5-Color Dragons - Beyond hope?
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Posted on Aug. 20, 2015, 11:49 p.m. by Brycetastic
Dragons, Taste the Rainbow Playtest
Standard
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This deck can be a blast when it goes off and hits crazy drops off a quick turn 3 Rattleclaw Mystic unmorph into See the Unwritten, but I feel like it can be better. I'm looking for ways to make it better/more consistent/ more competitive (although it's really just for fun at FNM and will never really be super competitive, I think).I've tried running Courser of Kruphix and had Shaman of the Great Hunt but took him out for Polukranos, World Eater so that I could maybe trigger ferocious on See the Unwritten. the goal of the deck is to ramp quickly, land something like a Thunderbreak Regent and/or go straight into See the Unwritten and ride the Dragons to victory.
All feedback is appreciated!
Izu_Korasu says... #3
Enter the Dragonlord is my take on multicolored dragons, i ended up not adding blue to minimize manabase and focus on ramp. Rattleclaw Mystic is rather frail, especially with the amount of early burn in standard.
Shaman of Forgotten Ways is really strong here, and while not much more resistant to burn, can block without dying, and in playtesting i had a hard time ramping without losing large chunks of life from the land base, or triggering ferocious (ive had good luck with doubling up on some dragons, the dragonlords are huge targets)
August 21, 2015 8:21 a.m.
Brycetastic says... #4
Update: Went 3-0 tonight at FNM before cutting to Top 8. Then, won against R/W Heroic(ish) before losing to Mono-Red Goblins. Almost came back in game 3 but was a Feed the Clan short of victory. Then, lost in my rematch against White Weenies in Game 3 to ultimately take 4th place for the night.
I ran 2 Courser of Kruphix in the spots that had previously been for Ugin, the Spirit Dragon, since I neither have Ugin nor wish to ramp that high in the current meta. Also ran a single Shaman of Forgotten Ways instead of Shaman of the Great Hunt. It was great at getting some of the dragonlords out even when the plan of See the Unwritten was failing.
Overall, a decent performance and the deck was a blast. Thanks for the feedback.
August 22, 2015 12:47 a.m.
TheCouchPotato says... #5
Yeah, Shaman of Forgotten Ways is a powerful ramper if it isn't removed. I might take out the Silumgar, the Drifting Death and maybe another card for a couple more, seeing as the plan is to land big dragons and swing faster than the opponent can kill them. When Dragonlords be fallin' from the skies, degrading your opponent's creatures seems a bit win more.
August 22, 2015 5:05 p.m.
Brycetastic says... #6
Yes I was actually thinking something similar about Silumgar, the Drifting Death he was one of the dragons that I wasn't always "thrilled" to see (when compared to the likes of Dragonlord Kolaghan and the rest of the crew. May run one more Shaman in his place.
August 22, 2015 10:12 p.m.
Jimmy_Chinchila says... #7
Check out Forgotten Dragons. Uses Shaman of Forgotten Ways to get Dragonlords out by turn 3. Turn 3 Dragonlord Dromoka into turn 4 Dragonlord Atarka is hard to compete against. And with Haven of the Spirit Dragon and Mana Confluence accessing all 5 colors isn't that difficult.
Zeondragon says... #2
Dragons and Ramp is my 5 colored drags. Kinda just a base layout. Several changes have been made to it. But feel free to look
August 21, 2015 12:48 a.m.