Smashing Faces with the Ur-Dragon

Commander / EDH Battlecruiser Dragons Flying Goodstuff Haste Midrange Ramp Stompy Value Engine

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Land (37)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Escape Tunnel
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Grasslands
• 1x Haven of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Island
• 1x Jetmir's Garden
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mountain Valley
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Secluded Courtyard
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of the Dragon Queen
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x The World Tree
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Boardwipe (7)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Deathbringer Regent
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Steel Hellkite

HasteEnabler (3)

• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Temur Ascendancy

Evasion (1)

• 1x Garruk's Uprising

ExtraCombat (1)

• 1x Hellkite Charger

Recursion (1)

• 1x Haven of the Spirit Dragon

Beatdown (28)

• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Deathbringer Regent
• 1x Dragon Broodmother
• 1x Dragonlord Ojutai
• 1x Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
• 1x Dromoka, the Eternal
• 1x Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
• 1x Ganax, Astral Hunter
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Knollspine Dragon
• 1x Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
• 1x Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa
• 1x Lathliss, Dragon Queen
• 1x Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
• 1x Morophon, the Boundless
• 1x Nesting Dragon
• 1x Ramos, Dragon Engine
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Scalelord Reckoner
• 1x Scion of Draco
• 1x Scourge of Valkas
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Sunscorch Regent
• 1x Utvara Hellkite
• 1x Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire
• 1x Zurgo and Ojutai

WinCondition (14)

• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x City on Fire
• 1x Crucible of Fire
• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Dromoka, the Eternal
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
• 1x Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa
• 1x Nesting Dragon
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Scourge of Valkas
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation
• 1x Utvara Hellkite
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Removal (5)

• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
• 1x Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
• 1x Scourge of Valkas
• 1x Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire

GraveyardFiller (1)

• 1x Knollspine Dragon

Steal (1)

• 1x Hellkite Tyrant

Commander (1)

Ramp (19)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dragon's Hoard
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Ganax, Astral Hunter
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Morophon, the Boundless
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Ramos, Dragon Engine
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Draw (13)

• 1x Dragonlord Ojutai
• 1x Dragon's Hoard
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Knollspine Dragon
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Temur Ascendancy
• 1x Tribute to the World Tree
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent
• 1x Zurgo and Ojutai

Protection (4)

• 1x Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa
• 1x Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Scalelord Reckoner

Clone (1)

• 1x Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm

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I built some decks to teach newbies into EDH. They are all proactive and able to establish a board, with clean ways to close out a game and enough answers to keep opponents at bay.

Dragons are the best! This deck might have a slow start, but when it drops two dragons on the field, things start getting dicey. Everyone who played this loved it! Just beware newbies might need help to get all colors online to cast their spells.

Alternate commanders:

• Scion of the Ur-Dragon/Ramos, Dragon Engine/Morophon, the Boundless/Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa
• Dragonlord Ojutai+Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire

Links to all decks: || 11.5/21 {W} || 11.5/21 {U} || 9/21 {B} || 9/21 {R} || 11/21 {G} ||

• {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} Smashing Faces with the Ur-Dragon
• {R}{G}{W}{U} It's Dino Time!
• {R}{G}{W} Hulk (Ghired) Smashs
• {R}{G}{W} Obuun, Landfall Ancestor
• {G}{W}{U} Tuvasa the Sun Enchantress
• {G}{W}{U} Morska
• {W}{U}{B} Sidar Jabari of Knights
• {W}{U}{B} Yennett, Cryptic Oddity
• {R}{W}{B} Dihada
• {U}{R}{W} Leo's Gavi
• {B}{G}{U} Leo's Hydra Tribal
• {W}{B} Brenda, the Pedagogue
• {U}{B} Anowon, the Rogue Thief
• {B}{R} Mogis, God of Broken Friendships
• {B}{G} Grismold, the Tokensower
• {R}{G} All Hail The Ogre (Ruric Thar)
• {R}{W} Wyleth, Soul of Card Draw
• {G}{U} Cloning in Great Style
• {G} Gargos, Hydreous Watcher
• {U} Unesh, Master of Fact or Fictions
• {U} Talrand, Token Summoner

Special edition: || 6/7 {W} || 2/7 {U} || 2/7 {B} || 4/7 {R} || 4/7 {G} ||

• {W} Sram, Senior Voltronizer
• {R}{W} Leo's Wyleth (Rograkh+Ardenn)
• {R}{G} Phylath, Plant Sculptor
• {R}{G}{W}{U} Omn4th, Locus of Cre4tion
• {G}{W} Trostani, Big Tokens' Voice
• {W}{B} Breena 2.0
• {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} 5C Daaaargons

