The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo

Commander / EDH Aggro Casual Dragons Flying Haste Multiplayer Ramp

Phantomias

Land (36)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 8x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Haven of the Spirit Dragon
• 3x Island
• 1x Jungle Shrine
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 3x Plains
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Savage Lands
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Unclaimed Territory

Burn / Removal (7)

• 1x Decimate
• 1x Dragonlord Atarka
• 1x Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Return to Nature
• 1x Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire
• 1x Wasitora, Nekoru Queen

Cost Reduction / Cheat (5)

• 1x Dragonspeaker Shaman
• 1x Geode Golem
• 1x Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• 1x Hellkite Courser
• 1x Herald's Horn

Finisher (1)

• 1x Hellkite Charger

Ramp (14)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chromatic Orrery
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Dragon's Hoard
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Orb of Dragonkind
• 1x Ramos, Dragon Engine
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Sol Ring

Protection / Reanimation (8)

• 1x Bladewing the Risen
• 1x Boros Charm
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa
• 1x O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami
• 1x Scalelord Reckoner
• 1x Shalai, Voice of Plenty
• 1x Teneb, the Harvester

Make Haste (6)

• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Temur Ascendancy

Tokens (4)

• 1x Dragonmaster Outcast
• 1x Lathliss, Dragon Queen
• 1x Skyline Despot
• 1x Utvara Hellkite

Commander (1)

Draw / Tutor (8)

• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
• 1x Return of the Wildspeaker
• 1x Sarkhan's Triumph
• 1x Scion of the Ur-Dragon
• 1x Shared Summons
• 1x Time of Need

Double the Pain (6)

• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Blade Historian
• 1x Duelist's Heritage
• 1x Fireshrieker
• 1x Sylvia Brightspear
• 1x Terror of Mount Velus

Boardwipe (4)

• 1x Crux of Fate
• 1x Deathbringer Regent
• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Subterranean Tremors

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Maybeboard

Draw / Tutor (10)

• 1x Chart a Course
• 1x Draconic Lore
• 1x Dragonlord Ojutai
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Hunter's Insight
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
• 1x Tiamat
• 1x Two-Headed Hellkite
• 1x Worldly Tutor

$$$ (6)

• 1x Ancient Brass Dragon
• 1x Ancient Silver Dragon
• 1x Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
• 1x Old Gnawbone
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Urza's Incubator

Double Strike (6)

• 1x Chaos Terminator Lord
• 1x Gratuitous Violence
• 1x Inquisitor's Flail
• 1x Jeska, Thrice Reborn
• 1x Savage Beating
• 1x True Conviction

Cheat (9)

• 1x Belbe's Portal
• 1x Dragon Arch
• 1x Elvish Piper
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Kaalia of the Vast
• 1x Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
• 1x Monster Manual
• 1x Selvala's Stampede
• 1x Wild Pair

Interaction (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Haywire Mite
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Soul Shatter
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Haste (5)

• 1x Dragonlord Kolaghan
• 1x Hellkite Overlord
• 1x Inferno of the Star Mounts
• 1x Invigorating Hot Spring
• 1x Sarkhan Vol

Protection / Reanimation (9)

• 1x And They Shall Know No Fear
• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Dragonlord Dromoka
• 1x Earthquake Dragon
• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Neurok Stealthsuit
• 1x Rith, Liberated Primeval
• 1x Rivaz of the Claw
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Mana (8)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Delighted Halfling
• 1x Faeburrow Elder
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Sarkhan, Fireblood
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x The World Tree
• 1x Three Visits

Boardwipe (2)

• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Klauth's Will

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Took the Draconic Domination precon deck an tried to make it playable without draining my wallet too much (which turned out to be quite a struggle). I'm a big fan and nerd for Dragons and when the 2017 Precon Commander Deck came out, this was a must have for me.

So the idea of this deck is DRAGONS! Just big, nasty, flying creatures, hitting our opponents in the face. Multiple times. Pretty straight forward. No imaginative ideas. No 10 minute combos. Just Dragons.

Why the Ur-Dragon?

I love the idea of this huge Dragon sitting on a Mountain, watching its smaller siblings tear everything apart, before engaging itself in the battle and devastating everything in it's path. Yeah - that's what's in my mind playing this deck... So for me Scion of the Ur-Dragon never was an Option, although it may be more effective. Especially if you go for a Reanimation / Reclamation approach.

Lands and Ramp

Playing 5-color and only big creatures the main problem is getting enough AND the right Mana out. I tried making the Manabase a bit quicker, thus throwing some of the precon three color Lands out, which bring consistency, but come in tapped. Besides Ramping I needed to go for color fixing. Playing 5-color I also have access to green and with that to Landfetch, which ramps and fixes our Mana. Knowing that, I put in more Forest Lands to ensure I have at least one green Mana in my starting hand. Chromatic Orrery might be a bit expensive, but it's the ultimate Mana fixer and I pulled it from a booster, so I decided to try it out.

Cost Reduction / Cheat

To help us play our Dragons, cost Reduction can come in handy and with the Ur-Dragon we have constant cost reduction. So going with along with that, Dragonspeaker Shaman and Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma are good options, reducing costs by two and Goreclaw even having an upside when attacking. Another great way to help get our Dragons out is by cheating them into play. Since good cards for that are not the cheapest (Mana and money-wise) I focused on trying to cheat in The Ur-Dragon via Hellkite Courser and Geode Golem.

Strike fast, strike hard

Finally having one (or maybe even multiple) dragons out, we want to see some results, quickly. Cards like Dragon Tempest, Rhythm of the Wild or Temur Ascendancy can provide that by giving our creatures haste. Dragons are big hitters and the ones like Dragonlord Atarka or Drakuseth, Maw of Flames can deal quite some damage, but we want more! Dromoka, the Eternal and Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury enhance our Dragons, but truly devastating strikes come with Atarka, World Render or Sylvia Brightspear, giving them Double Strike!

Protection

As mentioned, not playing Scion of the Ur-Dragon, which works good with Reclamation / Reanimation cards, I decided to concentrate on Protection. If it was in my budget, I'd put in Dragonlord Dromoka. Nevertheless Bladewing the Risen and Teneb, the Harvester are nice, because they can bring back Dragons, of which we, after all, have just few.

Tokens!

Tokens are never bad, especially if they are more big Dragons! Having cut out some Dragons to reduce Mana costs and include cards to make the Dragons we play more effective, Tokens seemed like a good way to get back some Dragon-manpower.

Recent Changes

Out // In

Thunderbreak Regent // Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa

Kindred Discovery // Shared Summons

Recommendations and ideas always welcome!

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Aggro 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Dragons 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Flying 2 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Haste 2 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 30 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.08
Tokens	Cat Dragon 3/3 BRG, Dragon 5/5 R, Dragon 6/6 R, Lizard 8/8 R, The Monarch
Folders	Big Daddy Ur Boi
Based on	Draconic Domination (Commander 2017 Pre-Con) checkforloot EDH