Pierce's *I Like Dragons - Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Pierce's

*I Like Dragons - Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Type:

Deck Idea
Format (legal 👍) legLegacy

Approx. Value:

$574.02

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17 Comments

Avg. CMC 4.95

Card Color Breakdown

Card Type Breakdown

Main Deck - 100 cards, 97 distinct

Columns

	Name	Edition	$	Type	Cost
	Name	Rarity	$	Type	Color
Creature (30)
1	Artisan of Kozilek		$0.46	Creature - Eldrazi
1	Balefire Dragon		$10.27	Creature - Dragon
1	Bladewing the Risen		$0.90	Legendary Creature - Zombie Dragon
1	Burnished Hart		$0.11	Artifact Creature - Elk
1	Chameleon Colossus		$1.63	Creature - Shapeshifter
1	Dragon Tyrant		$2.85	Creature - Dragon
1	Etched Monstrosity		$0.28	Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Golem
1	Gurzigost		$0.33	Creature - Beast
1	Havengul Lich		$1.30	Creature - Zombie Wizard
1	Hellkite Overlord		$0.88	Creature - Dragon
1	Hellkite Tyrant		$6.77	Creature - Dragon
1	Hypersonic Dragon		$0.26	Creature - Dragon
1	Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund		$5.31	Legendary Creature - Dragon
1	Kokusho, the Evening Star		$21.50	Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit
1	Maelstrom Archangel		$1.75	Creature - Angel
1	Mana-Charged Dragon		$1.04	Creature - Dragon
1	Mordant Dragon		$0.29	Creature - Dragon
1	Nicol Bolas		$1.29	Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
1	Oros, the Avenger		$0.58	Legendary Creature - Dragon
1	Quicksilver Dragon		$0.60	Creature - Dragon
1	Scion of the Ur-Dragon		$10.64	Legendary Creature - Dragon Avatar
1	Scourge of the Throne		$1.40	Creature - Dragon
1	Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon		$8.73	Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Dragon Skeleton
1	Solemn Simulacrum		$0.65	Artifact Creature - Golem
1	Spellbound Dragon		$0.27	Creature - Dragon
1	Steel Hellkite		$0.34	Artifact Creature - Dragon
1	Stormbreath Dragon		$1.63	Creature - Dragon
1	Teneb, the Harvester		$0.63	Legendary Creature - Dragon
1	Vorosh, the Hunter		$0.79	Legendary Creature - Dragon
1	Yosei, the Morning Star		$1.36	Legendary Creature - Dragon Spirit
Instant (4)
1	Bant Charm		$0.18	Instant
1	Brainstorm		$1.10	Instant
1	Chaos Warp		$0.90	Instant
1	Oblation		$1.81	Instant
Sorcery (13)
1	Beacon of Unrest		$0.15	Sorcery
1	Blasphemous Act		$2.11	Sorcery
1	Cultivate		$0.55	Sorcery
1	Disaster Radius		$0.17	Sorcery
1	Explosive Vegetation		$0.46	Sorcery
1	Kodama's Reach		$1.40	Sorcery - Arcane
1	Life's Finale		$1.63	Sorcery
1	Merciless Eviction		$0.35	Sorcery
1	Patriarch's Bidding		$9.72	Sorcery
1	Primal Command		$0.70	Sorcery
1	Regrowth		$0.38	Sorcery
1	Skyshroud Claim		$3.12	Sorcery
1	Slave of Bolas		$0.41	Sorcery
Artifact (9)
1	Akroma's Memorial		$26.78	Legendary Artifact
1	Armillary Sphere		$0.04	Artifact
1	Chromatic Lantern		$2.76	Artifact
1	Coalition Relic		$0.82	Artifact
1	Kaleidostone		$0.14	Artifact
1	Loxodon Warhammer		$0.40	Artifact - Equipment
1	Prophetic Prism		$0.02	Artifact
1	Rakdos Signet		$0.61	Artifact
1	Reito Lantern		$0.30	Artifact
Enchantment (3)
1	Finest Hour		$0.67	Enchantment
1	Ghostly Prison		$3.32	Enchantment
1	Propaganda		$5.35	Enchantment
Planeswalker (1)
1	Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker		$3.44	Legendary Planeswalker - Bolas
Land (40)
1	Ancient Ziggurat		$2.48	Land
1	Arcane Sanctum		$0.38	Land
1	Azorius Chancery		$0.20	Land
1	Bant Panorama		$0.29	Land
1	Blood Crypt		$14.59	Land - Swamp Mountain
1	Breeding Pool		$16.42	Land - Forest Island
1	Cavern of Souls		$41.62	Land
1	City of Brass		$11.32	Land
1	Command Tower		$0.13	Land
1	Crumbling Necropolis		$0.24	Land
1	Crystal Quarry		$2.16	Land
1	Dragonskull Summit		$2.12	Land
1	Exotic Orchard		$0.18	Land
2	Forest		$0.08	Basic Land - Forest
1	Grand Coliseum		$3.31	Land
1	Island		$0.09	Basic Land - Island
1	Jungle Shrine		$0.38	Land
1	Mana Confluence		$41.36	Land
1	Mirrodin's Core		$0.32	Land
2	Mountain		$0.12	Basic Land - Mountain
1	Opal Palace		$0.08	Land
1	Overgrown Tomb		$11.11	Land - Swamp Forest
1	Plains		$0.09	Basic Land - Plains
1	Reflecting Pool		$10.71	Land
1	Rupture Spire		$0.03	Land
1	Savage Lands		$1.05	Land
1	Seaside Citadel		$0.83	Land
1	Shimmering Grotto		$0.04	Land
1	Spinerock Knoll		$0.33	Land
1	Stomping Ground		$10.68	Land - Mountain Forest
2	Swamp		$1.17	Basic Land - Swamp
1	Temple Garden		$12.22	Land - Forest Plains
1	Temple of Abandon		$0.40	Land
1	Temple of Malady		$0.26	Land
1	Thespian's Stage		$2.69	Land
1	Transguild Promenade		$0.17	Land
1	Unknown Shores		$0.05	Land