Leo's series: || 3/7 {W} || 2/7 {U} || 3/7 {B} || 5/7 {R} || 2/7 {G} ||

• {B} Leo's K'rrik
• {U}{R} Leo's Zaffai
• {B}{R} Leo's Anje
• {R}{W} Leo's Osgir
• {G}{W} Leo's Siona
• {G}{U}{R} Leo's Kalamax
• {R}{W}{B} Leo's Humans

Links to other decks I built: || 7/18 {W} || 11/18 {U} || 11/18 {B} || 13/18 {R} || 12/18 {G} ||

• {R} Kari Zev Leviathan (format)
• {R}{G} Wort, the Burnmother
• {R}{W} Feather, Redeemer of Boros
• {R}{W} Osgir Voltron
• {U}{B} The Mill Horror
• {U}{R} Zaffai and his Elementals
• {B}{R} Anje Combo-rath :-)
• {B}{R}{G} Vaevictis Permanents-Only
• {B}{G}{U} Kadena, Morphing Sorcerer
• {B}{G}{U} Gonti, Cards Acquisitor
• {G}{W}{U} Galea, Menacing Aura
• {G}{U}{R} Kalamax, the Combosire
• {U}{B}{R}{G} X (Gon' Give It To Ya) Spells
• {U}{B}{R}{G} Vial "Health" Smasher
• {B}{R}{G}{W} Saskia the Unblueing
• {G}{W}{U}{B} Atraxa, voice of +1/+1 counters
• {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} Jodah, Archmage Cheater
• {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} Golos' Lottery

3 tix MTGO builds: || 1/5 {W} || 3/5 {U} || 2/5 {B} || 3/5 {R} || 2/5 {G} ||

• {C} 3DH: Kozilek Eldrazi Control
• {U} 3DH: Talrand Spellslinger
• {R}{G} 3DH: Ruric Thar Stompy
• {U}{B}{R} 3DH: Nekusar Wheels
• {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} 3DH: Jodah Big Mana

60-card multiplayer decks: || 4/9 {W} || 1/9 {U} || 2/9 {B} || 6/9 {R} || 1/9 {G} ||

• {U}{R} Crackling Drake and friends + looting + delve
• {B}{R} Arena: Rakdos Madness
• {R} Arena: Mono-Red Dragons
• {R}{G} Arena: Gruul Kicker
• {R}{W} Arena: Boros Dwarves
• {R}{W} Arena: Mana Boros
• {W} Arena: White Weenies
• {W} Arena: Mono-White Angels
• {B} Arena: Mono-Black Lifegain

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Suggestions are welcome! I use this deck to teach newbies into EDH, but I want to make it as competitive as possible to match the other decks in my playgroup. Which is the best commander for Dragons: The Ur-Dragon, Scion of the Ur-Dragon or Jodah, Archmage Eternal?

Synergies:

Savage Ventmaw + Hellkite Charger for extra combat steps for only {1}.

Nesting Dragon + The Ur-Dragon/Ojutai, Soul of Winter/Utvara Hellkite/Dragon's Hoard

Scourge of Valkas + Rite of Replication for a instant win.

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Reasons to go over {R} on Dragons (below $5):

{W}:

• Sunscorch Regent
• Velomachus Lorehold
• And They Shall Know No Fear
• Crystal Dragon
• Folk Hero
• (plus all {W} removal/boardwipes)

{U}:

• Reflections of Littjara (if not running a lot of legendaries)
• Kindred Discovery
• Lozhan, Dragons' Legacy
• Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
• Iymrith, Desert Doom
• Astral Dragon
• Renari, Merchant of Marvels (does not fly)
• Lapis Orb of Dragonkind
• Sapphire Dragon
• Draconic Lore
• Juvenile Mist Dragon
• Loch Dragon
• Feywild Visitor
• (plus all {U} draw, counters and removal/boardwipes)

{B}:

• Crux of Fate
• Bladewing the Risen
• Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
• Brainstealer Dragon
• Deathbringer Regent
• Rivaz of the Claw
• Fearsome Awakening
• Bone Dragon
• (plus all {B} tutors, draw and removal/boardwipes)

{G}:

• Atarka, World Render
• Savage Ventmaw
• Thrakkus the Butcher
• Frontier Siege
• Chameleon Colossus
• Earthquake Dragon
• Scaled Nurturer
• Jade Orb of Dragonkind
• Dread Linnorm
• Draconic Disciple
• Acolyte of Bahamut
• (plus all {G} ramp, draw, removal and finishers)

