Dragons of the Maelstrom

Commander / EDH Aggro Casual Dragons Ramp RUG (Temur) Tempo

skyburial

Burn (7)

• 1x Atarka's Command
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Harbinger of the Hunt
• 1x Lightning Strike
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker

Cascade (4)

• 1x Bloodbraid Elf
• 1x Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top

Combo (5)

• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Clone
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Worldgorger Dragon
• 1x Zirilan of the Claw

Control (10)

• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Clone
• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
• 1x Mob Rule
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Winds of Qal Sisma

Dragons (13)

• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Dragonlord's Servant
• 1x Dragonmaster Outcast
• 1x Harbinger of the Hunt
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Intet, the Dreamer
• 1x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
• 1x Sarkhan Unbroken
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Thundermaw Hellkite
• 1x Tyrant's Familiar
• 1x Worldgorger Dragon
• 1x Zirilan of the Claw

Draw (15)

• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Dack Fayden
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Kiora, Master of the Depths
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Oath of Nissa
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Sarkhan Unbroken
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Shaman of the Great Hunt
• 1x Slip Through Space
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Temur Ascendancy

EarlyAggro (9)

• 1x Hypersonic Dragon
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
• 1x Savage Knuckleblade
• 1x Shaman of the Great Hunt
• 1x Temur Ascendancy
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Zirilan of the Claw

Land (32)

• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 7x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 4x Island
• 1x Lumbering Falls
• 8x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Other (3)

• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Nature's Will

Ramp (20)

• 1x Atarka's Command
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Hypersonic Dragon
• 1x Kiora, Master of the Depths
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Mina and Denn, Wildborn
• 1x Natural Connection
• 1x Sarkhan Unbroken
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Talisman of Impulse
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Scaling (5)

• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Savage Knuckleblade
• 1x Shaman of the Great Hunt
• 1x Sword of the Animist

Targets (12)

• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
• 1x Intet, the Dreamer
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Surrak Dragonclaw
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk
• 1x Tyrant's Familiar

Tutors (4)

• 1x Guided Passage
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Sarkhan's Triumph
• 1x Zirilan of the Claw

Commander (1)

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Other (2)

• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Nature's Will

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I got really tired of having to recast Riku without an incentive to do so, so I decided that I wanted a commander that was more iterative. Enter Maelstrom Wanderer, my new favorite, and what seems to be the perfect storm for Temur (though I still haven't tried Animar, Soul of Elements). People start to sweat whenever I hit the ramp hard, or smile during a Scroll Rack/Sensei's Divining Top manipulation. This deck has worked very well across multiple playgroups, and over the course of the two months I've been running it, my win/loss percentages have been their most favorable since I started playing Commander. I enjoy the politics that the deck has introduced into my playgroups, and it seems like that's a rare opportunity for a Timmy.

The premise of the deck remains flooding the board with powerful dragons, but it does so far more effectively than Riku did, because it recovers from board wipes far better thanks to Cascade. It can still use some tuning - the uncategorized cards are definitely on their way out, Cyclonic rift is on its way in, and I'll probably throw in an Eternal Witness as well. I've attempted to file down my Planeswalker collection to ones that help me with the common goal of maintaining card advantage, creating dragons, and ramping up my mana base. Planeswalkers are also nice because I tend to be the hot target at the table after those 15-20 damage swings for first blood, and they can take some of that heat for a turn cycle.

Something I've been wondering after analyzing this deck on the site - is there too much ramp? What should I replace it with? Board wipes? Graveyard interaction? Maybe some cool sorceries like Rite of Replication?

Targets Show

This section of the deck is what I prefer to hit with Maelstrom Wanderer's Cascade ability, specifically.

While all dragons are a welcome addition to the board, the ones I've highlighted provide incredible value as soon as they resolve. A combination of any two of these can turn an entire table in my favor. Steel Hellkite can wipe out an opponent's token army, the others seem fairly obvious.

Primal Command is best after I've fallen behind, or in a late game against an opponent trying to mill me out.

With the exception of Terastodon, I've tried to keep most of my deck first-cast cascadeable. The biggest effects are the ones I try the most to hit.

The Combo Show

I think part of the fun in Commander is having a cool combo built in to every deck. Being able to pull it off adds more enjoyment to the game, even if you don't win (but especially if you do). Mine is not particularly flashy - the goal is to cast Worldgorger Dragon, then by means of either the Legend rule or end-of-the-turn effects, getting all my permanents back untapped. Sometimes that means I get some extra stuff out during my second main phase, sometimes I get to rack-and-top a whole bunch before my next upkeep. Sometimes I get to cast Torrential Gearhulk on an opponent's turn and snapcast an instant off of it. Every time, it's a fun combo.

Altogether, this is meant to be an aggressive deck that wins through combat damage. I'm looking for constructive feedback as to how to respond to White with this and what my deck's glaring weaknesses are.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	WB
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.76
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Dragon 4/4 R, Dragon 5/5 R, Elephant 3-3 G, Emblem Dack Fayden, Emblem Kiora, Master of the Depths, Emblem Kiora, the Crashing Wave, Emblem Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker, Kraken 9/9 U, Octopus 8/8 U
Based on	Riku's Dragon Cannon skyburial EDH