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Dragons,Speed, and Control

Pioneer BR (Rakdos) Control Dragons

Hachendis


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This is a Brutal Speedy Control deck. the goal of the deck is to rapidly deny enemies their resources through discard tools like Kolaghan's Command, Thoughtseize, Demogorgon's Clutches, and Angrath, the Flame-Chained. while you are forcing the discard you are also planning to kill your opponent's creatures with kill tools Draconic Roar, Bloodchief's Thirst. Then, after your first few turns of pure control and resource denial, you will quickly drop down your giant dragons that defend themselves by throwing Lighting Bolts at your opponent whenever they try to target them. the last goal of the deck is ending the game like any Red deck loves to do by having Dragonlord Kolaghan hit the ground and either kill your opponent on the spot or through your kill and discard tool kill them through her ability since they won't be able to build a board. Urabrask, Heretic Praetor is in the deck but mainly in the sideboard for control or midrange mirrors so you go faster and they aren't able to hold onto their tools over many turns and quickly fall into only top decking.

If anyone has any more ideas for the deck I'm all ears I'm trying to make a cruel deck that isn't fun to play against but fun to play because of the meta and power level of my Pioneer store.

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Goldspan Dragon from Kaldheim is the truth. If they remove it then it ramps you. If it attacks then it ramps you. Much good. Do suggest.

February 2, 2021 6:17 p.m.

Inovcation seems "just okay," but definitely on-theme, to me. I also think it's important to focus on 2-mana spells with Goldspan (who I also think is good enough to play 4-of, in a dragon deck), since the treasure can be used ASAP the turn it comes down. For that reason, I'd look at Heartless Act , maybe.

I also think if you're going to play discard at all, it's worth having 4-6 discard spells. I'd go up to 4 Seize, and maybe 2 Duress to protect your fatties. You might cut Thrill, as it feels like the least impactful card. Or, if you want to retain some draw, you might go with Read the Bones or Sign in Blood for real card advantage.

Regardless, I dig it. Cheers!

March 17, 2021 7:43 p.m.

Hello Hachendis,

Dragons & Dragon Support:

Dragonlord's Servant reduces the cost of your dragon spells by {1}.

Dream Devourer reduces the cost of your dragons by {2} by foretelling them with Dream Devourer, meaning, you could potentially play Dragonlord Kolaghan on turn 4.

Haven of the Spirit Dragon acts as a mana confluence with the ability to recur a dragon from the graveyard to your hand.

Crucible of Fire is the ultimate +3/+3 anthem effect.

Crucible of the Spirit Dragon: builds up mana to cast your dragons.

Draconic Roar costs the same as a Lightning Strike and if you reveal a dragon you get to Lightning Bolt your opponent's face for free - talk about value!

Crux of Fate a one sided board wipe.

Glorybringer: repeated Flame Slash on a flying and haste dragon.

Surviving the early game:

Frost Bite or Wild Slash are good 1 drop removal spells, with Frost Bite acting as a Lightning Bolt is you have a snow covered mountain in play.

Bloodchief's Thirst is better than Bedevil because for it is more useful in the early game and is worth the cost of having to pay the extra mana to remove a MV 3 or greater creature or planeswalker later in the game.

Remaining thoughts:

Thoughtseize and Duress is good in the sideboard vs control decks because you will want to remove their sweepers like Supreme Verdict.

Sign in Blood should be removed for early game removal or to keep in some Thoughtseizes in as Sign in Blood is less valuable in surviving the early game.

I hope this helps.

Thanks,

Philosopher

April 4, 2021 10:53 p.m.

your deck has 61 cards

November 30, 2022 5:23 p.m.

First off, if you are going for a more midrange-control type deck where you control the board before slamming down big haymakers, cards like Dragonlord's Servant and other ramp spells that aim to turbo out dragons faster don't actually fit well with the deck. I would cut all 3 copies and replace with more interaction.

Moonveil Regent is a dragon I really like, since it generates a ton of card advantage once you're in top decking mode (which most midrange decks aim to get to). Could maybe slot in 2.

You could potentially cut a land and go down to 22, if you need to. I also think that you should run fetches if you can afford them, along with a few utility lands.

Draconic Roar is cute and fits with the dragon theme, unfortunately it is strictly worse than Lightning Bolt in 99% of situations. I would go 4 Bolts.

I would also diversify your removal suite a bit. Unless artifacts are a huge problem in your meta, you could trim 1 K-Command and 1 Bloodchief's Thirst for 2 Terminates which is a good catch-all answer for bigger creatures (ahem murktide).

Inquisition of Kozilek if you need more discard spells.

For the sideboard, Hidetsugu Consumes All  Flip is a really strong card against a lot of decks, completely blowing out hammer and rhinos while also being strong against murktide, burn, random urza's saga decks, and even the occasional bogles deck.

Blood Moon is always an option in these kinds of decks, maindeck or sideboard.

Brotherhood's End is another sideboard boardwipe against artifact decks and aggro decks, much faster than Crux of Fate since you can sometimes lose before getting to 5 lands.

January 5, 2023 4:17 a.m.

Don't know if you only like suggestion-comments, I'm just here to say that DRAGONS RULE. I like your building style!

February 25, 2023 1:11 p.m.
April 16, 2023 2:26 p.m.

I see you’ve already added Invasion of Tarkir  Flip already got my set, decided to make rakdos dragons. Have you considered Bloodtithe Harvester , Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  Flip and Rivaz of the Claw ??

This is my list right now, seems a lot of fun in testing.

Rivaz’ rakdos dramgans

April 26, 2023 7:45 a.m.

In a two-color deck, you should play a lot of non-basic lands such as Dragonskull Summit, Blackcleave Cliffs, Haunted Ridge so that you are always mana fixed and still can afford to play a few non-basic lands with abilities, such as Haven of the Spirit Dragon. Temple of the Dragon Queen is bad in a two-color deck. Blightstep Pathway  Flip is going to be always untapped.

December 21, 2023 5:56 a.m.

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