Ur-Dragon's Multiverse Onslaught | *PRIMER*
Commander / EDH
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WAR OF THE SPARK UPDATE —May 3, 2019
(EXCLUSION) Niv-Mizzet Reborn: I was so happy yet so disappointed this was a card. This effect is insane, the art is dope and it's not a bad dragon. However, with the way my list is constructed, there's only about 13 targets this card can hit and half of them are Gruul. He's better in a deck with him as the Commander or making your dragon deck more tuned to take advantage of him.
Thunderbreak Regent > Sol Ring
- I'm making a stand with this deck and not having Sol Ring. I will say some of my nutty starts have happened because of Sol Ring but with how tight the list is in testing cards, this was the only spot I found the cut for. Sol Ring will eventually make it's way back in if I have the room. Thunderbreak is early flier where I'm testing to see if this ability is relevant enough to include. Plus, I've always been a big fan of the KTK art styles.
Silumgar, the Drifting Death > Hellkite Overlord
- Utility is becoming more crucial with this deck and being able to kill off a bunch of mana dorks and tokens with our dragons is way better than a big dumb beater than Overlord is as much as I like the Jund dragons.
Dragonlord Kolaghan > Chromium, the Mutable
- Chromium became less and less relevant as time went on. Most of the time it was just a flash dragon which was good in some spots but this card is more geared to facing control decks (in both EDH and Standard) which I feel like I already have enough tools to combat. Trying out Kolaghan again as another hasty boi and giving everything haste is nice.
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God > Sarkhan the Mad
- First off, Dragon-God. So it was an auto include. Draw cards that hurt every opponent, kills relevant targets and the ultimate is literally game winning. Out of the other walkers, this Sarkhan needed the most setup to be effective. The randomly one shotting people out of nowhere without having to swing will be missed and might make his way back in one day.
Sarkhan the Masterless > Domri, Chaos Bringer
- Wow, this Sarkhan is really nice. Static ability of a Dragon Ghostly Prison type effect is really strong especially if you have dragons with keywords such as lifelink and deathtouch. First ability might be relevant with some of the walkers we have to create some dragons. And the minus ability creates a dragon which is standard. This card is mostly being used for the static and minus abilities which is acceptable. Unfortunately, had to cut Domri. His first two abilities impressed me as Riot is such a great mechanic and the refilling of creatures was always useful. Might make his way back in depending on how good the other walkers turn out to be this go around.
Dragonlord Silumgar > Windgrace's Judgment
- Remember when I was talking about keywords with Sarkhan the Masterless? How does instant field wipe with whatever creatures you swing against me sound? Especially with all the new walkers coming into the format, Silumgar will probably find his home in the deck once again. Windgrace's Judgement was a fine removal spell but most of the time it hasn't mattered as I have player removal :)
Cuickbrownfox1 Yeah! Scion and dragons are really cool! Unfortunately, I keep Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund in because he used to be the general for this deck when I used to just run Jund Dragons. It's kinda scary against clone effects but the payoff is really good so I keep a special spot for him.
February 8, 2019 7:41 p.m.
Cuickbrownfox1 says... #3
Yeah thats what I thought. It's a pretty cool card though!
February 8, 2019 7:45 p.m.
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February 21, 2019 12:49 a.m.
joshy26247 says... #6
I see you are running crucible of fire. Why not run Coat of Arms for super dragons? I know its a symmetric effect but It benefits us more as we have fliers so we kill whatever elf tribal deck is also in the same pod as us first.
March 4, 2019 10:04 a.m.
Zaes By the time Bloom Tender taps for a decent amount of mana, my mana situation is already perfectly fine so I'd rather have more resilient ways of ramp.
joshy26247 Two reasons. First one is that when there is a wipe, the other decks can rebuild faster so their power will get out of hand in comparison to mine when I'm only playing 1-2 dragons per turn. Second is that the dragons are already big enough. If I'm swinging in with enough dragons to make Coat of Arms have a bigger effect than Crucible, I should already be winning without either.
March 4, 2019 4:26 p.m.
Can confirm that mana problems are really rare with this list. Plus, having one or two dragons out doesn't really make CoA benefit is that much, mostly benefitting the token decks which can rebuild really quick.
March 4, 2019 7:17 p.m.
How is Sarkhan's Unsealing performing in your list? It doesn't make much in mine, usually sits in hand so I'm thinking about swapping it for something else.
March 7, 2019 1:50 a.m.
Chrisnoants says... #10
Hi MattN7498, thank you for detailed write up. I'm in the market for a casual-but-with-teeth EDH deck and I'm really liking what I see here.
There are a couple of smallish things I'd do differently, but one question stands out and I'm really curious about your opinion:
You've got everything in place to run the Descendants' Path / Lurking Predators / Scroll Rack / Sensei's Divining Top suite - Lots of big creatures that want to be cheated out, many fetches to reset your deck, a Sylvan Library and a few other effects that care about the top of the deck.
I imagine that you lean more towards making your dragons cheaper and / or generating extra mana instead of straight up cheating as those effects work on their own and do not require setting up. Still it seems like a curious omission. Is that something you've toyed with before and didn't like? Please let me know what you think about it!
March 17, 2019 5:37 a.m.
After including Niv-Mizzet, Parun after you updated the deck, I can say that it is great! The deck may not be the one powering him up to draw a bunch, but in a table of four, it is incidental value. But the real fun comes when you have The Ur-Dragon out, and you draw a bunch of cards off his trigger. Bonus points with Scourge of the Throne for extra combats and draw triggers. So overall, I say he's found a place.
April 2, 2019 11:55 p.m.
Niemandswasser says... #12
Such an interesting deck! It inspired me to try it out. Do you run into much trouble with non-basic land destruction?
Cuickbrownfox1 says... #1
What a sweet deck! My very first edh deck was Scion of the Ur-Dragon Voltron and I love dragons as a tribe! I would really recommend taking out Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund though and replacing him with another haste enabler, maybe even Insurrection if thats what you're going for!
February 7, 2019 8:11 p.m.