Low cost dragons?
Deck Help forum
Posted on Nov. 3, 2012, 10:38 p.m. by theeflaw
Recently, i had an idea to run a gruul deck, using dragons with card:Descendants' Path. I have a good idea of the high cost dragons i plan on playing but i need more low cost dragons to get card:Descendants' Path working. the only two i can think of are Slumbering Dragon and Dragon Hatchling . What im asking is what low cost dragons do you know of? I dont care if its non-standard
well shoot. know of any way i could still run a deck like this?
November 3, 2012 10:49 p.m.
Jarrheadd0 says... #4
The two dragons you named are literally the only two ever printed under 3 CMC. However, at 4 CMC, we have Archwing Dragon , Dragon Whelp , Fledgling Dragon , Furnace Whelp , Hellkite Hatchling , Lightning Dragon , Nalathni Dragon , Rakdos Pit Dragon , Rathi Dragon , and Phantasmal Dragon (Weird O.o). Hope I was some help!
November 3, 2012 10:53 p.m.
Great thanks! maybe ill reconsider a few of my green cards and it will make 4 mana easy to obtain
November 3, 2012 10:58 p.m.
Bigburlybill says... #6
Well, if you ran 4 of each, that'd be 8 low drop creatures. Going into the 4 cmc rang, you can run a few, and that way, you're bound to get at least a few of the creatures you would need for it. I'd be more worried about the card:Descendants' Path though. You'd need to figure out a way to get that on the field every game in order to do the strategy that you're planning. Either that, or look into some mana ramp, but by then, you wouldn't need it entirely. =(
November 3, 2012 11 p.m.
Bigburlybill says... #7
Also, if you use the green to ramp up your land count, there's also Dragonmaster Outcast . He's definitely good in my book. =)
November 3, 2012 11:01 p.m.
Jarrheadd0 says... #8
@theeflaw You always have the option of adding a lot of mana ramp. Farseek and card:Ranger's Path would be good, even better when Stomping Ground gets reprinted in Gatecrash.
November 3, 2012 11:04 p.m.
@Bigburlybill you raise a good point. are there any red or green tutors that would allow me to get card:Descendants' Path? Also, i appreciate everyone's input, thank you
November 3, 2012 11:11 p.m.
aeonstoremyliver says... #10
I've made a working deck a while back using this idea. I utilize ramp and card:Descendants' Path to get the Dragons out. It's Modern format, but could be modified for Standard.
Here it is:
November 4, 2012 1:30 a.m.
Bigburlybill says... #11
card:Mirri's Guile, Crystal Ball , card:Sensei's Divining Top, Natural Selection . That's the best that I can think of. If you're play group allows it, Goblin Tutor is quite humorous and can search for an enchantment given the right roll. It's unglued though, so you can't use it in any sort of tournament.
November 4, 2012 1:34 a.m.
CharonSquared says... #12
You could always use changelings like Taurean Mauler .
November 4, 2012 1:59 a.m.
The_Darkhorse says... #13
ramp is deff the way to go. especially in the hands of the right player, it can kill.
Chaosfission says... #2
A quick search through the card database reveals Slumbering Dragon and Dragon Hatchling to be the only dragons with a CMC lower than 4.
November 3, 2012 10:46 p.m.