Where are the Dragons?

Commander / EDH Burn Casual Group Slug Mono-Red Red Deck Wins

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Ramp (14)

• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Curse of Opulence
• 1x Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Liquimetal Torque
• 1x Magda, Brazen Outlaw
• 1x Pyretic Ritual
• 1x Ruby Medallion
• 1x Jeska's Will
• 1x Seething Song *list*
• 1x Storm-Kiln Artist

Answer (5)

• 1x Abrade
• 1x Cathartic Pyre
• 1x Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• 1x Wild Magic Surge
• 1x Chaos Warp

Recursion (2)

• 1x Underworld Breach
• 1x Mizzix's Mastery

Wrath (2)

• 1x Fiery Confluence
• 1x The Elder Dragon War

Land (32)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 23x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Draw&Impluse (8)

• 1x Anje's Ravager
• 1x Birgi, God of Storytelling  ^Flip
• 1x Browbeat
• 1x Risk Factor
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip
• 1x Wheel of Fortune
• 1x Wheel of Misfortune
• 1x Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Tutor (2)

• 1x Gamble
• 1x Goblin Engineer

Dragon (1)

• 1x Knollspine Dragon

Commander (1)

Damage (7)

• 1x Electrostatic Field
• 1x Kessig Flamebreather
• 1x Guttersnipe
• 1x Rampaging Ferocidon
• 1x Sulfuric Vortex
• 1x Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
• 1x Chandra's Incinerator

Wincon (26)

• 24x Dragon's Approach
• 1x Spellweaver Helix
• 1x Fiery Emancipation

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Maybeboard

Draw&Impluse (18)

• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Commune with Lava
• 1x Obsessive Astronomer
• 1x Reckless Impulse
• 1x Tectonic Reformation
• 1x You Find Some Prisoners
• 1x Light Up the Stage
• 1x Molten Psyche
• 1x Seasoned Pyromancer
• 1x Change of Fortune
• 1x Experimental Frenzy
• 1x Ignite the Future
• 1x Into the Night
• 1x Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
• 1x Cavalier of Flame
• 1x Khorvath's Fury
• 1x Combustible Gearhulk
• 1x Bedlam Reveler

Damage (4)

• 1x Firebrand Archer
• 1x Harsh Mentor
• 1x Roiling Vortex
• 1x Goblin Sharpshooter

Recursion (4)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Trash for Treasure
• 1x Daretti, Scrap Savant
• 1x Past in Flames

Tutor (2)

• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Imperial Recruiter

Answer (17)

• 1x Flame Blitz
• 1x Forked Bolt
• 1x Needle Drop
• 1x Play with Fire
• 1x Pyroblast
• 1x Red Elemental Blast
• 1x Arc Trail
• 1x Chandra's Pyrohelix
• 1x Fire Prophecy
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Smash to Dust
• 1x Twin Bolt
• 1x Collective Defiance
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Glacial Crevasses
• 1x Fateful Showdown
• 1x Fury

Wrath (7)

• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Rolling Earthquake
• 1x Delayed Blast Fireball
• 1x Shake the Foundations
• 1x Slagstorm
• 1x Pyrohemia
• 1x Volcanic Torrent

Land (2)

• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Inventors' Fair

Ramp (13)

• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Locket of Yesterdays
• 1x Strike it Rich
• 1x Wayfarer's Bauble
• 1x Desperate Ritual
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Captain Lannery Storm
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Simian Spirit Guide
• 1x Primal Amulet  ^Flip
• 1x Treasonous Ogre
• 1x Mana Geyser
• 1x Neheb, the Eternal

Dragon (8)

• 1x Goldspan Dragon
• 1x Hoarding Dragon
• 1x Hellkite Courser
• 1x Hellkite Tyrant
• 1x Red Dragon
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Tyrant's Familiar
• 1x Bogardan Hellkite

Wincon (5)

• 1x Pyromancer Ascension
• 2x Dragon's Approach
• 1x Furnace of Rath
• 1x Thrumming Stone

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Torbran called the dragons, and they would come in no time. Psych!

Two gameplay include at 36:20 & 1:28:38, the second one started with an explod.

Strategy

Group Slug isn't efficient unless you let your opponents do the work for you by themself. So casting Dragon's Approach to win isn't that easy.

Therefore, reducing Dragon's Approach casting cost {1} or {2} doesn't equal winning faster, it just makes your hand empty quickly.

Tobran makes Dragon's Approach deal 5 damage to each opponent, 15 damage total in a 4 player game. The more damage you add, the fewer burn spells you need to cast, it's that simple.

WinCon

I tried Thrumming Stone before, it's very fun though. But didn't want to jam 30 copies of Dragon's Approach in my 99, it's not gonna work in mono-red without amount proper artifacts tutor.

So just focus on increasing the damage. Combine some damage replacement effects, we should be able to win no matter whether we have our commander or not.

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“We drive the dragons from our home. Why should we fear you?”

—Fire Eye, viashino bey

Top Ranked	Achieved #96 position overall 2 years ago Achieved #82 position in Commander / EDH 2 years ago Achieved #2 position in Commander / EDH Red Deck Wins 2 years ago
Date added	3 years
Last updated	11 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 9 - 0 Uncommons 27 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.82
Tokens	Dragon 4/4 R, Emblem Chandra, Torch of Defiance, Gold, Treasure
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