Sideboard - 98 cards, 95 distinct

	Name	Edition	$	Type	Cost
	Name	Rarity	$	Type	Color
Creature (53)
1	Ancient Hellkite		$0.25	Creature - Dragon
1	Battle Rampart		$0.02	Creature - Wall
1	Birds of Paradise		$5.33	Creature - Bird
1	Bogardan Hellkite		$0.39	Creature - Dragon
1	Burnished Hart		$0.11	Artifact Creature - Elk
1	Child of Alara		$1.89	Legendary Creature - Avatar
1	Chromanticore		$0.68	Enchantment Creature - Manticore
1	Dragon Egg		$0.04	Creature - Dragon Egg
1	Dragon Mage		$0.23	Creature - Dragon Wizard
1	Dragonmaster Outcast		$0.91	Creature - Human Shaman
1	Dragonspeaker Shaman		$1.21	Creature - Human Barbarian Shaman
2	Dromar, the Banisher		$2.76	Legendary Creature - Dragon
1	Eternal Dragon		$0.10	Creature - Dragon Spirit
1	Fertilid		$0.05	Creature - Elemental
1	Flameblast Dragon		$0.35	Creature - Dragon
1	Fledgling Dragon		$0.71	Creature - Dragon
1	Forgestoker Dragon		$0.19	Creature - Dragon
1	Gomazoa		$0.11	Creature - Jellyfish
1	Hellkite Charger		$1.39	Creature - Dragon
1	Herald of Leshrac		$2.52	Creature - Avatar
1	Hoarding Dragon		$0.16	Creature - Dragon
1	Imperial Hellkite		$0.28	Creature - Dragon
1	Intet, the Dreamer		$0.40	Legendary Creature - Dragon
1	Jotun Grunt		$0.23	Creature - Giant Soldier
1	Junktroller		$0.10	Artifact Creature - Golem
1	Kilnmouth Dragon		$1.25	Creature - Dragon
1	Knollspine Dragon		$1.99	Creature - Dragon
1	Krosan Tusker		$0.02	Creature - Boar Beast
1	Lotus Guardian		$0.52	Artifact Creature - Dragon
1	Maelstrom Archangel		$1.75	Creature - Angel
1	Malfegor		$0.45	Legendary Creature - Demon Dragon
1	Moonveil Dragon		$1.38	Creature - Dragon
1	Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius		$0.76	Legendary Creature - Dragon Wizard
1	Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind		$0.69	Legendary Creature - Dragon Wizard
1	Numot, the Devastator		$2.48	Legendary Creature - Dragon
1	Ondu Giant		$0.16	Creature - Giant Druid
1	Palladia-Mors		$46.29	Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
1	Pilgrim's Eye		$0.02	Artifact Creature - Thopter
1	Prossh, Skyraider of Kher		$1.67	Legendary Creature - Dragon
1	Rimescale Dragon		$3.03	Snow Creature - Dragon
1	Rith, the Awakener		$2.47	Legendary Creature - Dragon
1	Scourge of Kher Ridges		$1.84	Creature - Dragon
1	Siege Dragon		$0.41	Creature - Dragon
1	Spearbreaker Behemoth		$0.22	Creature - Beast
1	Sylvan Caryatid		$6.91	Creature - Plant
1	Teeka's Dragon		$6.42	Artifact Creature - Dragon
1	Treva, the Renewer		$1.76	Legendary Creature - Dragon
1	Vampiric Dragon		$1.89	Creature - Vampire Dragon
1	Veteran Explorer		$0.27	Creature - Human Soldier Scout
1	Weathered Wayfarer		$3.12	Creature - Human Nomad Cleric
1	Yore-Tiller Nephilim		$0.64	Creature - Nephilim
1	Zirilan of the Claw		$11.12	Legendary Creature - Viashino Shaman
Instant (3)
1	Consume the Meek		$0.21	Instant
1	Crosis's Charm		$0.43	Instant
1	Spring Cleaning		$0.13	Instant
Sorcery (18)
1	Boundless Realms		$1.28	Sorcery
1	Collective Voyage		$3.15	Sorcery
1	Conflux		$3.34	Sorcery
1	Explosive Vegetation		$0.46	Sorcery
