Scion of the Ur-Dragon Tribal Reanimator Combo

Commander / EDH Dragons Five Color Infinite Combo Reanimator Tribal

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Other (6)

• 1x Aggravated Assault
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Beatsticks (6)

• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Dromoka, the Eternal
• 1x Hellkite Overlord
• 1x Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund
• 1x Spellbound Dragon
• 1x Utvara Hellkite

Double strike (1)

• 1x Atarka, World Render

Dragons (25)

• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Bladewing the Risen
• 1x Dragon Mage
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Dromar, the Banisher
• 1x Dromoka, the Eternal
• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Hellkite Overlord
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund
• 1x Moltensteel Dragon
• 1x Nicol Bolas
• 1x Ojutai, Soul of Winter
• 1x Quicksilver Dragon
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Scourge of Valkas
• 1x Shapesharer
• 1x Silumgar, the Drifting Death
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x Slumbering Dragon
• 1x Spellbound Dragon
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Teneb, the Harvester
• 1x Utvara Hellkite

Firebreathing (4)

• 1x Hellkite Overlord
• 1x Moltensteel Dragon
• 1x Scourge of Valkas
• 1x Steel Hellkite

Haste (4)

• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Hellkite Overlord
• 1x Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon

Lands (38)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Badlands
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forest
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Haven of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Mutavault
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Lifelink (1)

• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka

Protection (10)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Bear Umbra
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Hellkite Overlord
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Quicksilver Dragon
• 1x Silumgar, the Drifting Death
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Ramp (11)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Coalition Relic
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Three Visits

Reanimators (11)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Bladewing the Risen
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Living End
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Teneb, the Harvester
• 1x Unburial Rites

Removal (12)

• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Dromar, the Banisher
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Oblation
• 1x Ojutai, Soul of Winter
• 1x Silumgar, the Drifting Death
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Vindicate

Trample (2)

• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Hellkite Overlord

Vigilance (1)

• 1x Ojutai, Soul of Winter

Commander (1)

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Other (10)

• 1x Cauldron Dance
• 1x Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Dragonlord's Servant
• 1x Dragonspeaker Shaman
• 1x Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
• 1x Pyrrhic Revival
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Tempt with Immortality
• 1x Twilight's Call
• 1x Victimize

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Do you like dragons? Do you like combos? Do you have deep pockets? Then this is the deck for you!

Combos

• Moltensteel Dragon + Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon . Activate Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability twice. When the first one resolves, transform into Moltensteel Dragon. Don't let the second one resolve. Pay 12 life to pump. Let the second ability resolve and transform into Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon. Swing for lethal poison.
• Atarka, World Render + Moltensteel Dragon . Activate Scion of the Ur-Dragon's ability twice. When the first one resolves, transform into Moltensteel Dragon. Don't let the second one resolve. Pay 10 life to pump. Let the second ability resolve and transform into Atarka, World Render. Swing for lethal commander damage.
• Bear Umbra + Hellkite Charger /Aggravated Assault + Bear Umbra /Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw . Infinite attack steps.
• Bladewing the Risen + Scourge of Valkas + Shapesharer . Keep recurring Bladewing the Risen with his own ETB trigger by sending him to the graveyard with the legend rule. Scourge of Valkas kills everyone.

There's probably the potential for some other janky combos in this pile, but these are the only ones that I've identified.

How to play

Mulligans

Your ideal opening hand has 3-4 lands, a ramp spell, and a protection spell. Dragons don't belong in your opening hand. Mulligan aggressively because this deck is stacked with great late-game topdecks, but it can only cast those late-game spells if you get to the mana to cast them.

Early turns

The most important thing is to keep your commander alive. This deck is very commander-centric and if he costs 11 mana to cast, you're probably going to lose the game. The goal is to cast Scion of the Ur-Dragon on turn 4 or 5 with something to protect him. Your early turns are going to be spent casting a ramp spell and a protection spell. Ideally, you cast Mother of Runes, Swiftfoot Boots, or Lightning Greaves on turn 1 or 2. Then on turn 3 you cast any of your ramp spells. If you don't have protection, and your opponents look likely to kill Scion of the Ur-Dragon on sight, wait until you have 7 mana available. Use Silumgar, the Drifting Death to blank their spot removal.

Tutoring with Scion of the Ur-Dragon

You might get away with keeping a low profile during the turns immediately after you cast Scion of the Ur-Dragon, but that's unlikely. What's more likely is that you're going to have an immediate target painted on your head, so you'll have to start doing broken things fast.

One of the best broken things that you can do in the turns immediately after you cast your commander is to bin Utvara Hellkite and reanimate it. You'll very quickly get a massive army of dragons that can not only beat face, but can serve as very capable blockers. Once Utvara Hellkite is going, getting Atarka, World Render, Dromoka, the Eternal , or Scourge of Valkas can quickly end the game.

If you have the mana, and your opponents have neither targeted removal nor grave hate, using your first attack to get Bladewing the Risen and Teneb, the Harvester is very strong. You'll have to bin Scion of the Ur-Dragon in the process, but you'll get him right back with Teneb, the Harvester next turn.

Go for your combos when you have the opportunity. They demand a response from your opponents, and they'll eventually run out of answers. This deck can recover very well thanks to the extensive reanimation package. If an opponent is about to resolve a wrath and you've got a reanimation spell in hand, go ahead and bin Bladewing the Risen or Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund. Hitting Scourge of Valkas, Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund, and Utvara Hellkite off of a mass reanimation spell is backbreaking.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw Bear Umbra + Hellkite Charger Aggravated Assault + Bear Umbra Moltensteel Dragon + Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon Atarka, World Render + Moltensteel Dragon Bladewing the Risen + Scourge of Valkas + Shapesharer
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 70 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.16
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Dragon 6/6 R, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	Scion
Based on	Scion of the Ur-Dragon Tribal Reanimator Thunder_Child_was_taken EDH