Atla Palani, Dragon Tender | Primer

Commander / EDH* Dragons Flying RGW (Naya) Tokens

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Land (33)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x Brushland
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 4x Forest
• 1x High Market
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Pendelhaven
• 4x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Spectator Seating
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sunbaked Canyon
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Three Visits

Instant (4)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Enchantment (20)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Annie Joins Up
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Barbarian Class
• 1x Descendants' Fury
• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Fires of Yavimaya
• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Life Finds a Way
• 1x Molten Echoes
• 1x Rain of Riches
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Up the Beanstalk
• 1x Wild Growth

Artifact (14)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Dragon's Hoard
• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Maskwood Nexus
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Conviction
• 1x Talisman of Impulse
• 1x Talisman of Unity
• 1x Thornbite Staff

Commander (1)

Creature (20)

• 1x Ancient Copper Dragon
• 1x Ancient Gold Dragon
• 1x Arashin Sovereign
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Bonehoard Dracosaur
• 1x Dragon Broodmother
• 1x Ganax, Astral Hunter
• 1x Goldspan Dragon
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Hoarding Dragon
• 1x Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
• 1x Lathliss, Dragon Queen
• 1x Nesting Dragon
• 1x Old Gnawbone
• 1x Rith, Liberated Primeval
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Scourge of Valkas
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Utvara Hellkite

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Enchantment (1)

• 1x Annie Joins Up

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If it comes for you, die boldly or die swiftly—for die you will.

Intro

Intro goes here

Cardlist

Dragons

There are several dragons that we can run in {R}{G}{W} so which ones do we choose from? This decks main focus is generating mana and tokens to overwhelm opponents. This criteria narrows down the selection a bit. I have split the dragons into three categories: Mana, Tokens, and Utility. Cards with {INFINITY} next to their name are pieces to an infinite combo listed down in Wincon/Combos.

Mana Dragons: These dragons will help cover the cost of dragons in our hand since Atla makes our dragons essentially cost 2. These are the core dragons of the deck and these will be hard to replace until Wizards of the Coast just prints better dragons.

• Ancient Copper Dragon {INFINITY}
• Old Gnawbone {INFINITY}
• Savage Ventmaw {INFINITY}
• Ganax, Astral Hunter {INFINITY}
• Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
• Goldspan Dragon

Token Dragons: These dragons are what swarm the board and make us a huge threat. These can also set up into some combos or even outright kill the board given the right utility.

• Ancient Gold Dragon {INFINITY}
• Dragon Broodmother
• Lathliss, Dragon Queen
• Nesting Dragon
• Utvara Hellkite

Utility Dragons: These are the dragons that make all of the others shine. They are combo outlets/protection/value pieces that work best when the other dragons are doing there job at pumping out mana or creating more dragons.

• Terror of the Peaks {INFINITY}
• Scourge of Valkas {INFINITY}
• Scalelord Reckoner
• Hoarding Dragon
• Hellkite Charger {INFINITY}
• Guardian Scalelord
• Bonehoard Dracosaur
• Balefire Dragon
• Arashin Sovereign {INFINITY}

Enchantments

Enchantments are the main supports for the deck and what will overwhelm our opponents. These enchantments will synergize with our dragons abilities, give our creatures haste, give us more dragons, or offer us mana and card advantage. Cards with {INFINITY} next to their name are pieces to an infinite combo listed down in Wincon/Combos.

Haste enablers are what let us put threats onto the battlefield and will have our opponents scrambling to have an answer on our turn. These give us the opportunity to create a massive board state out of no where.
• Barbarian Class Offers support to our D&D dragons and has a slow haste effect
• Dragon Tempest is the best haste enabler in the deck and allows us to do compounding damage with every dragon
• Fires of Yavimaya provides haste and a temp buff if we need it
• Rhythm of the Wild prevents our creatures from being countered and lets us choose haste or a buff.
The next set of enchantments doubles or dragons or allows us to cheat dragons into play. These are extremely fun to play with and are cards to look for when mulling.
• Descendants' Fury lets us roulette for another dragon if we need to find an answer or turn our token dragons into real ones.
• Flameshadow Conjuring doubles all of or dragons when they etb for {R}
• Molten Echoes is a strictly better Flameshadow Conjuring as there is no cost
• Life Finds a Way populates our eggs or our dragon tokens
• Rain of Riches is a flavor way to cheat cards into play whenever you cast cards with treasures
• Sneak Attack lets us cheat creatures into play on the downside that they are sacrificed at the end of the turn

