The Best Scion Deck

Commander / EDH Combo Competitive Control Dragons Five Color Infinite Combo

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Land (36)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 2x Forest
• 1x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sulfurous Springs
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Underground River
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Sorcery (22)

• 1x Braingeyser
• 1x Calming Verse
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Day's Undoing
• 1x Deep Analysis
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Foresee
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Painful Truths
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Vandalblast
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wargate
• 1x Wrath of God

Creature (8)

• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Belltoll Dragon
• 1x Moltensteel Dragon
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Silumgar, the Drifting Death
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x Worldgorger Dragon

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Keen Sense
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sylvan Library

Commander (1)

Instant (18)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Memory Lapse
• 1x Might of the Nephilim
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Otherworldly Journey
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Tainted Strike
• 1x Turn to Mist

Artifact (8)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

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Enchantment (4)

• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Spirit of Resistance
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation

Land (1)

• 1x Mana Confluence

Instant (3)

• 1x Mortify
• 1x Turn Aside
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (2)

• 1x Credit Voucher
• 1x Lightning Greaves

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Super competitive. This deck is not for casual EDH; bring it to a tournament! I will explain how to pilot it.

Early game:

Focus on ramp. There are plenty of green ramp cards and mana rocks to quickly give you some options. Use your targeted removal and boardwipes to maintain the balance.

Mid-game:

You need to focus on stocking your hand for your impending victory. Clear any problem cards from the table that could upset your plans. You will want at least one counter in your hand. There are 6 cards in this deck that combo with Scion to kill the table. If you don't have one then you should have a tutor to go get one. Do it before you play Scion and most people will ignore it. Enlightened Tutor to get an Animate Dead , who cares?

End game:

Play Scion and have mana left over to counter any troublesome moves by your enemies that would keep him off the table. If he resolves save your counter and just copy a hexproof dragon from the deck if he is targeted. The next turn you should win. Play whichever combo piece you are going for and counter anything that will upset it. Enjoy your win.

Win Conditions:

Worldgorger Dragon + Animate Dead / Necromancy / Dance of the Dead

Use Scion to dump Worldgorger Dragon in the yard. Then you animate him and get infinite mana. Use Scion to copy Shivan Hellkite . You then dump mana into him to burn everyone at the table. Be careful with this combo. If someone kills Worldgorger at the right time you are left with all your permanents exiled. Ensure you have a counter ready!

Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Curiosity / Keen Sense

With this one just put one of these auras on Scion and then copy Niv-Mizzet. Tap him to draw a card and start the combo. Just know you can only do as much damage with this combo as you have cards in your deck. Lucky for you can draw into other win-cons.

Savage Ventmaw + Aggravated Assault

This is obvious. Copy Ventmaw while agg. assault is on the table. You get an extra mana after every combat phase but this should end the game. Just make sure to remove any potential blockers.

1v1

Cast Might of the Nephilim on Scion and he gets +10/+10. Then just turn him into Dragon Tyrant / Atarka, World Render / Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon and swing for game.

As a last resort you can put two activations of Scion's ability on the stack. The first to resolve needs to be Moltensteel Dragon . Spend 12 life to add +6 power. The second activation can be any of the 3 dragons listed above. Then just swing for lethal.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.84
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C
Folders	EDH decks I like, Miscellaneous, Scion