What to replace?

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Posted on March 21, 2014, 12:54 p.m. by MattTheNinja

So I made a 5 color dragon EDH deck with Scion of the Ur-Dragon as the commander months ago as my first EDH deck. I am really happy with how it turned out, but I want to make it more tribal dragons. I recently got a Hellkite Overlord , which I have been wanting to add to the deck, but I don't know what to take out to make room for it. If you have any suggestions on what to take out I would really appreciate it. :)Here's the deck: Scion, Leader of the Dragons

P.S. I am waiting to take out the Aurelia, the Warleader and Gisela, Blade of Goldnight until I get Vaevictis Asmadi and Palladia-Mors so don't suggest taking them out.

Sov92 says... #2

Id take out Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon or Door to Nothingness

March 21, 2014 1:13 p.m.

Gorgosaurusrex says... #3

I would keep Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon for sure. Door to Nothingness seems a little greedy and situational, though. I would drop the door.

March 21, 2014 1:59 p.m.

MattTheNinja says... #4

Yeah I definitely want to keep Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon , but the Door does seem like a reasonable choice to use as a replacement.

March 21, 2014 2:04 p.m.

Gorgosaurusrex says... #5

Don't get me wrong - I absolutely LOVE non-standard win conditions such as Door to Nothingness and Maze's End . I just don't think they are suited for EDH, as they are hard to keep around. Door to Nothingness is particularly bad in multiplayer games, unless you flash it down with Alchemist's Refuge (or something similar).

I did notice a lack of Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind and Curiosity -esque cards. Are you intentionally avoiding infinite combos (understandably so), or is there another reason why you don't like this? If you draw Curiosity you can make Scion of the Ur-Dragon copy Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind and knock out 2 or more players!

March 21, 2014 2:12 p.m.

MattTheNinja says... #6

This was intended as a more casual, but still semi competitive deck. I made a different deck to use for competitive EDH ( see Sharuum the Combo Master) but I'm not against infinite combos. The only one I currently have is Hellkite Charger +Bear Umbra . I'm not that big a fan of Niz, but that seems like a combo worth adding if I can get the cards.

March 21, 2014 2:31 p.m.