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Draconic Domination

Commander precon · Commander 2017 · 2017 · led by The Ur-Dragon

Main theme: dragons attacking · Synergy 3.9/5 (connected) · Bracket 1–2 · The Ur-Dragon works with 40 of its cards

Upgrades at bracket 1–2

No Game Changers and no infinite combos: the level of an unchanged precon. Game Changers are cards on WotC's official list of cards that make a deck much stronger.

2 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 1–2.

Its cards work together as before: synergy stays at 3.9 of 5, connected. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.1 → 4.2 of 5, still on target; 3 short on interaction, was 4. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Ramp

  1. Take out Farseek: Farseek can't find a land that makes green, which the deck is short of for its spells. Put in New Frontiers: New Frontiers can find a land that makes green, which the deck is short of for its spells.

Interaction

  1. Take out Mirror of the Forebears: Mirror of the Forebears is next on the report's cut list. It works with other cards only once, when it is played: with Ryusei, the Falling Star. Put in Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa: Interaction: you were 4 short; Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa counts as interaction.

Upgrades at bracket 3

Up to three Game Changers, and no two-card infinite combo that costs 6 or less.

5 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 3.

Its cards work together as before: synergy stays at 3.9 of 5, connected. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.1 → 4.3 of 5, still on target; 2 short on interaction, was 4. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Ramp

  1. Take out Farseek: Farseek can't find a land that makes green, which the deck is short of for its spells. Put in New Frontiers: New Frontiers can find a land that makes green, which the deck is short of for its spells.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Painful Truths: Painful Truths is weaker card draw than Rhystic Study. Put in Rhystic Study: Rhystic Study is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Interaction

  1. Take out Fist of Suns: Fist of Suns is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen: Interaction: you were 4 short; Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen counts as interaction.
  2. Take out Mirror of the Forebears: Mirror of the Forebears is next on the report's cut list. It works with other cards only once, when it is played: with Ryusei, the Falling Star. Put in Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa: Interaction: you were 4 short; Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa counts as interaction.

Board wipes

  1. Take out Crux of Fate: Crux of Fate is weaker board wipe than Cyclonic Rift. Put in Cyclonic Rift: Cyclonic Rift is board wipe too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Upgrades at bracket 4–5

No limits on Game Changers or combos.

5 swaps, and after them the report reads the deck at bracket 3. These are the same swaps as at bracket 3: none of the stronger cards bracket 4–5 allows does any of these jobs strictly better, so aiming higher changes nothing for this deck.

Its cards work together as before: synergy stays at 3.9 of 5, connected. It is a little more consistent: Build 4.1 → 4.3 of 5, still on target; 2 short on interaction, was 4. That is what this page measures: how well the deck holds together, not how strong it is.

Ramp

  1. Take out Farseek: Farseek can't find a land that makes green, which the deck is short of for its spells. Put in New Frontiers: New Frontiers can find a land that makes green, which the deck is short of for its spells.

Card advantage

  1. Take out Painful Truths: Painful Truths is weaker card draw than Rhystic Study. Put in Rhystic Study: Rhystic Study is card draw too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Interaction

  1. Take out Fist of Suns: Fist of Suns is next on the report's cut list. Works with nothing else in this deck. Put in Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen: Interaction: you were 4 short; Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen counts as interaction.
  2. Take out Mirror of the Forebears: Mirror of the Forebears is next on the report's cut list. It works with other cards only once, when it is played: with Ryusei, the Falling Star. Put in Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa: Interaction: you were 4 short; Kyodai, Soul of Kamigawa counts as interaction.

Board wipes

  1. Take out Crux of Fate: Crux of Fate is weaker board wipe than Cyclonic Rift. Put in Cyclonic Rift: Cyclonic Rift is board wipe too, and one of the strongest cards in Commander: a Game Changer, which this bracket allows.

Opens a route: Moonveil Regent. 2 of its cards reach Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius through it.

Also short, against a typical Commander deck: interaction 8 of 12.

The decklist

Creatures

Atarka, World Render · Bladewing the Risen · Boneyard Scourge · Broodmate Dragon · Crosis, the Purger · Deathbringer Regent · Dragonlord's Servant · Dragonspeaker Shaman · Dromoka, the Eternal · Hellkite Charger · Intet, the Dreamer · Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury · Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius · O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami · Ojutai, Soul of Winter · Orator of Ojutai · Ramos, Dragon Engine · Ryusei, the Falling Star · Savage Ventmaw · Scalelord Reckoner · Scion of the Ur-Dragon · Scourge of Valkas · Silumgar, the Drifting Death · Spellbound Dragon · Steel Hellkite · Sunscorch Regent · Taigam, Ojutai Master · Teneb, the Harvester · Territorial Hellkite · Tyrant's Familiar · Utvara Hellkite · Wasitora, Nekoru Queen

Instants and sorceries

Crux of Fate · Cultivate · Earthquake · Farseek · Fortunate Few · Fractured Identity · Kodama's Reach · Painful Truths · Rain of Thorns

Artifacts and enchantments

Armillary Sphere · Commander's Sphere · Crucible of Fire · Curse of Bounty · Curse of Opulence · Curse of Verbosity · Darksteel Ingot · Dragon Tempest · Dreamstone Hedron · Elemental Bond · Fist of Suns · Frontier Siege · Herald's Horn · Kindred Discovery · Lightning Greaves · Mirror of the Forebears · Monastery Siege · Nihil Spellbomb · Palace Siege · Sol Ring · Wayfarer's Bauble

Lands

Arcane Sanctum · Command Tower · Crucible of the Spirit Dragon · Crumbling Necropolis · 3 Forest · Frontier Bivouac · Haven of the Spirit Dragon · 3 Island · Jungle Shrine · 6 Mountain · Mystic Monastery · Nomad Outpost · Opulent Palace · Path of Ancestry · 3 Plains · Sandsteppe Citadel · Savage Lands · Seaside Citadel · 3 Swamp · Vivid Crag · Vivid Creek · Vivid Grove · Vivid Marsh · Vivid Meadow

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