Multicolored:

{G}{W}: Dromoka, the Eternal, Rith, Liberated Primeval, Palladia-Mors, the Ruiner

{W}{U}: Dragonlord Ojutai, Numot, the Devastator

{U}{B}: Dragonlord Silumgar, Crosis, the Purger, Sivitri, Dragon Master

{U}{G}: Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm, Moritte of the Frost, Intet, the Dreamer

{B}{G}: Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire, Hellkite Overlord

{B}{G}{W}: Teneb, the Harvester

{G}{W}{U}: Amareth, the Lustrous

{W}{U}{B}{G}: Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa

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Hello! I saw your deck help tag and wanted to give some insight.

I don't run Miirym as commander, but I do have her in the 99 in Smashing Faces with the Ur-Dragon, and she always pushes me to victory whenever she's allowed to stick on the battlefield.

Some areas you might want to change to improve your consistency:

1 - Ramp:

• Farseek and Fellwar Stone are great for fixing for multiple colors of mana. You might take out Birds of Paradise (dies so easily), Sakura-Tribe Elder (fixes for only one color) and Sword of Once and Future (no synergy with dragons) for them.
• Skyshroud Claim is great for the same reasons above. Frontier Siege never impressed me in a multicolor deck, because I often need colors outside of {G}.
• If you run the suggestions above, you probably need more fetchable dual lands: Ketria Triome, Breeding Pool, Steam Vents, Stomping Ground, Sheltered Thicket, Wooded Ridgeline.
• If you run Into the North, you can also use Highland Forest, Rimewood Falls, Volatile Fjord and some snow basics (Snow-Covered Forest, Snow-Covered Island, Snow-Covered Mountain) to fetch.

2 - Draw/Haste:

• It is tough to cast Tribute to the World Tree in a 3-color deck without Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth or Chromatic Lantern on the battlefield. Maybe you want Temur Ascendancy instead.

3 - Removal/Boardwipes:

• Chain Reaction cleans your own dragons. Curse of the Swine should get rid of your opponents' most problematic creatures. If you face a lot of token decks, Surtland Frostpyre is a boardwipe on a land that leaves most of your dragons alive.
• Green Sun's Twilight could be Chaos Warp as a second Beast Within.

4 - Protection:

• In my dragons deck, I often want protection and haste for more than one creature. Swiftfoot Boots got swapped out for Asceticism.
• Slip Out the Back could instead be Heroic Intervention (it has good synergy with Blasphemous Act).
• If you don't want to be attacked, Propaganda might deter more attackers than Fog.
• Can you cast Counterspell and Bane's Contingency reliably? Swan Song or Arcane Denial might be easier to cast considering your manabase.

5 - Card draw:

• Rishkar's Expertise, Garruk, Primal Hunter and Return of the Wildspeaker are the cream of the crop of green card draw. You might want to remove Blur, Essence Flux and Ghostly Flicker for them. (Instead of running flicker effects to save your creatures, it might be better to just run more threats in case they are dealt with - and card draw helps with that.)

6 - Better threats:

• Dragon Broodmother creates tokens at a much faster pace than Dragonmaster Outcast.
• Korlessa, Scale Singer never impressed me. Knollspine Dragon is way better at drawing cards.
• Overwhelming Stampede wins games harder than Thundermaw Hellkite.
• I would take out Flameblast Dragon for Utvara Hellkite.

7 - Some utility lands you might want to run:

• Exotic Orchard, Unclaimed Territory and Secluded Courtyard fix your colors.
• Haven of the Spirit Dragon fixes your colors and bring Dragons back from the dead.
• Littjara Mirrorlake clones one of your Dragons.
• Blighted Woodland and Myriad Landscape ramp you into Miirym.

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Hello! I saw your deck help tag and I wanted to give my two cents.

First of all, beware cloning effects: a single Clone on Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund can steal your whole board.

Secondly, I would put Hellkite Tyrant, Drakuseth, Maw of Flames and Crucible of Fire back. The Tyrant is greeeeeeat if you face players that rely on artifacts. Drakuseth is amazing in killing creatures or just dish out damage. Both are made even more reliable with the many haste enablers you have in the deck. Crucible is an undercosted pump effect, even better on tokens: Nesting Dragon.

Forgot to say what to take out for the three cards above: Green Sun's Twilight, Hull Breach, Lukka, Bound to Ruin. The Twilight is unrealiable until you spend a lot of mana into it. The Breach is sorcery-speed. The planeswalker does not do much here.

