Karrthus, Dragon Tribal

Commander / EDH BRG (Jund) Dragons Tribal

AJ_ROGAN

Creature (24)

• 1x Bladewing the Risen
• 1x Bogardan Hellkite
• 1x Broodmate Dragon
• 1x Dragon Broodmother
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Dragonmaster Outcast
• 1x Flameblast Dragon
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Hellkite Overlord
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Hoard-Smelter Dragon
• 1x Hunted Dragon
• 1x Knollspine Dragon
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Mana-Charged Dragon
• 1x Moonveil Dragon
• 1x Rimescale Dragon
• 1x Scourge of Kher Ridges
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Scourge of Valkas
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Stormbreath Dragon
• 1x Thundermaw Hellkite
• 1x Utvara Hellkite

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker

Land (37)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Fire-Lit Thicket
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Rakdos Carnarium
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Savage Lands
• 1x Skarrg, the Rage Pits
• 4x Snow-Covered Forest
• 4x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 4x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Crucible of Fire
• 1x Dragon Roost
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Perilous Forays
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Sylvan Library

Artifact (7)

• 1x Belbe's Portal
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Mind's Eye
• 1x Quicksilver Amulet
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (9)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Wrecking Ball

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Death by Dragons
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Overwhelming Forces
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Commander (1)

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Creature (1)

• 1x Moltensteel Dragon

Land (4)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Darigaaz's Caldera
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation

Instant (3)

• 1x Silence the Believers
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Unravel the Aether

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This is a Dragon Tribal deck with Karrthus at the head. His abilities alone make him probably the best Commander for this style of deck but, more important is probably the color identity. Karrthus gives you access to plenty of ramp in green, plenty of removal in black and red for utility that balances out the deck quite nicely. Not to mention the combination of the three gives access to almost all of the best dragons ever printed.

The point of the deck is to get out as much mana and ways to sneak in as many dragons as possible. Getting them out with open mana to utilize their many abilities is key. Having your dragons get removed isn't exactly the end of the world because we run some recursion to keep the threats coming.

The deck's main win conditions outside of combat are:

• Sarkhan the Mad: Can just end a game single-handedly.

• Patriarch's Bidding into Karrthus or a Sarkhan Vol +1 can overwhelm the board for the win. Patriarch's Bidding with a bunch of dragons including Scourge of Valkas can also end the game on the spot.

• Scourge of Valkas can give the deck all kinds of reach in combination with things like Dragon Broodmother and Utvara Hellkite.

Things I'm currently unsure about:

1. The Removal Package: Do I have enough to answer threats as they come?

2. The mana base and mana fixing: I tried to include only absolutely necessary colorless utility lands because some of these spells have very demanding costs. With 37 lands, some mana rocks and multiple ways to tutor out lands I think I have it set up as well as it can be without dropping 3 basics for the 3 original dual lands (if I did that I might run more specific forest card tutoring) but am open to other less obvious suggestions.

3. I like my 25 creature slots but I am not sure if I have the best 25 for the job. I am always swapping in and out to see what I like best.

Please let me know what you think and any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Date added	11 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.76
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Dragon 1/1 RG, Dragon 4/4 R, Dragon 5/5 R, Dragon 6/6 R, Emblem Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker, Knight 2/2 W w/ First Strike