Zirilan of the Claw EDH (Commander / EDH MTG Deck)

Zirilan of the Claw EDH

Commander / EDH*

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Artifact (24)

Sorcery (5)

Creature (22)

Enchantment (6)

Commander (1)

Land (38)

Instant (3)

Planeswalker (1)

1x Sarkhan, Fireblood

Sideboard

Artifact (1)

1x Magewright's Stone

Land (1)

1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

The Commander

Zirilan of the Claw can tutor out any dragon in the deck and therefore pull out powerful plays. This is possible due to its errata:

,: Search your library for a Dragon permanent card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then shuffle your library. That Dragon gains haste until end of turn. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

This allows you to tutor for a dragon at the end of the player on your right's turn and again during your turn. With Rings of Brighthearth in play, you can tutor out even more scary dragons. Save them at the end of your turn with Sundial of the Infinite or sacrifice them into Culling Dais to set up for Feldon of the Third Path .

Dragons

Balefire Dragon : It will boardwipe an opponent if they don't have flying blockers.
Changeling Berserker : This creature can be tutored to save Zirilan or another relevant dragon. It can also be used in conjunction with Worldgorger Dragon , see the Combos and Synergies section for more.
Dragon Mage : Wheel on a stick. Use this if you're low on cards.
Dragon Tyrant : Combined with our mana doublers, this dragon can single handedly knock-out an enemy.
Hellkite Charger : Its main use is to gain unlimited combat phases with Sword of Feast and Famine but it even granting one extra combat phase can be enough to turn the game sometimes.
Hellkite Tyrant : Have you ever been envious of your opponens mana rocks? This dragon will steal all of them! Also: Alternate Wincon!
Hoarding Dragon : Can be tutored to grab Sword of Feast and Famine or other situational artifacts.
Kilnmouth Dragon : This dragon can be used to kill relevant creatures and gives you something to do if your hand is full of dragons.
Knollspine Dragon : When your hand is bad or running low on cards, this bad boy can fill it up. It requires some set up though...
Scourge of the Throne : Grants one extra combat phase!
Scourge of Valkas : This dragon has huge synergy with our deck. Especially good with Utvara Hellkite .
Spawn of Thraxes : Its main use is to destroy relevant creatures or deal direct damage to an opponent. This creature can also be used to draw cards with Knollspine Dragon or combo with Worldgorger Dragon .
Steel Hellkite : Our main way of dealing with non-creature, non-land permanents. It can also kill token armies.
Thunder Dragon : Used for carpet bombing small creatures.
Thundermaw Hellkite : Taps flying blockers so you can get damage through.
Utvara Hellkite : Synergises well with Scourge of the Throne and Scourge of Valkas for a lot of damage.
Worldgorger Dragon : This is by far the scariest dragon ever printed. It enables a lot the combos in this deck (see the Combos and Synergies section). It is the crux of this deck, enabling a majority of the combos, but requires extreme caution when playing. If you misplay, you could exile all of your permanents permanently.

Combos and Synergies

Infinite combat steps using Sword of Feast and Famine with Aggravated Assault or Hellkite Charger .
End of opponent's turn put Scourge of Valkas into play (1 Damage). During your turn put Utvara Hellkite into play (2 Damage). Swing with both, putting two 6/6 dragon tokens into play (3 Damage and 4 Damage), and then combat damage (10 Damage). Results in 20 damage total.
Tutor for Worldgorger Dragon with Jokulhaups , Apocalypse , or Decree of Annihilation on the stack. This will most likely end the game on the spot.
With a passive haste enabler and Zirilan of the Claw in play, tutor for Worldgorger Dragon . While its ability is on the stack make a copy of it with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker or Flameshadow Conjuring . The token resolves first, exiling all of your permanents, then Worldgorger Dragon resolves, exiling the token and returning your permanents. This creates a loop that ends with only Worldgorger Dragon in play, but before that happens you may trigger your ETB effects an arbitrary number of times or create any amount of mana.

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Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 1 Rares 15 - 1 Uncommons 1 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.11
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dragon 5/5 R, Dragon 6/6 R, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C
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