Scion of the Fallen

Commander / EDH Dragons Reanimator

ClockworkSwordfish

Land (39)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Haven of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Island
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Raugrin Triome
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savai Triome
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x The World Tree
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Zagoth Triome

Creature (30)

• 1x Anathemancer
• 1x Ancient Brass Dragon
• 1x Anger
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bladewing the Risen
• 1x Bladewing's Thrall
• 1x Boneyard Scourge
• 1x Cairn Wanderer
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Covetous Castaway  ^Flip
• 1x Dennick, Pious Apprentice  ^Flip
• 1x Dragon Broodmother
• 1x Dregscape Sliver
• 1x Ebondeath, Dracolich
• 1x Eternal Dragon
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Gravecrawler
• 1x Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
• 1x Lathliss, Dragon Queen
• 1x Phyrexian Dragon Engine  ^Meld
• 1x Priest of Fell Rites
• 1x Rotting Rats
• 1x Runehorn Hellkite
• 1x Scourge of Nel Toth
• 1x The Ur-Dragon
• 1x Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath
• 1x Vengeful Pharaoh
• 1x Worldheart Phoenix

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Dragon Breath
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Temur Ascendancy
• 1x Training Grounds

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Fearsome Awakening
• 1x Final Parting
• 1x Haunting Voyage
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Unburial Rites

Artifact (8)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dragon's Hoard
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Maskwood Nexus
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (5)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Sylvan Reclamation
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

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Creature (19)

• 1x Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant
• 1x Bone Dragon
• 1x Brokkos, Apex of Forever
• 1x Carrionette
• 1x Chainer, Nightmare Adept
• 1x Devoted Grafkeeper  ^Flip
• 1x Dorothea, Vengeful Victim  ^Flip
• 1x Dragonspeaker Shaman
• 1x Earthquake Dragon
• 1x Gisa and Geralf
• 1x Glory
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x Karador, Ghost Chieftain
• 1x Rivaz of the Claw
• 1x Sedris, the Traitor King
• 1x Teneb, the Harvester
• 1x Vile Entomber

Artifact (4)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Heartstone
• 1x The Cauldron of Eternity
• 1x Urza's Incubator

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Conspiracy
• 1x Rooftop Storm

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Unmarked Grave

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I can hear you now - "what, another Scion deck? Yeah yeah, turn him into Dragon Tyrant or Skithiryx, swing for fat commander damage and win." Yes, that's easy enough to do when you have access to all five colours and a dragon-on-demand. That's also very uninteresting territory at this point. But consider this - maybe turning the Scion into whatever huge dragon you want doesn't have to be the important part. He's also a reusable Entomb, and we all know how valuable that effect is for cheap. What can we do with that?

Gravedigging

If all you're planning to do is stock your graveyard with the Scion, it might feel tricky - after all, once the Scion turns into something else, it is no longer Scion and can no longer use its ability. While the opportunity to use it once before the end of each player's turn isn't bad, don't forget that you can also activate the ability multiple times in response to itself, stocking whatever you want into your graveyard in rapid succession. Training Grounds helps make the process easier, reducing it to a mere {1} to bin any dragon of your choice.

Dragonbones

"Turn Scion into a dragon and he will attack for a day, but have Scion put a dragon you can reanimate into your graveyard and it can attack for a lifetime."

At this point, there are a number of dragons who are happy to drag themselves out of the graveyard without needing another card to do so. Scourge of Nel Toth, Ebondeath, Dracolich and Boneyard Scourge all have built-in escape buttons from death. Pitch them into your graveyard and it's not unlikely you'll be able to haul them out again later.

Good Help is Easy to Dig Up

Of course, dragons mostly represent the top-end of a strategy, and they'll need some help to get going. Bladewing's Thrall is the ideal wingman (heh), jumping right back into play whenever a dragon shows up (from your hand or otherwise!) Sacrifice him to Scourge of Nel Toth, only to have him pop right back in when the dragon arrives. Alternate sacrificing him and Boneyard Scourge to Phyrexian Altar to score infinite comes-into-play and leaves-play triggers. Use him to drag back Gravecrawler, another ideal sacrificial fodder. At the end of the day, you can't argue with a free 3/3 flyer that won't stay down!

Cosplay

Of course, being able to grab any dragon is swell, but why limit yourself? Why not be able to grab any creature? Arcane Adaptation and Maskwood Nexus both turn everything into dragons, meaning Scion can well and truly slap anything into your graveyard. At this point, a whole new world of degeneracy opens up. Dump Anger or Genesis. Pitch Haakon, Stromgald Scourge for a persistent threat that can even bring back anyone else if you've got the Nexus. Summon a whole air force by turning into Lathliss, Dragon Queen and cycling Gravecrawler over and over again. Grab Priest of Fell Rites to reanimate anything else you pitched earlier. Every time your opponent attacks you, grab Vengeful Pharaoh to take out an attacker, then stick him right back into your graveyard each time he puts himself back on your library. The possibilities are endless!

Date added	2 years
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 61 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.51
Tokens	Clue, Copy Clone, Dragon 1/1 RG, Dragon 5/5 R, Shapeshifter 2/2 U