MTG Combo: Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw

Forkbeard on Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm: Double Dragon

1 year ago

Catching up on a few of the comments here...

Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw is a sweet combo Vlasiax. This deck is actually an old retooled Atarka, World Render brew and I ran both of those cards in there for 7 years. In those 7 years of playing that derpy Gruul fest, said combo resolved exactly 0 times. It's too spicy and the table responds accordingly. Now saying all of this, with splashed in I have some counterspells to assist, but I've opted not to include either card in here for now. Also, Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient does a superior job than Ventmaw ever did, haha. If your playgroup is light on the interaction front it's a great combo and I encourage you to give it a try. I run Aggravated Assault + Bear Umbra in an Uril deck and have had success with it there, thanks to a suite of protection enchantments.

As for Sylvan Library & Mana Crypt, both are awsesome cards for obvious reasons. In regard to SL, I appreciate the early game gas it can give but my draw suite in here has served me well so far so. In fact, I need to watch that I don't deck myself as Profet93 & Slashdance have pointed out re. the dragon fleet paired with cards like Elemental Bond or Kindred Discovery. That much card draw is an interesting problem to have, haha. I would like to include Mana Crypt + Ancient Tomb at some point, but I'm also ok with my ramp pieces just now - I did a big deck overhaul a couple months ago and upped the ramp package to assist with the high CMC and it's really helped things run more smoothly overall.

Vlasiax on Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm: Double Dragon

1 year ago

Hello,

Have you considered adding Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw infinite combo?

Also, what are your thoughts about more powerful cards like Mana Crypt and Sylvan Library?

Vlasiax on

5 years ago

Hmm, interesting points. However, I actually see Patriarch's Bidding more like an enabler for Scourge of Valkas win with direct damage, which is my main objective, since everyone loses some life during game. So when you have reanimation you dump Dragons to reanimate and some spells as a distraction but when you don't it's best to throw something you don't need like extra lands or ramp spells when you have 8+ lands already in play.

Some more tutors and Stubborn Denial are correct here because I see that it's way easier to get that Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw win and all the other Dragons are more of a distraction for opponents. I will add them to my build when I have time, maybe getting rid of Thunderbreak Regent but I still can't let go of Sarkhan, Fireblood - seems to be too good to just dump him as sub-optimal choice

Vlasiax on The Ur-Dragon Initiative

5 years ago

For more suggestions, I see that you take out some cards despite the fact that they're amazing here because you're building other decks so I thought that you'd make a desclaimer in the decklist why you took these out and add them anyways to the Sideboard section - it doesn't take much but clarifies everything and I'd personally love the idea because The Ur-Dragon is my main deck and your list has been great inspiration for me :)

I must also agree that Dragonlord Silumgar is a little suboptimal and I'd swap it for something like Glorybringer , which I use as an actual removal Dragon. With Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw combo on board it just sweeps everything and you don't care about it's Extert restriction.

bushido_man96 on Advertise your COMMANDER deck!

5 years ago

Here's one of my latest decks, an upgrade to the Draconic Domination precon. I'm really enjoying how it plays, and I've got Aggravated Assault coming soon for the Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw combo. Any suggestions would be great!

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AdmralOblivious on Vaevictis's Dragons

5 years ago

You're gonna want ramp out the ass. I'd recommend some more mana rocks like Chromatic Lantern and Gilded Lotus , etc. A great planeswalker in the deck is Sarkhan, Fireblood since he gives you card draw and ramp. Play a ton of discounters, like Dragonspeaker Shaman , Urza's Incubator , Herald's Horn and the like. Also, if you're gonna advertise as dragon tribal, get more dragons. There are a ton of great dragons in Jund that make a huge impact, such as Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury and Atarka, World Render . You don't really need any targeted removal since Asmadi is going to do that for you; all you really want is Crux of Fate for a one-sided board wipe. A good inclusion would be a couple tutors like Worldly Tutor and Demonic Tutor ot Diabolic Intent to grab a needed dragon, emergency ramp, or a piece for the Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw combo.

If you're interested, here's a link to my Vaevictis dragon tribal deck. I've had great success with it. Great start so far!

Decklist: Dragonfire and Brimstone

Vlasiax on Bow before Draconic King! 2023 Edition!

5 years ago

Well, that depends on how you want to play your deck - I'd like to cast 5-6 CMC Dragons instead and to get more consistency on getting damage win-cons I run 2 black tutors as extra copies of e.g. Dragon Tempest. It might just come down to one's preference but I'd like to just cast low CMC support/ramp and higher CMC Dragons with powerful effects.

Also to get infinite combat phases you can just use Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw combo, seems to be more reliable as needs only 2 cards instead of 3-4. But if you're not planning on getting tutors since they are quite pricey then your suggestions are quite good budget-friendly options :)

Wicked_N_Irish on Tiamat, Mother of Dragons

6 years ago

Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw is the more streamlined version of that combo. If you can get your hands on a Doubling Season, it immediately breaks Sarkhan Unbroken. Dragonlord Kolaghan will give them haste so you can swing right away and avoid a board wipe. I would also recommend a Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund for haste and bonus dragons.