Now some small upgrades you can make:

• Assassin's Trophy and Tear Asunder are more versatile than Artifact Mutation and Putrefy.

• If graveyard decks are rampant on your playgroup, Baleful Mastery works better than Terminate.

• If you run fetchable lands (Ziatora's Proving Ground, Blood Crypt, Stomping Ground, Overgrown Tomb, Canyon Slough, Woodland Chasm, Sulfurous Mire, Highland Forest, Haunted Mire, Geothermal Bog, Wooded Ridgeline), consider running Three Visits, Farseek, Into the North and Skyshroud Claim instead of Sakura-Tribe Elder, Rampant Growth, Explosive Vegetation and Thran Dynamo.

• Since you run Crux of Fate, it might be better not depend on non-dragon creature ramp: Courser of Kruphix, Shaman of Forgotten Ways and Solemn Simulacrum could instead be Scaled Nurturer, Fellwar Stone and Coalition Relic.

• Garruk, Primal Hunter and Return of the Wildspeaker draw way more cards than Read the Bones and Dragonmaster Outcast (this last one is too slow to get going).

• You probably want to run Ash Barrens, Blighted Woodland and Myriad Landscape for more fixing and ramp. Exotic Orchard and Secluded Courtyard wouldn't hurt, either.

• If you're looking for cheap tutors, Dig Up is somewhat better than Diabolic Tutor. I would take Orb of Dragonkind out for that.

• Since you're running 37 lands, Temple of the False God might be a good inclusion.

• I believe Heroic Intervention, Overwhelming Stampede or Unnatural Growth do a better job than the 8-mana Stonehoof Chieftain.

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Glancing through your cards, your deck's problem might be because you're building it based on best-case scenario, with tons of clones and blink synergies. (In my playgroup, Miirym always gets removed before her untap step, so the Miirym player does not rely on her sticking to the board.)

I'll suggest some upgrades for your deck based on making it more consistent and less dependant on Miirym:

1st. Ramp

Explosive turns with lots of cost reducers sound nice... if people don't blow up your dorks before you get any value from them.

• I would swap out Dragonlord's Servant, Goblin Anarchomancer, Bronze Walrus, Dragonspeaker Shaman, Open the Gates, Mind Stone, Lapis Orb of Dragonkind, Commander's Sphere, Gilded Lotus for Fellwar Stone, Farseek, Nature's Lore, Three Visits, Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, Chromatic Lantern, Coalition Relic, Herald's Horn.

2nd. You need more lands (36 lands + 13 ramp cards is a good starting point)

• Storage lands like Crucible of the Spirit Dragon are only worth it with proliferate shenanigans. Exotic Orchard serves you better.
• Forgotten Cave and Tranquil Thicket can be Sheltered Thicket and Ketria Triome instead. (Synergy with the landfetchers above.)
• Highland Lake, Swiftwater Cliffs, Temple of Epiphany, Timber Gorge and Woodland Stream could be these utility lands instead: Mosswort Bridge, Myriad Landscape, Blighted Woodland, Kessig Wolf Run, Littjara Mirrorlake.
• Bala Ged Recovery  , Valakut Awakening   and Glasspool Mimic   are three spells that can be played as a land. I would take out Dragonmaster Outcast, Delina, Wild Mage and Demanding Dragon for them.
• Evolving Wilds and Terramorphic Expanse could be swapped out for Unclaimed Territory and Secluded Courtyard.

3rd. Better counterspells

• Evasive Action and Mana Leak could be Negate and Swan Song instead.

4th. Better removal

• Consider Beast Within, Chaos Warp and Resculpt over Hull Breach, Dragon's Fire and Lightning Bolt.

5th. Better boardwipes

• Klauth's Will is a more versatile Magmaquake. Ryusei, the Falling Star can be cloned for extra doom for your opponents. Curse of the Swine does not touch your board.
• I would take out Magmaquake, Preordain and Opt for the cards above.

6th. More card draw

• Garruk's Uprising is a better Colossal Majesty.
• Garruk, Primal Hunter and Return of the Wildspeaker are also all-stars here. I would take Korlessa, Scale Singer and Mirror Box out for them.

7th. Better win conditions

• About this, please check deck: miirym , need recommendations build and the comment I made on that page. You have plenty of options in this regard.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 weeks
Splash colors	UB
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	5.00
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dragon 1/1 RG, Dragon 2/2 R, Dragon 5/5 R, Dragon 6/6 R, Dragon Egg 0/2 R, Treasure
Folders	new deck, coppued decks