Devastating Dragons

by Omnimalevolent1 on 22 December 2012

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Deck Description

A Multi-Color deck that Mana Ramps before spawning massive dragons. The obvious weakness is the lack of any lower mana cost creatures, you quite literally can't get out anything to attack or defend with until you have 6 mana. Fortunately, due to the mana ramping cards, and the signets it is entirely possible to do this by turn 3. I considered adding some earlier defensive creatures, or some instants to protect me--but decided to go thematic on this deck; sticking only to what boosts the dragons. Using Wild Pair, putting out a dragon will let you tutor for another one, which considering the diverse effects of the dragons, can be devastating. Rite of Replication is there if you either need to kill a legendary creature, or to duplicate Hellkites, mainly Furyborn Hellkite after damaging the opponent (9 mana for 5 12/12 fliers? Sounds like a bargain to me.) or Utvara Hellkite (Put out 6 of them, and every time a dragon attacks, you get 6 6/6 dragons, for EACH). This deck has several major weaknesses, but trying to compensate for them would weaken its dragon pumping ability, and take away from the theme. As a huge fan of dragons, this is closest I have seen to a viable Dragon deck; and it does manage to win most games, despite that slow start.

Deck Tags

  • Creature-Based
  • Dragon
  • Mana Ramp
  • Rainbow

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Not Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Devastating Dragons

i now love casual play

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Posted 22 December 2012 at 16:52

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Gotta love dragon arch!

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Posted 05 January 2013 at 02:23

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Sol Ring would serve this well =D Helps speeding up the payment for Dragon Arch

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Posted 05 January 2013 at 16:06

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So very true.... just wish Sol Ring was not so pricy. I mean, it is at least somewhat affordable unlike some cards I want like Gaea's Cradle... but it is still fairly pricey. Might add it some day...

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Posted 05 January 2013 at 17:00

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I have had my eye out for Gaea's Cradle for so long, the price just keep climbing. (I know I have 4 in my H'Elf on Earth deck, but they are Proxies - printed and cut with a scissor, it is for playtesting)

Target: Google - Enter: "mtg proxy generator" Select: Bluebone's and you're cherry =) )

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Posted 05 January 2013 at 22:50

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If you're troubled with correct mana, try Evolving Wilds =)

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Posted 05 January 2013 at 22:53

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oddly enough I have not had any problems with correct mana types in this deck... I would have expected it in a 5 color deck, but thus far it has played smoothly.

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Posted 06 January 2013 at 00:08

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You could add some Dragonspeaker Shaman. It costs 1RR and it lowers the cost of your dragons if the combo doesnt comes soon enough.

Check my Dragon decks if you like!

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Posted 16 January 2013 at 15:13

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I actually considered Dragonspeaker Shaman.... but didn't add it for 2 reasons. #1, and most relevant, the majority of the dragons cost 3 different mana and then 3 colorless. the casting of a creature which costs 1RR for the sake of lowering the cost by 2 colorless more or less makes no sense on the majority of the dragons. What if I have a dragon which costs 3WBU (Dromar), you will need 2 additional R mana in the first place which is not being used on the dragon, for the sake of lowering cost by 2, of which only 1 will be used (in best case scenario). Obviously it is not going to be much of a problem with dragons which actually have R, or better yet RR, in their casting cost; but the reality stands that you are spending 3 mana to put out a monster (requiring RR nonetheless) to try and reduce the colorless casting cost. In a multi-colored deck, this is better spent on a mana ramp card. I would only use him in a mono-red deck where dragon arch is not an option. As for reason #2? He isn't a dragon... :P

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Posted 16 January 2013 at 17:24

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