Ur-Dragon beta-down

Commander / EDH

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Creature (31)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bladewing the Risen
• 1x Bogardan Hellkite
• 1x Boneyard Scourge
• 1x Broodmate Dragon
• 1x Crosis, the Purger
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Dragonlord Ojutai
• 1x Dragonlord Silumgar
• 1x Dragonspeaker Shaman
• 1x Dromoka, the Eternal
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
• 1x Runehorn Hellkite
• 1x Scalelord Reckoner
• 1x Scion of the Ur-Dragon
• 1x Scourge of Kher Ridges
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Silumgar, the Drifting Death
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Stormbreath Dragon
• 1x Sunscorch Regent
• 1x Teneb, the Harvester
• 1x Utvara Hellkite
• 1x Wasitora, Nekoru Queen
• 1x Zirilan of the Claw

Instant (4)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Crib Swap
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Sarkhan's Triumph

Land (37)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crumbling Necropolis
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 3x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Haven of the Spirit Dragon
• 2x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 2x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Frontier Siege
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Temur Ascendancy
• 1x True Conviction

Commander (1)

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Unburial Rites
• 1x Vindicate

Artifact (8)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Fist of Suns
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Quicksilver Amulet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Urza's Incubator

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This is my first attempt to build a five color deck. I liked the idea tribal so I'm giving a shot on Ur Dragon tribal deck. Why this deck instead of any other tribal? Well, first because dragons are awesome and it's satisfying crushing your opponents with one of the most ancient and marvelous creature of all MtG history. Second I found very challenging to build a consistent five color deck not combo-oriented. So lets see how this birds fly. Keep in mind this is under construction and I will embrace solid and well placed suggestions.

To start with, I will dissect the deck list so you can understand the thoughts behind every card placed in this deck.

LANDS (37):

Basically, I followed the Professor (Tolarian Community College YouTube channel) guideline for a five color commander deck mana base. You can see it

• 08 fetch lands
• 10 dual lands (lands that can be fetched)
• 13 basic lands
• 06 utility lands

Observations: The guideline suggests 10 fetches. I think it is too many. Our mana curve is high and we want to have 15+ lands in the late game. So removed 02 fetches and placed additional utility lands. The main colors of this deck is so 03 basic lands of each and 2 of each remaining color. As the Professor said, with time we may reduce the number of basics and introduce more utility lands, it will depends on the deck behavior and the meta.

RAMP (10):

We won't deploy creatures until turn 4-5. So we should use our early turns to ramp. That's the main ideia behind the following cards selection.

• Kodama's Reach, CultivateFarseek, Rampant Growth, Nature's Lore, Explosive Vegetation: Since we have access to Green I prefere ramping with green spells instead of mana rocks (signets for example). First because we got a lot of basics. Second because artifact destruction is by far more common in commander than land destruction. This last statement may be false depending on your meta but from a broader view I believe it is correct.
• Chromatic Lantern, Commander's Sphere, Sol Ring: Both Chromatic Lantern and Commander's Sphere fixes our mana and ramp. There is an argument to put Darksteel Ingot too but I rather keep the mana rocks count low. Sol Ring because it called Sol Ring.
• Birds of Paradise: a great turn 1 ramp with awesome mana fixing. I would like to include Noble Hierarch as well and it is on the maybe list.

Observations: Mana ramp worked fine during the play tests and I'm having few issues with color mana so far. Red dragons are intensive so there was turns that I wasn't able to cast then and opted for another play. Overall there is room here for improvements for sure. Cards like Skyshroud Claim, Hunting Wilds and Ranger's Path may be more powerful since it get any dual land with the forest type. Nevertheless those cards compete with our virtually four mana dragons. It's important to balance the four mana spells. There is an argument to ramp on four mana curve so we can deploy more threats per turn later. Please, help me out here :)

Mana Producers (02):

• Mirari's Wake, Frontier Siege: Enchants are harder to remove and both give huge mana buffer.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 58 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.48
Tokens	Cat Dragon 3/3 BRG, Dragon 4/4 R, Dragon 6/6 R, Shapeshifter 1/1 C