Last Updated: August 25th, 2022.
This deck is the first deck I ever made, and it’s a surprisingly strong deck for a first deck. It is a red and green deck featuring Dragon creatures. The deck's win conditions are damage through enter the battlefield abilities, combos, and attacking with large flying Dragon creatures with haste. The dragons are supported by good mana ramping and utility cards.
Thank you to kamarupa for their great suggestions which made it to the main deck, and to Borkul and NyxDragon for other suggestions.
Mainboard
To begin with, Dragonlord's Servant is an important early-game card that reduces the cost of the otherwise expensive Dragon creatures. Together with Dragon's Hoard and Ignoble Hierarch, it stands for the deck's mana ramp. The key combos are Archwing Dragon + Dragon Tempest
and Archwing Dragon + Scourge of Valkas
. These allow you to deal direct damage to most anything. And, it can be triggered multiple times thanks to Archwing Dragon's ability to return to your hand at your end step. Likewise, the floating mana from attacking with Savage Ventmaw can be used to trigger those same abilities by playing more Dragon creatures in the second main phase. The deck's legendary creature, Lathliss, Dragon Queen, allow similar combos. For example, Archwing Dragon + Lathliss, Dragon Queen
adds more Dragon Creature Tokens which then triggers Dragon Tempest or Scurge of Valkas. The first utility card, Sarkhan's Triumph, allows you to find the dragons you need for combos and the second, Tamiyo's Safekeeping, offers great protection for your creatures.
Lastly, I'm a big fan of the scry lands like Temple of Abandon. I play them in all of my two-coloured decks. Timber Gorge, on the other hand, is a placeholder land for other dual-colour lands. Play whichever dual-land you prefer instead. Haven of the Spirit Dragon is very thematic and is useful for bringing back creatures from the graveyard too.
Sideboard
The sideboard for this deck is a bit thin. I'd encourage you to fill it based you whatever meta you play in. As it stands, it contains some cards that are useful and others that I simply like. Destructive Revelry adds utility with artifact and enchantment destruction. Flame Sweep is a decent board clear that also "hatches" Dragon Egg. Crucible of Fire isn't a necessary card for the deck. But it's a cool dragon booster darn it! Finally, Atarka, World Render is there to switch things up. She gives you hard-hitting Dragon creatures instead of Dragon Dreature Tokens.
Upgrades and Card Swaps
Below are a few noteworthy cards which, in my opinion, work well in the deck as well.
The deck is as close to a final version as it is going to get, but any feedback is still appreciated.
