Zirilan's Scourge (F) (Commander / EDH MTG Deck)

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Zirilan's Scourge (F)

Commander / EDH Budget Dragons Mono-Red Multiplayer

DarkRequiem

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1x Chaos Warp

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1x Hivis of the Scale

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This is my attempt at a Zirilan of the Claw deck that tries to beat face as fast as possible and even thoug it can work as a toolbox, there are enough dragons to assume a very aggressive stance.

Some very important considerations about the deck: well, first of all this is a new and, due to work commitments, an underplayed deck that needs a lot of testing. Its also a budget deck (keep that in mind when considering your suggestions, please).

The little testing it endured showed me a fun deck that had some problems (I hope that the latest updates went a step closer to getting those solved): I believe that it works better in small environments with few opponents or where there's a set order to attack (2 opponent games, hunter/prey or start formats). This is something that needs to be addressed since the deck tends to be slow on the defense (looking for easy ways to untap my commander). Other than that I saw myself drawing too many dragons, clogging my hands with unplayable cards (I did cut the dragon count slightly and added some loot options to try and solve this out). It also tends to be very mana-ungry (added a few more mana rocks).

Cards I'm now considering adding include Heartstone and Thornbite Staff .

As for the deck as is, you'll find some interesting interactions:

Sundial of the Infinite + Zirilan of the Claw / Feldon of the Third Path / Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker - the Sundial is brutal in this kind of decks since it allows you to keep the dragons/tokens if you know how to use the stack

Altar of Dementia / Ashnod's Altar / Claws of Gix / Goblin Bombardment + Elixir of Immortality / Reito Lantern / Soldevi Digger - sacrifice your dragons before they get exiled and then put them back into your library and repeat Zirilan's tutoring abilities. Tel-Jilad Stylus also allows reusing your dragons!

Illusionist's Bracers / Magewright's Stone / Thousand-Year Elixir + Zirilan of the Claw - this deck tries to be aggressive and getting more dragons per turn manages that quite well

Apocalypse + Worldgorger Dragon - tutoring for Worldgorger Dragon while Apocalypse is on the stack should be a winning play. How many players can come back after their board has been wholy wipped out when facing dragons? If all that was done after combat and Knollspine Dragon was on the field you'll now have a full hand, blowing hard on Apocalypse's drawback!

Worldgorger Dragon + Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle - this is one very aggressive play with at least 6 Mountains in play. Double the damage with Vesuva for maximum effect.

Arcane Lighthouse paired up with any of the "burning" dragons - when facing blue/X decks many times there are some very pesky creatures that tend to be quite hard to kill and the Lighthouse can solve that out in a pinch

This deck's commander follows the Power Level classification found here: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/list-multiplayer-edh-generals-by-tier/?fbclid=IwAR1sF4UjmEP0qF2bLYrN_tYm5pU0q9I2fGYViT0Tv9aHAObSmSa9idcIDoM.

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May 30, 2016

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Added Flamekin Village, Vandalblast, Lightning Greaves and Kurkesh, Onakke Ancient.

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DarkRequiem says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #1

Its been quite some time since I last tried this deck. After a couple months without testing it, some very small tweaking, I ended up using it today... And what a beast it is! Thanks for everyone's input so far. It proved invaluable to turn this deck into the brutal face beater that it turned into.

Some of my choices are there mainly to work as silver bullets (I'm looking at you, Siege Dragon). Others are just pure smash (damn you, Dragon Tyrant, you're so sexy at it!), while others are there just for the tutoring skills (Hoarding Dragon is invaluable in this deck).

At this moment I am unsure about using Moonveil Dragon though. Should I swap it out for another dragon (both Moltensteel Dragon and Flameblast Dragon could make the cut), for Burnished Hart (its mana searching capabilities could be extremely good, more so since I'm running Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle) or something more akin to Pandemonium? Decisions, decisions, decisions...

August 16, 2015 10:31 a.m.

Ruffigan says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #2

Moonveil Dragon I've found to be underwhelming. You can use it to push through those final points of damage if you've got a lot of dragons swinging out but I've not used it in many games. How is Doubling Cube working for you? After seeing it in your list I've been contemplating trying it out.

August 19, 2015 2:02 a.m.

DarkRequiem says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #3

That's what I feel about Moonveil. I never feel the need to tutor it. I swapped it out for the Hart.

The Cube looks good on paper. Only got it into play twice. One of the times early game without enough mana available to make it work. The second time it worked quite well. I think you should test it.

What I did enjoy though, was my Soulbright Flamekin even though people scorn at it.

August 19, 2015 3:41 a.m.

Ruffigan says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #4

Soulbright Flamekin is excellent. It gives your dragons trample, ramps, and can convert your generic mana from mana rocks into . Even better if you've got that Doubling Cube out. It also lets you pseudo-save mana from Braid of Fire for later in the turn.

I also never even considered Thornbite Staff; I haven't looked at his erratum in a while and forgot he is a shaman. The Staff seems really good with your sacrifice outlets, also works with dragons that deal damage with ETB effects; you just need more mana to tutor again after you sacrifice. It also goes infinite with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and a sac outlet.

August 19, 2015 3:57 a.m. Edited.

DarkRequiem says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #5

Yeap. I enjoy the Flamekin a lot. Its quite versatile allowing several shenanigans indeed.

Staff is nice and I did consider it for a while. But I already run it on several other decks and thought that I could do without it for the sake of my opponent's. On the other hand, it is great card that works with several creatures (Zirilan, Kiki-Jiki, Feldon...)... Might remove Leyline of Punishment for it...

August 19, 2015 8:50 a.m.

RedUndead40 says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #6

No Balefire Dragon?

September 30, 2015 4:38 p.m.

DarkRequiem says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #7

No. I only own one and that's on my Kaalia. I do need a 2nd and 3rd copies (1 if them for this exact deck). Just haven't bought it yet.

In the future I'll add it. Unless Kaalia parts ways with it... Possibilities... :)

September 30, 2015 8:18 p.m.

DarkRequiem says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #8

After some last minute chances to make this french EDH compatible for a local tournament, I got 2nd place afer 2 wins (2-0 each) and a loss (1-2) at the final against a Dragonlord Ojutai deck.

I can only say that I love Zirilan more and more, each time I play it. What an awesome commander this guy is.

May 29, 2016 11:36 a.m.

Ruffigan says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #9

How has Kurkesh been working for you?

May 31, 2016 2:07 p.m.

DarkRequiem says... Edit Remove Edit Delete #10

I still don't know. I decided to add it this week, after playing the french EDH tournament. In theory it shouldn't be a bad card, but I'm not too stoked about it. I added it just for testing purposes since it might have a nice synergy with some of artifacts although most of the time I believe it will be a win more kind of thing. I'm not using any artifacts to abuse it.

If it doesn't prove to be worthy I'll remove it for a Soldevi Digger or a Moltensteel Dragon, the cards I want to add to the deck next.

June 2, 2016 4:55 p.m.

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90% Casual

Competitive

Date added	10 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 40 - 1 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.89
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Copy Clone, Dragon 5/5 R, Dragon 6/6 R, Food, The Monarch, Treasure
Folders	professor chaos
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