DragonForce - Through the Fire and Flames

Commander / EDH Dragons Flying Haste Ramp RUG (Temur) Tempo Tokens Treasure

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Lands (36)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fire-Lit Thicket
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 4x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Hanweir Battlements  ^Meld
• 1x Haven of the Spirit Dragon
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 4x Island
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Spinerock Knoll
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Training Center

Sideboard Swaps (6)

• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
• 1x Domri, Anarch of Bolas
• 1x Leyline of Lifeforce
• 1x Sarkhan, Fireblood
• 1x Surrak Dragonclaw *f-pre*

Extra combat steps (2)

• 1x Hellkite Charger
• 1x Scourge of the Throne

Able to copy tokens and / or Dragons (12)

• 1x Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
• 1x Astral Dragon
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Determined Iteration
• 1x Dragon Broodmother
• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring *f-pre*
• 1x Lathliss, Dragon Queen
• 1x Nesting Dragon
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Skyline Despot
• 1x Utvara Hellkite

Serious Mana Ramp (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind
• 1x Dragon's Hoard
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Jade Orb of Dragonkind
• 1x Lapis Orb of Dragonkind
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thought Vessel

Draw (6)

• 1x Dragonborn Champion
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Shimmer Dragon
• 1x Spellbound Dragon

Haste Enablers (5)

• 1x Fervor
• 1x Fires of Yavimaya
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Temur Ascendancy

Commander (1)

Dragons or Permanents that deal noncombat damage (11)

• 1x Dragon Tempest
• 1x Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
• 1x Frontier Siege
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Red Dragon
• 1x Scourge of Valkas
• 1x Terror of the Peaks
• 1x Thunderbreak Regent
• 1x Tyrant's Familiar
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Dragons that somehow produce mana (10)

• 1x Ancient Copper Dragon
• 1x Ganax, Astral Hunter *f-etch*
• 1x Goldspan Dragon
• 1x Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient
• 1x Old Gnawbone
• 1x Patron of the Arts
• 1x Rapacious Dragon
• 1x Savage Ventmaw
• 1x Scaled Nurturer
• 1x Swashbuckler Extraordinaire

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Sideboard

Other (10)

• 1x Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
• 1x Back from the Brink
• 1x Esix, Fractal Bloom
• 1x Feldon of the Third Path
• 1x Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
• 1x Galazeth Prismari
• 1x Riku of Two Reflections
• 1x Sarkhan Unbroken
• 1x Sarkhan Vol
• 1x Wrathful Red Dragon

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Test

I am looking to replace the following, as after a dozen or so playtests I am finding a lack of value in many situations with them:

• Esix, Fractal Bloom. As nice as he is, he only triggers off of the FIRST time you create a token. Because of how many of these events unfold, what typically happens is I'll have Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm online and perhaps something such as Flameshadow Conjuring. I cast a dragon of any nature. Esix will change the token of, perhaps, Flameshadow Conjuring but not the token Miirym creates. Similarly, if I have already created a token for the turn, play Esix and play a Dragon, Esix won't trigger since I've already made my first token that turn. Meaning, Esix has now done nothing for a full turn.

• Riku of Two Reflections has only come out twice, but in both times I found decent value. However, the mana costs required are not something I am sure about. Sure, Bramble Sovereign is similar in costing {1}{G} over {G}{U}, but Riku also costs an additional {1} as well as {U} and {R} in addition to the {G}, whereas Sovereign only costs a single color, even if she is two pips of it, at {G}{G}. What I find is the color commitment for Riku is difficult to justify. Also, as I lack instant and / or sorcery spells, I am only utilizing him 50% of the way, if at all. Lastly, he is only a 2/2 and thus does not even trigger cards such as Temur Ascendancy and Garruk's Uprising. So he's essentially harder to cast, harder to work around and doesn't draw me cards off of triggers - all for the same effect that Bramble Sovereign offers.

• Atsushi, the Blazing Sky only really, truly, benefits me when he dies and that is too much of a waiting list to hold onto.

• Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge, because if I have dealt enough noncombat damage to wrath the board to create a ton of treasures, I likely could have just directed it at face and cleared the boardstate anyway.

• Galazeth Prismari has functionally zero utility in this deck.

What I can replace these with are cards such as Altered Ego to copy any Dragon on the field, and that spell can't be countered. So that's super helpful if an opponent is holding up their blue mana looking to mess with my game.

Likewise, Domri, Anarch of Bolas prevents all creature spells from being countered until end of turn. That's a fun little tidbit most players miss. They think you must spend the mana on the creature spell, and that one single spell can not be countered. Not true at all. You can add the mana, move to combat and lose it. 2nd main phase and cast 3 creatures. None can be countered.

Leyline of Lifeforce might actually be worth it in such a heavy creature-focused deck?

Sarkhan Unbroken is a good mid-ramp spell that draws or offers protection immediately after a wrath. The ultimate could win the game easily with the right combination of Dragons landing, too.

Sarkhan Vol is yet another haste enabler.

Sarkhan, Fireblood is another cheap and reliable ramp and hand fixer.

Back from the Brink gives me utility with dead Dragons, and with token doublers in play, that could get out of hand, quick.

The same thing applies with Feldon of the Third Path, giving me utility from fallen Dragons. And only the original token created with Feldon is sacrificed. Any created with, say, Parallel Lives is not.

Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer would actually enable haste as well, and polymorph all of my various tokens into whatever is the most advantageous at that time.

Top Ranked	Achieved #9 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #7 position in Commander / EDH 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH RUG (Temur) 1 year ago
Date added	1 year
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 7 Mythic Rares 44 - 3 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.25
Tokens	Copy Clone, Dragon 1/1 RG, Dragon 2/2 R, Dragon 4/4 R, Dragon 5/5 R, Dragon 6/6 R, Dragon Egg 0/2 R, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Myr 2/1 U, Monarch Emblem, Treasure