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"It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any Dragons." - J.R.R. Tolkien Tribute to The Lord of the Rings; Scroll over list to see Alters - 3rd EDH deck I ever built, stayed my favorite Tribe ever since! B)

"Never laugh at live Dragons, Bilbo you fool!" he said to himself. And it became a favorite saying of his later, and passed into a proverb. - The Hobbit (1937)

Alters: Command Toweraltered - Barad-dur

Mana Cryptaltered - Doors of Durin

Sol Ringaltered - Frodo Baggins holding The One Ring

Arcane Signetaltered - Gandalf wearing Narya

Vindicatealtered - Boromir lying in the boat, after Parth Galen, blade in hands & covered in flowers w/cloven horn of Gondor

Faeburrow Elderaltered - Treebeard carrying Merry & Pippen

Skyshroud Claimaltered - Legolas

Lightning Greavesaltered - Gimli

Rhystic Studyaltered - Bilbo on his porch writing 'There & Back Again'

Bloom Tenderaltered - Arwen Undomiel

Gwenna, Eyes of Gaeaaltered - Galadriel

Nature's Lorealtered - Tom Bombadil

Greater Goodaltered - Elrond at the Battle of Dagorlad

Pernicious Deedaltered - Gollum

Anguished Unmakingaltered - The Witch-king vs Éowyn

Patriarch's Biddingaltered - Sauron

Shizo, Death's Storehousealtered - Shelob

Balefire Dragonaltered - Smaug

Dragon's Hoardaltered - Smaug on his mountain of gold

The Ur-Dragonaltered - Ancalagon the Black (The Silmarillion)

Bayoualtered - Dwarves entering Mirkwood Forest

Underground Seaaltered - Ringwraiths at River Bruinen

Taigaaltered - Rivendell, day of The Fellowship

Volcanic Islandaltered - The Ruin of Numenor

Savannahaltered - Bag End visited by Gandalf

Tundraaltered - Gondolin, hidden kingdom of Beleriand

Plateaualtered - Gandalf Stormcrow rides for Minas Tirith

Tropical Islandaltered - Mt. Taniquetil (Olympus) in Valinor

Badlandsaltered - Sauron overseeing construction of Barad'dur

Mother of Runesaltered - Daenerys Targaryen with her Dragons (Game of Thrones)

Scalelord Reckoneraltered - Haku (Spirited Away)

Vaevictis Asmadi, the Direaltered - Deathwing the Destroyer (World of Warcraft)

Dragonlord Ojutaialtered - Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon)

Dragonlord Dromokaaltered - Shenron (Dragon Ball series)

Atarka, World Renderaltered - Alduin (Skyrim)

Ojutai, Soul of Winteraltered - Falkor (The Neverending Story)

Scrublandaltered - The Ivory Tower (The Neverending Story)

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrmaltered - Kaidou of the Beasts (One Piece)

Teneb, the Harvesteraltered - Seath the Scaleless (Dark Souls)

Selvala, Heart of the Wildsaltered - San (Princess Mononoke)

Mockups being commissioned for. Will update with scans once completed:

Delighted Halflingaltered - Sam in his garden

Living Deathaltered - Aragorn waking the Dead Men of Dunharrow

Rite of Replicationaltered - Saruman learning Orc spawning from Witch-King

Garruk's Uprisingaltered - Éomer facing off against the Oliphants

Dragonlord Kolaghanaltered - Kalameet (Dark Souls)

Yosei, the Morning Staraltered - Saphira (Eragon series)

Two-Headed Hellkitealtered - Placidusax (Eldin Ring)

Colossal Grave-Reaveraltered - Durnevhiir (Skyrim)

Volrath's Strongholdaltered - Minas Morgul (Rob Alexander, 1997)

Combos of Note:

  1. Moltensteel Dragon + Atarka, World Render (or Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon = 1-shot

  2. Beledros Witherbloom / Bear Umbra + Lathliss, Dragon Queen / Kessig Wolf Run + Mother of Runes / Shizo, Death's Storehouse = Backup 1-shot variants

  3. Terror of the Peaks / Twinflame Tyrant + Rite of Replication = 125 stack damage / "My 1/1s hit for 64."

  4. Bladewing the Risen + Dragon Tempest + Blade of Selves (3-man+ game) = Infinite stack damage

  5. Hellkite Tyrant + Old Gnawbone = Dragon sickness

  6. Nicol Bolas + Chandra's Ignition = Cull the lesser, Empty their minds

  7. Dragon Broodmother + Yosei, the Morning Star + Teneb, the Harvester = Our turn(s)

  8. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm + Roaming Throne + Junji, the Midnight Sky + Greater Good = 1 hand to rule them all

  9. Hellkite Charger + Bear Umbra = "The last War, which will cover all the world in darkness."

  10. Worldgorger Dragon + Animate Dead + Dragon Tempest / Terror of the Peaks = Usher in the 4th Age

  11. Beledros Witherbloom (used to pitch Terror, Twinflame or Kamigawa dragons) + Wake the Dead = "The Way is shut... and the Dead keep it!"

  12. Dragon Tempest (any 'All-Haste') + Living Death / Patriarch's Bidding = "DEATH!" (done 800+ dmg turn 7)

(*this is ALSO my Canadian Highlander/1v1 Commander, which has a separate card sub-out Tribal for Land Burn build; only 6 Dragons needed)

Landy: Sinkhole - Rancid Earth - Raze - Boom / Bust - Cleansing Wildfire - Ice Storm - Stone Rain - Icequake - Thermokarst - Winter's Grasp - Cryoclasm - Molten Rain - Icefall - Pillage - Seismic Spike - Demolish - Rubble Reading - Seismic Shift - Violent Impact - Aftershock - Bramblecrush - Reclaiming Vines - Creeping Mold - Mwonvuli Acid-Moss - Wreak Havoc - Wrecking Ball - Befoul - Song of the Dryads - Temporal Spring - Crosis's Charm - Recoil - Vindicate - Beast Within - Generous Gift - Numot, the Devastator - Strip Mine

Counter/Protection: Stubborn Denial - Negate - Remand - Mana Leak - Dovin's Veto - Deflecting Swat - Fierce Guardianship - Giver of Runes - Apostle's Blessing - Shelter - Heroic Intervention - Swords to Plowshares - Path to Exile

“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations.” the writer J.R.R. Tolkien advises. Our dragons are our fears: our day stalkers, our night sweats.

p.s. We just Rule-0 Mana Crypt around here most of the time for Fat-cmc decks... the RC isn't the same without Sheldon Menery (R.I.P.) #cEDHstandaloneFormat

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OUT: Despark - Scion of Draco - Rith, Liberated Primeval - Lathliss, Dragon Queen - Island - Mountain

IN: Dragonologist - Teval, the Balanced Scale - Kairi, the Swirling Sky - Colossal Grave-Reaver - Sink into Stupor  Flip - Valakut Awakening  Flip

Always keep a couple Basics for "$#*! happens". ;) Protection, tokens & removal swapped in different fashions... with one utterly DISGUSTING caveat: Colossal Grave-Reaver's ridiculous synergy! (soon to be Durnehviir from Skyrim) - Deck is screaming for extra good-ol' Kamigawa death triggers, so now there's a means to return Battlecruiser classics & win-cons 8)

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