Diamonte Tiamante

Commander / EDH

Urplep

Lands (35)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 8x Forest
• 1x Haven of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Jund Panorama
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the Dragon Queen
• 1x The World Tree
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Valakut Stoneforge  ^Flip

Removal (6)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Klauth's Will
• 1x Hide / Seek
• 1x Sarkhan's Unsealing
• 1x Crux of Fate

Shenanigans (5)

• 1x Fist of Suns
• 1x Jodah, Archmage Eternal
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Zirilan of the Claw
• 1x Morophon, the Boundless

Dragon Bois (19)

• 1x Dragonlord Ojutai
• 1x Goldspan Dragon
• 1x Moritte of the Frost
• 1x Scalelord Reckoner
• 1x Scion of the Ur-Dragon
• 1x Scourge of Valkas
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Wasitora, Nekoru Queen
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Hellkite Courser
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Lathliss, Dragon Queen
• 1x Ryusei, the Falling Star
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Silumgar, the Drifting Death
• 1x Bladewing the Risen
• 1x Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund
• 1x Old Gnawbone
• 1x Utvara Hellkite

Ramp / Cost Reduction (14)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Orb of Dragonkind
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Dragon's Hoard
• 1x Dragonspeaker Shaman
• 1x Esika, God of the Tree  ^Flip
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Urza's Incubator
• 1x Frontier Siege

Haste (4)

• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Temur Ascendancy

Commanders (2)

Tutor/Draw (7)

• 1x Profane Tutor
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Protection (5)

• 1x Silence
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Steely Resolve

Plan B (3)

• 1x Sylvia Brightspear
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding

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Choose Your Commander

Tiamat or The Ur-Dragon

I've tried to design a deck that can be played with both Tiamat or The Ur-Dragon as the commander. The deck is tuned with Tiamat in mind and has clear wincons related to casting Tiamat, but sometimes you want to play your dragon deck in a less competitive environment. If you are playing with folks with decks that don't win by turn 7-8, consider playing The Ur-Dragon instead of Tiamat.

Game Plan (for Tiamat)

The game plan of this deck is very simple.

1. Ramp
2. Find either Jodah, Archmage Eternal or Fist of Suns and, if you are really lucky, also Rhythm of the Wild
3. Play Tiamat
4. Tutor for Morophon, the Boundless, Scourge of Valkas, Terror of the Peaks, and two support cards (I prefer Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund and Dragonlord Dromoka, depending on the situation)
5. Utilize Morophon, the Boundless and Jodah, Archmage Eternal or Fist of Suns to play out your hand (doing significant damage by playing Terror of the Peaks and Scourge of Valkas, first)

Execution

First things first

In a perfect world, you will be able to play Defense of the Heart, allowing you to bring in Morophon, the Boundless and Jodah, Archmage Eternal. You also may get lucky and find a point in the game where you have both of these out and/or have Sneak Attack out and the ability to cast Tiamat with mana to spare. Below are lines of play you can make from this point, after you play Tiamat.

Lines of Play

1. Strongest line of play: This one is more fool proof and a later thought on my part. This is likely the best line of play for the deck. Also, as a note, a new card: Tooth and Nail, has been added that gives us another way to get Morophon, the Boundless and Jodah, Archmage Eternal on the field:. First, tutor for Moritte of the Frost, Dragonlord Dromoka, Terror of the Peaks, Bladewing the Risen, and really anything else. The play here is to play Dromoka, first (securing your turn), then use Moritte on Tiamat, and send the Moritte Tiamat into the graveyard. You will bring this Moritte back to the field with Bladewing the Risen and, from there, recopy Tiamat or play and copy Terror of the Peaks. With this you should play in order to have scourge and terror kill your opponents with an alarming amount of damage, especially if the Dragon Queen comes down early in the sequence. With Dromoka being played first, this wincon cannot be avoided after you get him on the board.

2. Tutor for Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund, Terror of the Peaks, Moritte of the Frost, Utvara Hellkite, Scourge of the Throne. Play card Terror of the Peaks. Use Moritte of the Frost to copy Terror of the Peaks. Play the remaining dragons and them over to combat. Even without connecting with your dragons, the damage created here from Utvara Hellkite and two Terror of the Peaks exceeds 120, killing 3 opponents. Without Scourge of the Throne granting an extra combat, you will still be able to do about 80 damage, killing 2 opponents.

3. Tutoring for Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund, The Ur-Dragon, Hellkite Tyrant, Old Gnawbone, Moritte of the Frost. Play out each dragon, use Moritte of the Frost to copy Hellkite Tyrant, and swing. The damage created (assuming you connect), will create enough treasures via Old Gnawbone to win the game at the start of your next turn. Copying Hellkite Tyrant will give one more target that needs to be removed for you to win.

4. Plan B. If the above fails, but you have a good chunk of dragons in the graveyard, a Living Death or Patriarch's Bidding can win you the game if it pulls in Scourge of Valkas and/or Terror of the Peaks and enough additional dragons. Note that Scourge of Valkas sees all dragons come in at the same time in this situation. If Scourge and 6 other dragons come in, that's 42 damage.

Searching for Answers

Below are various cards to help you find the tools to accomplish the dream.

• Idyllic Tutor and Clutch of the Undercity are both meant to find Defense of the Heart
• Zirilan of the Claw is meant to find Hellkite Courser
• Perplex could be used to find Fist of Suns or some necessary ramp.
• Sylvan Scrying could be used to find The World Tree or, if you already have that, any land that taps for 2 mana.
• Moritte of the Frost can be used to copy Tiamat when it's out to re-trigger the etb, getting 5 more dragons.

Inspiration

Cde0's deck

The inspiration for this deck comes from Cde0's deck, The Hoard of the Dragon Queen. Cde0 has provided an excellent write up of some interesting interactions which are also relevant in this iteration of the deck.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	16 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.02
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Cat Dragon 3/3 BRG, Dragon 5/5 R, Dragon 6/6 R, Treasure