Deck with Dragons, Recursion, and a few different paths to victory
+1 is appreciated if you like this deck
How to Play
Mulligans
Your opening hand should contain something you can play by Turn 2.
Your best hand to keep is two sources of and Relentless Dead, but you can go with one source of and either
Sanitarium Skeleton
, or
Rancid Rats
.
I have also won games by keeping hands with three lands, two of which are sources of , Drana, Liberator of Malakir, and an amazing removal card for the deck I'm playing against.
Do not Mulligan to fewer than five cards in your starting hand.
Early Game
Mid Game
Late Game
[Previous build: Use
Blighted Fen
to force Opponent to sac a Creature]
All Game
Sideboard
Lots of flexibility here. Probably the most flexible Sideboard I've ever made.
Butcher's Glee
if my Opponent uses a life sapping strategy
Languish to wipe the board (I may end up replacing this with Flaying Tendrils, but so far I have needed the extra damage to completely wipe the board)
Oblivion Strike
for Indestructible Creatures, or to get rid of Brisela, Voice of Nightmares
Ruinous Path
for Planeswalker, or extra Creature, removal
Ruthless Disposal
gives more removal for Indestructible Creatures, ones that have grown insanely large, or gives you two for one removal if you need it
(I did try Infinite Obliteration in the Sideboard but it wasn't as effective as I needed it to be)
Sideboard Strategy
Most of the time you will remove Ultimate Price and
Ruinous Path
first, and then enough Grasp of Darkness to make space for whatever other spells you think will shut down the Opponent deck most effectively.
Under Consideration
Blighted Fen
instead of Haven of the Spirit Dragon
Grip of Desolation instead of
Oblivion Strike
if decks running Hanweir Battlements are problematic
These cards for the Sideboard:
Kozilek's Return
Murder
To the Slaughter
Foul-Tongue Shriek
The following cards have already been considered. Check the Comments and Archive if you want to see why they weren't included.
Avaricious Dragon
Boltwing Marauder
Blighted Fen
Call the Bloodline
Cemetery Recruitment
Chandra, Flamecaller
Cryptbreaker
Cryptolith Fragment
Deadly Wanderings
Distended Mindbender
Draconic Roar
Dragonlord's Servant
Dragonmaster Outcast
Dragon Tempest
Dragon Whisperer
Ever After
Flaying Tendrils
Foul-Tongue Invocation
Galvanic Bombardment
Goblin Dark-Dwellers
Grasp of Darkness
Hand of Silumgar
Hangarback Walker
Hanweir Battlements
Hanweir Garrison
Kozilek's Return
Infinite Obliteration
Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
Liliana, the Last Hope
Mirrorwing Dragon
Pale Rider of Trostad
Read the Bones
Risen Executioner
Roast
Rogue's Passage
Sword of the Animist
Tyrant of Valakut
Westvale Abbey
