This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Dragons of Tarkir‘s release. This past weekend was the Magic: the Gathering Dragons of Tarkir Pre-Release. Due to my having a book event this weekend, I didn’t have time to play in the pre-release tournament, but we went for a short time to get the pre-release box.

Couple this with Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund and my Dragon Tempest card and… 😀

Back before this set was announced, I was already planning a 5-color EDH/Commander dragon deck. This release and that before it, only further help me create my deck. Since we didn’t do the tournament, we drafted and played with the new cards a bit, then cribbed new cards for the dragon deck.

Unfortunately, we didn’t draft many dragons in our pre-release boxes. :/ Once boxes are released, we hope to change that.

Several people were asking what my dragon deck currently looks like, so I’ll list the cards below.

What I Liked: The bringing back of dragons. <3 I also love some of the dynamics in this. Couple Descent of the Dragons with Dragon Tempest and Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund, and I can do some serious damage.

Something else I can do is use my current commander to copy a dragon from my library, then use Haven of the Spirit Dragon to pull the dragon back from the graveyard to cast it for real. Dragon Whisperer can help me continue to pump out dragons, too. That’s assuming I can get copies of Descent of the Dragons, Haven of the Spirit Dragon, and Dragon Whisperer.

Then if we pulled Sarkhan Unbroken, I could literally put half my deck on the battlefield. More like Sarkhan BROKEN. The synergy in this is just sick. 😀

What I Didn’t Like: I’m not all that impressed with Megamorph. It doesn’t feel like it adds enough beyond the morph mechanic. :/

My Current EDH 5 Color Dragon Deck–As of 3/23/15

Asterisked cards are cards you should look up if you’re not familiar with them because they are just that awesome. I wish I had time to link them all, but alas, I don’t.

COMMANDER: Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Planeswalkers:

1. Sarkhan Vol
2. Ugin, the Spirit Dragon*
3. Nicol Bolas*

Dragons:

1. Moonveil Dragon
2. Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon*
3. Thunderbreak Regent*
4. Acid-Spewer Dragon*
5. Bladewing the Risen*
6. Dragon Broodmother
7. Spellbound Dragon
8. Enduring Scalelord (can make quite the loop)
9. Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund*
10. Hellkite Charger*
11. Silumgar, the Drifting Death
12. Scourge of Kher Ridges
13. Ryusei, the Falling Star*
14. Foe-Razer Regent*
15. Shivan Dragon
16. Kolaghan, the Storm’s Fury
17. Necromaster Dragon
18. Flameblast Dragon
19. Ojutai, Soul of Winter
20. Voracious Dragon
21. Imperial Hellkite
22. Destructor Dragon
23. Rakdos Pit Dragon
24. Noxious Dragon
25. Hoard-Smelter Dragon

Other Creatures:

1. Anger*
2. Dragonlord’s Servant*
3. Elvish Piper*
4. Dragonmaster Outcast*
5. Sakura-Tribe Elder
6. Dragonspeaker Shaman*
7. Kaalia of the Vast*
8. Solemn Simulacrum (Artifact Creature)
9. Scuttlemutt (Artifact Creature)
10. Invader Parasite*
11. Fierce Empath*
12. Exuberant Firestoker

Sorceries/Instants:

1. Blasphemous Act* (Sorcery)
2. Essence Harvest (Sorcery)
3. Beast Within (Instant)
4. Thunderous Wrath (Instant)
5. Chaos Warp* (Instant) (great way to get rid of someone’s commander for probably good)
6. Lavalanche (Sorcery)
7. Rampant Growth (Sorcery)
8. Nissa’s Expedition (Sorcery)
9. Thunderbolt (Instant)

Enchantments/Artifacts:

1. Dragon Fangs (Enchantment)
2. Gilded Lotus* (Artifact)
3. Warstorm Surge* (Enchantment)
4. Quicksilver Amulet* (Artifact)
5. Nylea’s Presence (Enchantment-Aura)
6. Dragon Tempest* (Enchantment)
7. Urza’s Incubator* (Artifact)
8. Pernicious Deed* (Enchantment)
9. Sol Ring (Artifact)
10. Darksteel Ingot* (Artifact)
11. Market Festival (Enchantment-Aura)

Special Lands:

1. Swiftwater Cliffs
2. Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
3. Evolving Wilds
4. Temple of the False God
5. Transguild Promenade
6. Akoum Refuge
7. Jungle Shrine
8. Nomad Outpost
9. Naya Panorama
10. Kessig Wolf Run
11. Frontier Bivouac
12. Mystic Monastery
13. Izzet Guildgate
14. Savage Lands
15. Wind-Scarred Crag
16. Izzet Boilerworks
17. Boros Guildgate
18. Command Tower
19. Grixis Panorama
20. Jund Panorama
21. Rupture Spire
22. Gruul Guildgate
23. Gruul Turf
24. Opal Palace
25. Rugged Highlands
26. Crumbling Necropolis
27. Bloodfell Caves
28. Rakdos Guildgate
29. Rakdos Carnarium

Plus 2 of each basic land, all five colors.

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