Rith: Here Be Dragons

Commander / EDH* Dragons Midrange Primer RGW (Naya) Tokens Tribal

DavePeachtree

Land (34)

• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Boros Garrison
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 4x Forest
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Haven of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Kher Keep
• 1x Memorial to Glory
• 4x Mountain
• 3x Plains
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Rugged Prairie
• 1x Selesnya Guildgate
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Temple of Triumph
• 1x Tranquil Expanse

Artifact (11)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Creature (25)

• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Dragon Broodmother
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Dromoka, the Eternal
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Knollspine Dragon
• 1x Krenko, Mob Boss
• 1x Lathliss, Dragon Queen
• 1x Nesting Dragon
• 1x Samut, Voice of Dissent
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Scourge of the Throne
• 1x Scourge of Valkas
• 1x Shivan Dragon
• 1x Skyline Despot
• 1x Tendershoot Dryad
• 1x Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
• 1x Tyrant's Familiar
• 1x Utvara Hellkite
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Descent of the Dragons
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Phyrexian Rebirth
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Descendants' Path
• 1x Divine Visitation
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Legion's Initiative
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Sigil of the Empty Throne
• 1x Splinter Twin
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation

Instant (3)

• 1x Fresh Meat
• 1x Kindred Summons
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Ajani, Caller of the Pride
• 1x Sarkhan, Dragonsoul
• 1x Sarkhan Vol

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Land (5)

• 1x Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Grove of the Burnwillows
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Mirrorpool
• 1x Throne of the High City

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The Inspriation

I started playing magic back in 1994 when I turned 10 years old. Revised had just come out and Legends and the Dark was on the horizon. I played with my older brother so he got first choice of colors, he chose black and green, I got red and white, and we split all blue cards. We both got a starter decks and for me no card was better than Shivan Dragon (with art by Melissa Benson) although Serra Angel was a close second. This deck is an homage to playing magic in my childhood. Lots of big nasty flying dragons, and lots of weenies, aka tokens, and of course I had to splash in lots of green to make it really gel... i did ask my brother permission if I could use green and he said yes!!!! woohoo!!!

The Plan

These deck has two main goals...

Number 1: get lots of dragons out fast

Number 2: make lots of tokens, especially dragon tokens, but one cannot be too picky about free creatures This plan can be summed up no better than a single card Utvara Hellkite... we take a big baddie like this and give him tons of support ie Anointed Procession, or Dragon Tempest, or Scourge of Valkas, or Helm of the Host... of course there are lots of neat moves like this one:

turn one: Sol Ring

turn two: Dragon Tempest

turn three: Doubling Season

turn four: Sarkhan, Dragonsoul

Then you tutor for all your dragons and win... but of course there is lots of redundancy like instead of Sarkhan, Dragonsoul you could use Ajani, Caller of the Pride

You gotta have lots of mana ramp, and lots of card draw if you are ever gonna survive into the mid and late game... but nothing beats flying in with a big ole battleship dragons, beating wholesale face, and playing magic like its 1994

The Combos

• Superfriends excitement: Doubling Season + any of the planeswalkers
• Crazy mana tokens: Cryptolith Rite + Awakening Zone + Parallel Lives
• Board wipe shinanagans:Wrath of God + Fresh Meat
• Infinite goblins: Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Splinter Twin + Krenko, Mob Boss
• Infinite attacks: Helm of the Host + Savage Ventmaw + Hellkite Charger
• Infinite pings: add Scourge of Valkas or Dragon Tempest to the above combo for ping love damage
• Ever more infinite attacks: Scourge of the Throne + Splinter Twin or Helm of the Host
• Yummy card draw for token decks: Skullclamp+ Ashnods alter
• Combos with everything, ever: Panharmonicon
• Best board wipe for Tokens:Phyrexian Rebirth and Martial Coup
• Best board wipe for Dragons: Earthquake
• Free dragon's every turn: Descendants' Path
• Commander voltron fun: Xenagos, God of Revels+ Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion + Rith, the Awakener

The Win

1. So many big old flyers, hitting everyone in the face

2. Unexpected wild combos

3. Crazy superfriend ultimates

4. Hasty, Double striking, pumping commander damage out of nowhere plus Xenagos, God of Revels

5. The well timed one-sided board wipe, with a little Fresh Meat on the side

6. Martial Coup followed by Decent of the dragons with a little Samut, Voice of Dissent followed by smash face

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	19 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 8 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.24
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Angel 4/4 W w/ Vigilance, Beast 3/3 G, Cat 2/2 W, City's Blessing, Copy Clone, 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, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Goblin 1/1 R, Kobolds of Kher Keep 0/1 R, Phyrexian Horror X/X C, Saproling 1/1 G, Soldier 1/1 W, The Monarch
Folders	Edh, Interesting Decks