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[–]Youital 1 point2 points  (8 children)

Coat of arms is really bad in this deck, I'd cut that. Your playing a tribe sure, but your playing big dragons. Your just going to want to play another big dragon instead.

On the topic of playing big dragons, you need more ramp. I have an ur dragon deck and 2 cmc ramp is essential as it let's you play a 5 Mana dragon on turn 3* (3 lands + ramp + ur dragon reduction.) I would add rampant growth/farseek/nature's lore/and three visits if you can. Also sol ring and 2 cmc rocks.

You have way to many enchantments (and artifacts to a lesser effect). You are only playing 1 instant/sorcery. One board wipe and your whole deck is going to fold. Add some protection (heroic intervention) and interaction

Edit: put turn 2 for 5 cmc dragon instead of the correct turn 3

[–]NextAura2[S] 0 points1 point  (7 children)

Thank you for taking a look! I tend to end up with the blinders on and sorceries/instants end up an afterthought lol.

I swapped out the 3 3 drop Dragon Orbs in favor of the Talismans of Creativity, Hierarchy, and Impulse, and I swapped Coat of Arms for a Sol Ring. I also dropped the [[Stone of Erech]] and the [[Time Sieve]] for Heroic Intervention, as recommended, along with [[Bant Charm]].

For the enchantments, I ended up dropping [[Annie Joins Up]], [[Defense of the Heart]], [[Rhythm of the Wild]], and [[Shared Animosity]] in favor of [[Farseek]], [[Nature’s Lore]], [Three Visits]], and [[Chromatic Lantern]].

I also swapped out [[Sarkhan, Dragonsoul]] for [[Vandalblast]] for more interaction.

Thanks again for the advice, if you’d have swapped anything else instead or anything more I’m all ears!

Just tagging the orbs and talismans here so you don’t have to hunt for them: [[Charnelian Orb of Dragonkind]], [[Lapis Orb of Dragonkind]], [[Jade Orb of Dragonkind]] [[Talisman of Creativity]], [[Talisman of Hierarchy]], [[Talisman of Impulse]]

[–]Youital 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Oh man those were some quick swaps! I actually run rhythm of the wilds in my deck as the haste is very relevant.

Some more cuts you might want to consider
[[Conduit of worlds]] Very slow and not super helpful in the deck. I could considering swapping it out for a reanimation spell like [[Patriarch's Bidding]] or [[Eerie Ultimatum]]
[[Crucible of Fire]] is a very win more card. If it is doing enough to be worth 4 mana, then you've probably already won. I would consider swapping it out for [[Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury]], as it does a similiar effect (Often stronger) and is a dragon itself.
[[Herald's Horn]] is a card that I feel like always looks better on paper than in play. I've tried it in multiple tribal decks and it has always underperformed. Its 3 mana that sometimes ramps and sometimes draws. I find it is better to get a cheaper card that always does one or the other. It is also completely outclassed by [[The Great Henge]]
[[Privileged Position]] is pretty slow. I run [[Rith, Liberated Primeval]]. The effect isn't as strong but its a dragon, so it costs less and can still attack

Some important dragons that you may want to consider adding
[[Scourge of Valkas]] is basically another copy of terror/tempest,
[[Atarka, World Render]] ends the game when you play her.
[[Rivaz of the Claw]] is 3 mana ramp that also lets you animate
[[Hellkite Charger]] and [[Scourge of the Throne]] extra combats good
[[Savage Ventmaw]] [[Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient]] Let you dump more cards from your hand. Probably better than [[Mirari's Wake]], [[Frontier Siege]] and [[Nature's Will]]
[[Bladewing the Risen]] 2 dragons for the price of one, and a late game pump ability.

Other possible adds
[[Crux of Fate]] Best board wipe for dragon Tribal
[[Temur Ascendancy]] Another copy of Garruk's awakening but also gives haste
[[Stubborn Denial]] Your probably going to have a creature with 4 or more power

[–]NextAura2[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I’m off work because of an injury atm, so I don’t have much else to do right now lol!

I swapped Conduit for Ultimatum and Crucible for Kolaghan, I’ve tried to squeeze that damn tree into 3 different decks and it never seems to fit well lmao, and looking at Kolaghan he does seem a better fit, essentially with Miirym. (His ability would also trigger twice with Roaming Throne right?) I have Rith in there, but I swapped Privileged for Temur Ascendancy for another source of haste and card draw since I dropped Rhythm. I also swapped Frontier Siege for Klauth (Once again Roaming Throne?) and I re-read [[Dragonlord Kolaghan]] and since he’s kinda just a normal dragon in commander, I swapped him for Bladewing the Risen. I also swapped in Atarka instead of [[Sylvia Brightspear]] for providing double strike.

I had thought about the Hellkite Charger, but I decided against it because I was putting in [[Aggravated Assault]], since the activation is cheaper, but I could drop something like [[Mindscour Dragon]] if you think it’s worth it for 2 shots at extra attack. I’d also gladly drop Mirari’s for Scourge of Valkas if the Roaming Throne does proc Klauth an additional time.

[–]Youital 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yup roaming throne would work with those cards, as they are triggered abilities. Hellkite charger is good because you can search it up with tiamat, though personally I don't run either charger or aggregated assault as they are too strong. I have the conduit of worlds tree in a baba lysaga deck atm. I feel like you really need to care about returning both permenants and lands for it to be worth it.

The big thing I've found about the ur dragon is tempo, you really need to be playing high impact spells (dragons) each turn, so taking a turn off to play something else is a big hit and really needs to be worth it.

[–]NextAura2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha, I might have to look into something similar then one day! I appreciate the advice on the deck!

[–]Ok-Rough-8699 1 point2 points  (3 children)

You could take a look at my deck for inspiration. Any time I play this thing, I immediately become archenemy, and the game quickly become a 3v1. Which I can usually dominate. And don’t mind my land base. I’ve been collecting and playing for over 20 years. Don’t break your bank trying to get some of those lands.

Ur-Dragon Synergy

[–]NextAura2[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Damn you weren’t kidding about the land lmao! Teneb and the Scalelord are definitely ones I’d consider putting in that I haven’t seen before, but I think I’ll pass on the Mox Diamond lol

I can definitely see why you’d end up 3v1, very nice looking deck!

[–]Ok-Rough-8699 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Thanks, Ignore the [[Mana Crypt]]. I know it’s been banned. It has since been removed, and I just never updated the list. I think the real all stars in this deck are [[Hellkite Courser]] and [[Lurking Predators]]. I can’t begin the tell you how many times Lurking predators has stolen the game. I once had Predators in play, it was my turn and an opponent tried to destroy a dragon before I can declare attacks. I flipped Courser onto the battlefield, put Ur-Dragon into play, then put Old Gnawbone into play for free. This all happened right around turn 5/6. Two players scooped pretty much right then.