How it grades
Fundamentals 86/100. Plays like Dragon Tribal.
This reads as Dragon Tribal, built around The Ur-Dragon. A Dragon deck at heart: the creatures share a type on purpose, and lords, payoffs, and type-matters synergies make the whole board bigger than its parts. Tribal decks trade individual card power for critical mass, so keep the dragon count high and let the synergy pay the bills. Its strongest fundamental is land count (37 lands. About 37 fits this curve for Dragon Tribal, with your cost reduction counted); the first thing to tighten is mana curve: 21% of spells cost ≤2, 32% cost 6+. Your commanders cheat the top end into play, so heavy is allowed.
- B+Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- BMana curve
- A+Ramp
- ACard draw
- A+Interaction
- A-Commander synergy
- AWin conditions
- B+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- B+Mana reliability87% of your spells arrive on time. Scourge of Valkas is the riskiest: its R cost is heavy for this mana base, so expect it several turns late.
- BMana curve21% of spells cost ≤2, 32% cost 6+. Your commanders cheat the top end into play, so heavy is allowed.
- B+Card qualityMedian EDHREC rank #4,415
Strong on land count, ramp, card draw, interaction, commander synergy, win conditions and legality & size.
96 cards graded: A- 6, B+ 31, B 49, B- 7, C+ 2, C 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Draconic Domination from B+ to A+.
Storm-Kiln Artist3R$1.62
In place of Rain of Thorns: conditional removal: dead against some boards (45/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (9 producers). Pays off your artifact engine (13 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Mox Opal0$242.25
In place of Fortunate Few: weakest slot in the deck (49/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (13 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Thought Vessel2—
In place of Mirror of the Forebears: weakest slot in the deck (53/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (10 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Garruk's Uprising2G$0.52
In place of Broodmate Dragon: weakest slot in the deck (59/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (6 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Impact Tremors1R$2.39
In place of Crosis, the Purger: weakest slot in the deck (59/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (6 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Inspiring Call2G$0.39
In place of Fist of Suns: weakest slot in the deck (59/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (6 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Shamanic Revelation3GG$1.53
In place of Wasitora, Nekoru Queen: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (6 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Rhystic Study2U$70.36
In place of Intet, the Dreamer: weakest slot in the deck (60/100)
WotC game-changer. Top-5% staple by play data.
Cyclonic Rift1U$39.16
In place of Fractured Identity: sorcery-speed removal: can't answer on their turn (60/100)
Top-5% staple by play data. WotC game-changer.
Smothering Tithe3W$57.41
In place of Boneyard Scourge: weakest slot in the deck (61/100)
Top-5% staple by play data. WotC game-changer.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 32
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Sorceries 9
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Artifacts 11
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Enchantments 10
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Lands 37
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