Dragons of Middle-Earth (A LotR Tribute)

Commander / EDH Aggro Battlecruiser Competitive Dragons Flying Haste Land Destruction Reanimator Vorthos

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Land (35)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forest
• 1x Island
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 1x Slayers' Stronghold
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Creature (31)

• 1x Ancient Silver Dragon
• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Delighted Halfling
• 1x Dragon Broodmother
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Dragonlord Kolaghan
• 1x Dragonlord Ojutai
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Goldspan Dragon
• 1x Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Ignoble Hierarch
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Ojutai, Soul of Winter
• 1x Old Gnawbone
• 1x Rith, Liberated Primeval
• 1x Rivaz of the Claw
• 1x Roaming Throne
• 1x Sarkhan, Soul Aflame
• 1x Scalelord Reckoner
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Teneb, the Harvester
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x The Ur-Dragon
• 1x Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire
• 1x Yosei, the Morning Star

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Selvala's Stampede
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Vindicate

Instant (9)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Delay
• 1x Despark
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Teferi's Protection
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dragon's Hoard
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Orb of Dragonkind
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sol Ring

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Sideboard

Creature (9)

• 1x Beledros Witherbloom
• 1x Bladewing the Risen
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Hellkite Overlord
• 1x Kairi, the Swirling Sky
• 1x Moltensteel Dragon
• 1x Nicol Bolas
• 1x Numot, the Devastator
• 1x Utvara Hellkite

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Battle (1)

• 1x Invasion of Tarkir  ^Flip

Artifact (1)

• 1x Blade of Selves

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Sarkhan the Mad

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"It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any Dragons." - J.R.R. Tolkien Tribute to The Lord of the Rings; Scroll over list to see Alters - 3rd EDH deck I ever built, still kicking ass as my favorite Tribe after all these years! B)

"Never laugh at live Dragons, Bilbo you fool!" he said to himself. And it became a favorite saying of his later, and passed into a proverb. - The Hobbit (1937)

Alters: Command Tower - Barad-dur

Mana Crypt - Doors of Durin

Sol Ring - Frodo Baggins holding The One Ring

Arcane Signet - Gandalf wearing Narya

Demonic Tutor - Aragorn confronting the King of the Oathbreakers

Vindicate - Boromir lying in the boat, after Parth Galen, blade in hands & covered in flowers w/cloven horn of Gondor

Faeburrow Elder - Treebeard carrying Merry & Pippen

Skyshroud Claim - Legolas

Rhystic Study - Bilbo on his porch writing 'There & Back Again'

Pernicious Deed - Gollum

Bloom Tender - Arwen Undomiel

Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea - Galadriel

Nature's Lore - Tom Bombadil

Greater Good - Elrond at the Battle of Dagorlad

Vampiric Tutor - Saruman grasping the Stone of Orthanc

Balefire Dragon - Smaug

Dragon's Hoard - Smaug on his mountain of gold

The Ur-Dragon = Ancalagon the Black (The Silmarillion)

Bayou - Dwarves entering Mirkwood Forest

Underground Sea - Ringwraiths at River Bruinen

Taiga - Rivendell, day of The Fellowship

Volcanic Island - The Ruin of Numenor

Savannah - Bag End visited by Gandalf

Tundra - Gondolin, hidden kingdom of Beleriand

Plateau - Gandalf Stormcrow rides for Minas Tirith

Tropical Island - Mt. Taniquetil (Olympus) in Valinor

Badlands - Sauron overseeing construction of Barad'dur

Mother of Runes - Daenerys Targaryen with her Dragons (Game of Thrones)

Scalelord Reckoner - Haku (Spirited Away)

Dragonlord Dromoka = Shenron (Dragon Ball series)

Atarka, World Render - Alduin (Skyrim)

Ojutai, Soul of Winter - Falkor (The Neverending Story)

Scrubland - The Ivory Tower (The Neverending Story)

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm = Kaidou of the Beasts (One Piece)

Teneb, the Harvester = Seath the Scaleless (Dark Souls)

Yosei, the Morning Star = Bahamut (Final Fantasy series)

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds - San (Princess Mononoke)

Mockups being commissioned for. Will update with scans once completed:

Delighted Halfling - Sam in his garden

Lightning Greaves - Gimli

Shizo, Death's Storehouse - Shelob

Patriarch's Bidding - Sauron

Victimize - Gandalf confronting the Balrog

Selvala's Stampede - Éomer against the Haradrim

Anguished Unmaking - The Witch-king vs Éowyn

Dragonlord Kolaghan = Vaal Hazak (Monster Hunter World)

Dragonlord Ojutai = Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon)

Rith, Liberated Primeval = Villentretenmerth (The Witcher)

Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire = Deathwing the Destroyer (World of Warcraft)

Combos of Note:

1. Moltensteel Dragon + Atarka, World Render (or Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon ) = 1-shot (avoiding a Krosan Grip ;) )

2. Bladewing the Risen + Dragon Tempest + Blade of Selves (3-man+ game)

3. Terror of the Peaks + Rite of Replication

4. Junji, the Midnight Sky / Kairi, the Swirling Sky + Feldon of the Third Path

5. Dragon Broodmother + Yosei, the Morning Star + Teneb, the Harvester

6. Volrath's Stronghold + Eternal Witness + Toxic Deluge / Pernicious Deed

7. Hellkite Tyrant + Old Gnawbone + Goldspan Dragon (helps them both)

8. Utvara Hellkite + Sarkhan the Mad ("Death by Dragons") / Ojutai, Soul of Winter (Exponential Lockdown)

9. Hellkite Charger + Old Gnawbone / Savage Ventmaw & Faeburrow Elder = Eternal War!

10. Dragon Tempest (or other 'All-Haste') + Living Death / Patriarch's Bidding = OVERKILL! (600+ dmg by turn 7 possible)

(*this is ALSO my Canadian Highlander/1v1 Commander, which has a separate 30 card sub-out Tribal for Land Burn build)

Landy: Ice Storm - Reap and Sow - Bramblecrush - Reclaiming Vines - Creeping Mold - Mwonvuli Acid-Moss - Stone Rain - Icefall - Pillage - Seismic Spike - Wreak Havoc - Wrecking Ball - Befoul - Song of the Dryads - Temporal Spring - Crosis's Charm - Recoil - Vindicate - Seismic Shift - Beast Within - Generous Gift - Numot, the Devastator - Strip Mine

Counter/Protection/Rez: Arcane Denial - An Offer You Can't Refuse - Remand - Deflecting Swat - Swan Song - Fierce Guardianship - Giver of Runes - Apostle's Blessing - Shelter - Heroic Intervention - Swords to Plowshares - Path to Exile - Necromancy - Reanimate - Lim-Dul's Vault - Entomb

“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations.” the writer J.R.R. Tolkien advises. Our dragons are our fears: our day stalkers, our night sweats.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7TSP_FxCe3E

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Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	31 - 6 Mythic Rares 50 - 9 Rares 9 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.71
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dragon 1/1 RG, Dragon 4/4 R, Dragon 5/5 R, Dragon 6/6 R, Pest 1/1 BG, Treasure
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