1	Faithless Looting		$0.28	Sorcery
1	Far Wanderings		$0.32	Sorcery
1	Farseek		$1.00	Sorcery
1	Hunting Wilds		$0.33	Sorcery
1	Life's Finale		$1.63	Sorcery
1	Living Death		$2.68	Sorcery
1	Peregrination		$0.12	Sorcery
1	Profane Command		$0.23	Sorcery
1	Recross the Paths		$0.30	Sorcery
1	Skyshroud Claim		$3.12	Sorcery
1	Spoils of Victory		$15.36	Sorcery
1	Tempt with Discovery		$2.84	Sorcery
1	Time of Need		$2.48	Sorcery
1	Unexpected Results		$0.42	Sorcery
Artifact (10)
1	Door to Nothingness		$0.49	Artifact
1	Gem of Becoming		$0.15	Artifact
1	Gilded Lotus		$1.16	Artifact
1	Golgari Signet		$0.79	Artifact
1	Legacy Weapon		$1.58	Legendary Artifact
1	Obelisk of Alara		$0.45	Artifact
1	Reito Lantern		$0.30	Artifact
1	Scroll Rack		$17.91	Artifact
2	Whispersilk Cloak		$2.39	Artifact - Equipment
Enchantment (9)
1	Abundant Growth		$0.30	Enchantment - Aura
1	Annex		$0.29	Enchantment - Aura
1	Crucible of Fire		$1.15	Enchantment
1	Debtors' Knell		$0.40	Enchantment
1	Grave Betrayal		$4.17	Enchantment
2	Heartless Summoning		$3.88	Enchantment
1	Maelstrom Nexus		$2.18	Enchantment
1	Oath of Lieges		$3.59	Enchantment
Planeswalker (2)
1	Garruk Wildspeaker		$3.16	Legendary Planeswalker - Garruk
1	Karn Liberated		$7.64	Legendary Planeswalker - Karn
Land (3)
1	Maze's End		$2.45	Land
1	Mosswort Bridge		$0.30	Land
1	Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers		$4.51	Legendary Land

Comments

Quincy Norton (10-Aug-2014 16:33)
Looks solid. Admittedly, I've never playe with or against Sion of the Ur Dragon, so your guess ius a good as mine if this will pan out. Your manafixing looks really good, except its really slow. Slow enough to consider Amulet of Vigor. And maybe a trinket mage. Also, Teeka's Dragon combined with a few Lure effects seems like an easy way to close out a game. Looks like a really fun deck. Let me know how it worked out.
- Pierce (11-Aug-2014 01:15)
  What I love most about this deck, is how it seems like a perfect mixing of my playstyle. Big DRAGONS to go "TIMMAY!!", but also a lot more synergy and tricks, too. I can change into Quicksilver Dragon and redirect a removal spell. I can change into one of the dragons with Regenerate for a board wipe, or to Yosei or Kokusho if he has to die. Cards like Spellbound Dragon and Brainstorm let me make use out of expensive "dead" cards in my hand. I can pump first and then transform again to a creature with trample, like Dragon Tyrant. I can use Stormbreath to go unblocked and then morph to Nicol Bolas, or one of the several other dragons with abilities upon combat damage. And of course, this deck is a reanimator deck in disguise!
- - Quincy Norton (11-Aug-2014 23:22)
    Also, Scroll Rack is super abusable in this deck. Don't like your hand? Put it on top, shuffle with Scion, and Presto! Enjoy your new hand.
  - - Quincy Norton (11-Aug-2014 23:25)
      Also lets you put a dragon back into the deck, so the Scion can transform into it. Just sayin.
    - - Pierce (Edited 13-Aug-2014 02:51)
        Super good idea. But that card costs $$...
        
