FLAMES OF THE DRAGON

Artifacts are the key to victory for the "Flames of the Dragon" deck. Get a few artifacts onto the battlefield to power up your creatures and spells, and then finish your opponents off by unleashing the power of dragons!

Your artifacts are useful on their own, but they become even more powerful in conjunction with many of your other cards. With one artifact on your side of the battlefield, Aeronaut Tinkerer and Scrapyard Mongrel both become truly formidable. Ensoul Artifact lets you turn any of your artifacts into a giant creature. If you enchant an Ornithopter with it, you can attack with a 5/5 flier on the second turn! If an opponent tries to remove one of your artifacts, Shrapnel Blast can punish him or her immensely.

One of the keys to this deck's power is how easily it can deal damage in increments of 5, letting you take the opponent from 20 to 0 in four clean hits. Juggernaut and Siege Dragon both have 5 power, and Scrapyard Mongrel often will as well. Ensoul Artifact gives you yet another way to make a 5-power creature. On top of these, you have Lava Axe and Shrapnel Blast to deal 5 damage to your opponent directly, which will often serve as the deathblow.

Your dragons may want more treasure, and fortunately, Magic 2015 has plenty more artifacts for this deck to utilize. Hot Soup is an Equipment that allows your dangerous creatures to get through unblocked. Scuttling Doom Engine is an incredibly powerful artifact creature that deals 6 damage to your opponent if it dies. Soul of New Phyrexia is another gigantic artifact creature, and it can make all your permanents indestructible.