Artifacts

Enchantments go here

Card Exclusions

Card exclusions go here

Wincons/Combos

Infinite Combat Steps

This deck seeks to win through infinite combat steps with Aggravated Assault and Hellkite Charger. Listed below are ways to create mana to go infinite with either of the extra combat makers. Combos with * need a good roll to go infinite. Barbarian Class helps to get the desired rolls.

• Savage Ventmaw
• Old Gnawbone
• Ancient Copper Dragon*
• Ganax, Astral Hunter + Utvara Hellkite + 4 Dragons
• Ganax, Astral Hunter + Ancient Gold Dragon*
• Ancient Gold Dragon + Phyrexian Altar*

Egg Hatching Combos

Atla's ability lets her loop creatures or put all the dragons in the deck onto the battlefield under the right circumstances. Listed below are fun combos specifically with Atla Palani, Nest Tender in play.

Maskwood Nexus gives all of your creatures the egg creature type. This paired with any sacrifice outlet lets you continuously sac a creature and flip into a new dragon. Ideally, you have 2 other creatures out and find Lathliss, Dragon Queen + any other dragon to create a token. Sac the tokens to put your entire board onto the battlefield.

Using the Maskwood Nexus set up, you can always flip Arashin Sovereign infinitely to create:

• Infinite damage with Scourge of Valkas, Dragon Tempest, or Terror of the Peaks
• Infinite damage if sacrificed with Goblin Bombardment or Blasting Station
• Infinite dragons with Lathliss, Dragon Queen
• Infinite treasures with Ganax, Astral Hunter
• Infinite colorless mana if sacrificed with Ashnod's Altar or colored mana with Phyrexian Altar
• Infinite mill if sacrificed with Altar of Dementia

Alta has a staff that makes her super powerful. Thornbite Staff has a great discount with shamans and lets Atla untap whenever she hatches an egg and doubles as a makeshift sac outlet for. This paired with Ashnod's Altar is conveniently enough mana to continuously hatch eggs until we have run out of creatures in the deck.

Life Finds a Way populates every time a creatures with power 4 or greater enters the battlefield. As long as every creature has power 4 or greater in our library, we can continuously populate if we have 2 eggs in play. Hatch an egg through one of the outlets listed above and populate the other egg resulting in every dragon finding their way onto the board. Im currently on Ganax, Astral Hunter which will end this combo.

DRAGON SPIRIT BOMB!!!!!

Ancient Gold Dragon has a chance to insta kill the table! Swing in and attack with Scourge of Valkas or Dragon Tempest on the table and hope you win the coin flip. The dragons enter the battlefield at the same time so they see each other and the Ancient Gold Dragon which results in tons of damage.

Here is the breakdown because I think its funny. (Based on players life totals being 40 and Dragon Tempest on the field. Scourge of Valkas increases the odds)

A roll of 6 will kill 1 person - 6x7 = 42dmg

A roll of 9 will kill 2 people - 9x10 = 90dmg

A roll of 11 will kill 3 people - 11x12 = 132dmg

The odds of killing 1 person is 75%, killing 2 people is 60%, killing the table is 50%.

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Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 days
Exclude colors	UB
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	22 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.63
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dinosaur 3/1 R, Dragon 1/1 RG, Dragon 2/2 R, Dragon 4/4 R, Dragon 5/5 R, Dragon 6/6 R, Dragon Egg 0/2 R, Egg 0/1 G, Faerie Dragon 1/1 U, Shapeshifter 2/2 U, Treasure
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