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Dragon Boros Control

Elliotw

Casual

Score: 7


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Red and White Dragon Deck Upvote if you like it! Any suggestions?Using white and red to control the game early and then once the dragons hit the field they can finish the job

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Looking for a way to search — Sept. 17, 2012

I am looking for a way to search for the dragons I need. so a red or white card to search for a creature hopefully for a lower mana cost. Any suggestions would be Great!!

Controling Early — Aug. 26, 2012

Been adding quiet a bit of control for the first 2-4 turns while I ramp up to dragons and been playing it a lot and really like these additions. any suggestions are welcome!

Epochalyptik says...

#1

Drop Ray of Distortion and use Disenchant .

Wing Shards should be replaced with Swords to Plowshares or Path to Exile . Same with Prison Term . This speeds up your removal and lowers its cost.

What about Dragonspeaker Shaman ?

I don't know about card:Akroma's Memorial. You already have a lot of high-cost cards, and you don't want to push your mana curve past where it needs to be.

January 13, 2012 4:11 a.m.

Elliotw says...

#2

Urza's incubator is better then dragonspeaker because it is 3 colorless mana so i dont rely on needing 2 red for lowering dragon spell costs. you think to remove prison term all together?

January 13, 2012 4:21 a.m.

Epochalyptik says...

#3

Prison Term is slow, expensive, and doesn't completely deal with the threat. Wing Shards is expensive and rather limited. 1-drop instant-speed removal is better, especially with your mana curve.

Replace Alabaster Dragon with Bogardan Hellkite .

January 13, 2012 4:29 a.m.

Elliotw says...

#4

I like have a mix of white dragons in because of the lots of Protection against Red also that dragon cost 8 which is pretty high.

January 13, 2012 4:30 a.m.

Epochalyptik says...

#5

Protection against red? On what?

Bogardan Hellkite is great. It does a great deal of damage just on ETB, then stays around as a reasonably large threat.

With your mana curve, you might just want to go RG and do some mana ramping to get to your dragons faster... Alternatively, you could go Naya for ramp spells and Fastbond while retaining the removal spells.

January 13, 2012 4:42 a.m.

Elliotw says...

#6

Oh RG would defiantly be faster but everyone i play with runs green for acceleration i find it boring. I wanted a RW dragon deck because its different and the solo rings do a pretty good job of mana acceleration. TBH i still think that hellkite isn't that great for 8 unless your running a dragon storm combo. I would rather run the the dragon for 8 in the sideboard because it can kill off annoying ground creatures without needing to tap. I agree with you that Akroma's is expensive but i haven't been able to find an alternative to give my creatures haste/vigilance that would really save me much cost. I also feel like lots of white decks have protection against red so i run the white dragons to help counter that. This is a real life deck so it runs against lots of white/blue decks.

January 13, 2012 5:02 a.m.

Elliotw says...

#7

Oh wow i have never seen that card Naya before what is a plane type?

January 13, 2012 5:07 a.m.

Epochalyptik says...

#8

Naya is the name of one of the Shards of Alara (you need to know a bit of the lore to know that). It represents the color combination RGW, or red/green/white.

Plane cards are used in the gametype planechase.

You could run boardwipes like Slagstorm or Day of Judgment to clear the battlefield while you're still setting up for your creatures.

Look at Furyborn Hellkite , Hellkite Charger , and Moltensteel Dragon .

January 13, 2012 5:15 a.m.

Elliotw says...

#9

Ohhhh I like day of judgement and judgement day that could work instead of wing shards and the prison term for wipping the board. that is a great idea.

January 14, 2012 3:45 a.m.

Elliotw says...

#10

Can you think of any cards that would be good for this deck that are red and white?

January 14, 2012 3:48 a.m.

Elliotw says...

#11

Also what do you think of Land tax? good mana accel or no?

January 14, 2012 3:49 a.m.

Epochalyptik says...

#12

Land Tax is not so much mana acceleration as it is a guarantor of mana availability. It doesn't actually allow you to have more mana per turn, but it makes sure you never miss a land drop. It's not bad if you aren't running green, since missing a land drop would cost you a lot when you're building up.

Lightning Bolt and Lightning Helix are pretty common Boros (RW) cards.

Intimidation Bolt and Powerstone Minefield can protect you against aggro for a while.

January 14, 2012 5:41 a.m.

Elliotw says...

#13

Really been pushing the mana cost down on this deck and following some of the advice here and Let me say its been performing so much better in the casual games I play with it. Just missing Vigilance...

August 2, 2012 12:41 a.m.

Askani28 says...

#14

I like the idea of a white and red dragon deck! Pretty original :)

My suggestion would be to remove the 3 Crucible of Fire s, cause your dragons will already be bigger than most other creatures, and I'd replace Land Tax with faster acceleration like Palladium Myr , Worn Powerstone or Thran Dynamo . Maybe replace 4 of your lands for 4 Boros Garrison . Its slower because it comes into play tapped but it keeps you from missing a land drop the next turn (slower, but an extra mana in the long run). Last suggestion, though I'm not really sure it would make the deck better, but I really like the card card:Orim's Thunder (instead of Disenchant maybe?). The CMC is higher but if youve got the mana its a 2 for 1 cause it kills a creature at the same time.

Just ideas.

PS: You don't have any goblins... How do you intend on feeding all those dragons?? ;)

August 2, 2012 1:12 a.m.

Elliotw says...

#15

TBH I can normally drop a dragon at T3-T5 With the Lightning Greaves sometimes T2. I dont think it will get any faster haha. I do like Land Tax cause it allows me to search for the color of land I need. if I have a Land Tax in my starting hand and hope to go second so I can activate the ability and search on T2 for the land I need for the cards in my hand. I do like the Crucible of Fire because if I drop a dragon later then normal it will be stronger. Maybe I'll drop one Crucible of Fire . Can't You play Boros Garrison on T1 and not return a land to your hand? But the card:Orim's Thunder isn't a bad idea If I have the extra mana its definitely worth it against a creature deck.I do love the Boro colors and ya I dont see many W/R Dragon decks. But it gives me all the perks of white with nasty dragons. I wish WofC would release some new white dragons so I can put them in! haha most white dragons suck :( My deam card would be a card for W/R W/R that gives all creatures you can control Vigilance and Haste.I have to keep lots of goblins handy so the dragons dont get grumpy haha.

August 2, 2012 2:10 a.m.

Askani28 says...

#16

Lolll yeah a boros-colored dragon would be cool, but I doubt well be getting any dragon in Return to Ravnica except Niv-Mizzet, since they're relatively extinct. But... if we're lucky... :) Btw no, you cant play the Boros Garrison the first turn, or itll have to return itself to your hand since it will be the only land you have. But hey, at least I found you a white dragon-related card that gives vigilance: Dragon Scales ! It returns from the grave and attaches itself to your dragons so its like a free equipment. Maybe instead of a Crucible of Fire ? Happy dragon-breeding :)

August 2, 2012 4:32 a.m.

Elliotw says...

#17

Added 2 slayers' stronghold because I love vigilance

August 10, 2012 1:09 a.m.

biggredd54 says...

#18

I Know he's not a dragon, but what about Dragonmaster Outcast

August 12, 2012 4:31 p.m.

Elliotw says...

#19

Hmm that could work. sideboard and trade him out when I dont need disenchant!

August 13, 2012 1:22 a.m.

Elliotw says...

#20

Updated the deck quite and bit wondering if people like these upgrades or not? Man I love Boros

August 26, 2012 4:17 p.m.

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Date added 1 year
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Legal formats Commander / EDH, Vintage
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Avg. CMC 3.62
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