        But I can spend 2 mana to cast Slave of Bolas, or another sorcery, at instant speed. So that's pretty cool.
      - Quincy Norton (13-Aug-2014 03:45)
        Thought you had a Scroll Rack, my bad.
        
        Quincy Norton (13-Aug-2014 03:56)
        Oh, and make room for a Chameleon Colossus. Yes, it works. :)
        
        Pierce (13-Aug-2014 17:36)
        Good idea. As for the scroll rack, I do have one. -One-. Which the Melek deck absolutely needs so much I have 3 cards in the deck whose purpose is to find it.
        It's nice for this deck. It's necessary for Melek.
- Pierce (13-Aug-2014 03:06)
  Which card do you think is weaker, Numot or Oros?
  I think I want to take one out for another mana purpose card.
  
  On the same note, got a vote for the following?:
  Gem of Becoming (i'd have to add an island shock-land, doable)
  Peregrination
  Unexpected Results
  or a good one you've thought of?
- - Quincy Norton (13-Aug-2014 03:56)
    Oros is ok, but Numot will make you a public enemy really fast. Use either at your own discretion(My reccomendation is to remove the Etched Monstrosity, unless I'm missing some form of synergy). As to the ramp spell, Far Wanderings is a card thats off the beaten path that seems fine-to-superb in this deck. Skyshroud Claim is a personal favorite of mine; Wayfarers Bauble is super reliable, even if its not particularly flashy.
  - - Quincy Norton (13-Aug-2014 04:17)
      Coldsteel Heart will also allow you to activate Rimescale Dragon. Thran Turbine enables a free Scion activation, but not much else. Burgeoning, and it's brother, Exploration, are also strong options. Bloom Tender is great, but will cost you. Joiner Adept isn't ramp, but does what it does very well, same with Krosan Restorer, Skyshroud Elf, and Birds of Paradise.
    - - Pierce (13-Aug-2014 17:57)
        Thanks for showing me Coldsteel Heart. Cool card. Ultimately though I want to minimize my mana rocks and eliminate mana dorks. The reason: they die. For this deck I want the stability of good old fashioned land.
        Exploration and Burgeoning are really good ramp cards, but they don't fix my mana.
        You did just remind me of Krosan Tusker, though, which seems rather attractive. I'm also considering that Skyshroud Claim you mentioned, or rather, its upgrade Hunting Wilds.
      - Quincy Norton (14-Aug-2014 04:34)
        Hunting Wilds puts the lands in tapped, Skyshroud Claim does not. Not strictly better.
        
        Pierce (14-Aug-2014 05:36)
        Very good point that I didn't notice. Thank you!
    - Pierce (13-Aug-2014 17:46)
      Etched Monstrosity is a not-small affordable creature that gets big and nets me 3 cards later. No particular synergy, just a very good card that most decks can't use.
      
      I considered Far Wanderings, but I don't want to spend 3 mana for a worse Farseek. And although I'm running a deck that could activate Threshold, by the time it would be activated I need the land less, methinks. I'd rather go with a card that reliably would get me card advantage. On that same note, that's why I wouldn't run Wayfarers Bauble.
      Skyshroud Claim is good, but I'm running 5 colors and not that many forests...
    - - Quincy Norton (14-Aug-2014 04:38)
        Remember it can grab Stomping Grounds, and their ilk. Also, with your higher-than-usual mana costs, running Recross the Paths is a fun, affordable, and powerful card. On a similar note, Spring Cleaning is a card wothy of your attention.
      - Pierce (14-Aug-2014 05:40)
        I like Recross the Paths a lot. I wanted to put it in, but it doesn't fix mana, which is uber important for a 5-color deck, so it got the axe.
        And yes, with the high mana cost of the deck, clash is pretty good ^_^.