in infinite combos but that does not suit the goals of this deck. One can also replace All Suns' Dawn with Eternal Witness or Naya Charm or just play all of them. This combo also pairs well with the ultimate of Sarkhan the Mad who is not currently played in this deck.

Savage Ventmaw + Aggravated Assault

1. Play Aggravated Assault.
2. Attack and if unblocked activate Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability.
3. Search for Savage Ventmaw.
4. Activate Aggravated Assault's ability and attack again, resolve until total victory.

Hellkite Tyrant + Hellkite Igniter

1. Attack and if unblocked activate Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability.
2. Search for Hellkite Tyrant which will steal the opponent's artifacts. Assuming you hold 20 artifacts you win the game.
3. On next turn activate Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability and search for Hellkite Igniter.
4. Activate Hellkite Igniter ability and pay 2 mana if you have 10 artifacts, 4 mana if you have 5 artifacts, or 6 mana if you have 3 artifacts.

Grafted Exoskeleton or Tainted Strike + Dragon Tyrant

1. Attach Grafted Exoskeleton to Scion of the Ur-Dragon.
2. Attack and if unblocked activate Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability.
3. Search for Dragon Tyrant and attack for lethal damage with double strike, trample and infect.

A similar combo can be made with Tainted Strike as a surprise kill.

Budget replacements

Budget mana base

Replace expensive fetch lands with:

• Matching budget fetches: Bad River, Flood Plain, Grasslands, Mountain Valley and Rocky Tar Pit.
• Panoramas from Shards of Alara: Bant Panorama, Jund Panorama, Esper Panorama, Grixis Panorama, Naya Panorama.
• Basic fetch lands: Evolving Wilds, Terramorphic Expanse and Myriad Landscape.

Replace expensive dual lands with

• Matching Have lands: Canopy Vista, Cinder Glade, Prairie Stream, Smoldering Marsh, Sunken Hollow.

Replace any-color lands with: Rupture Spire, Shimmering Grotto and Transguild Promenade.

References

• Scion of the Ur-Dragon Primer
• Tolarian Community College - Guide To Scion of the Ur-Dragon EDH
• Tolarian Community College - How To Build a 5 Color EDH
• 5 Color Dragons by Craig Blanchette
• Scion of the Ur-Dragon EDH (MP, Competitive)
• MagicalHacker - Scion of the Ur-Dragon
• Scion of the Ur-Dragon deck by Josh Lee Kwai
• EDHREC stats
• Commander archetypes

Additional references are included in the description of this deck but TappedOut refuses to display them. I hereby apologise, but any work that might appears uncredited is not done so intetionally.

Any suggestions welcome. Love to hear about any other interesting combos worth including in the deck!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	4 years
Splash colors	WUG
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	17 - 0 Mythic Rares 59 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.63
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dragon 4/4 R, Dragon 6/6 R
Folders	Commander, EDH, Other Peoples Decks, cool, Epic Decks, Interesting Commander Decks