Art: Jaime Jones · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

The Ur-Dragon

WUBRG

Legendary Creature — Dragon Avatar · from $25.59

Eminence — As long as The Ur-Dragon is in the command zone or on the battlefield, other Dragon spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Flying Whenever one or more Dragons you control attack, draw that many cards, then you may put a permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

60 of 100 at $5 or less · 45 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swords to Plowshares	Instant	1	$0.98
7	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
8	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
9	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
10	Path to Exile	Instant	1	$0.71
11	Counterspell	Instant	2	$1.33
12	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
13	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
14	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
15	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
16	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
17	Blasphemous Act	Sorcery	9	$0.72
18	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
19	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
20	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
21	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
22	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
23	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
24	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
25	Chaos Warp	Instant	3	$0.32
26	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
27	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
28	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
29	An Offer You Can't Refuse	Instant	1	$3.01
30	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
31	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
32	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
33	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
34	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
35	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
36	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
37	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
38	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
39	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
40	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
41	Rhystic Study	Enchantment	3	$61.06
42	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
43	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
44	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
45	Watery Grave	Land	0	$9.86
46	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
47	Arcane Denial	Instant	2	$1.88
48	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
49	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
50	Negate	Instant	2	$0.12
51	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
52	Cyclonic Rift	Instant	2	$29.75
53	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
54	Breeding Pool	Land	0	$9.15
55	Godless Shrine	Land	0	$8.47
56	Hallowed Fountain	Land	0	$6.97
57	Generous Gift	Instant	3	$0.93
58	Steam Vents	Land	0	$9.63
59	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
60	Smothering Tithe	Enchantment	4	$56.09
61	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
62	Swan Song	Instant	1	$10.72
63	Blood Crypt	Land	0	$8.68
64	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
65	Overgrown Tomb	Land	0	$8.00
66	Brainstorm	Instant	1	$0.56
67	Sacred Foundry	Land	0	$10.28
68	Deflecting Swat	Instant	3	$70.85
69	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
70	Sulfur Falls	Land	0	$0.20
71	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
72	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
73	Clifftop Retreat	Land	0	$0.19
74	Esper Sentinel	Creature	1	$58.03
75	Temple Garden	Land	0	$6.57
76	Fierce Guardianship	Instant	3	$59.21
77	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
78	Dragonskull Summit	Land	0	$0.45
79	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
80	Sunken Hollow	Land	0	$0.29
81	Cinder Glade	Land	0	$0.25
82	Otawara, Soaring City	Land	0	$26.57
83	Glacial Fortress	Land	0	$0.21
84	Isolated Chapel	Land	0	$0.21
85	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
86	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
87	Talisman of Dominance	Artifact	2	$0.49
88	Smoldering Marsh	Land	0	$0.27
89	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
90	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
91	Hinterland Harbor	Land	0	$0.28
92	Faithless Looting	Sorcery	1	$0.36
93	Frantic Search	Instant	3	$0.82
94	Mystic Remora	Enchantment	1	$10.97
95	Vandalblast	Sorcery	1	$1.74
96	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
97	Prairie Stream	Land	0	$0.19
98	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
99	Jeska's Will	Sorcery	3	$39.58
100	Drowned Catacomb	Land	0	$0.50

Curve of these staples

Most played with The Ur-Dragon

The 25 most-played cards in 10 settled top-16 lists running The Ur-Dragon at 16+ player events since Mar 6, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in
1	Command Tower	100% · 10 of 10
2	Sol Ring	100% · 10 of 10
3	Dragon Tempest	90% · 9 of 10
4	Forest	90% · 9 of 10
5	Island	90% · 9 of 10
6	Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm	90% · 9 of 10
7	Mountain	90% · 9 of 10
8	Plains	90% · 9 of 10
9	Swamp	90% · 9 of 10
10	Atarka, World Render	80% · 8 of 10
11	Crux of Fate	80% · 8 of 10
12	Dracogenesis	80% · 8 of 10
13	Haven of the Spirit Dragon	80% · 8 of 10
14	Hellkite Courser	80% · 8 of 10
15	Terror of the Peaks	80% · 8 of 10
16	Tiamat	80% · 8 of 10
17	Arcane Signet	70% · 7 of 10
18	Bladewing the Risen	70% · 7 of 10
19	Dragonlord's Servant	70% · 7 of 10
20	Goldspan Dragon	70% · 7 of 10
21	Old Gnawbone	70% · 7 of 10
22	Rhythm of the Wild	70% · 7 of 10
23	Smothering Tithe	70% · 7 of 10
24	Utvara Hellkite	70% · 7 of 10
25	Breeding Pool	60% · 6 of 10

Combos with The Ur-Dragon

2 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Haakon, Stromgald Scourge + Morophon, the Boundless + Nameless Inversion + The Ur-Dragon
Reduce the toughness of creatures opponents control to 0 · Reduce the toughness of each creature opponents control to 0 upon entering
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Rafiq of the Many + The Ur-Dragon
Target opponent loses the game
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 11 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

7th of 34 — Volcanic Island Vendetta on Topdeck.ggOct 3, 2026 · 1–1–2 · by Marcel Lopez
16th of 16 — 518 Sept 19th pop up tournament on Topdeck.ggSep 19, 2026 · 0–3–0 · by Phoenix Uticone
11th of 24 — B3 -3 / Clasificatorio Nacional LandFall on Topdeck.ggAug 30, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Alfonso Suárez
9th of 17 — Batalla de Cartas: Commander Rumble MTG "El Sol Naciente" on Topdeck.ggAug 29, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Daniel Jesus Buenfil Lozano
6th of 21 — The Stack Council: Proving Grounds on Topdeck.ggAug 9, 2026 · 2–2–0 · by David Pike
8th of 21 — [CoBr3] Liga Moii Agosto 1/4 on Topdeck.ggAug 5, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Alfonso Suárez
13th of 19 — cEDH @ Spielefest Wien on Topdeck.ggJul 12, 2026 · 0–3–0 · by Raphael Rottensteiner
13th of 17 — May GG Commander Clash on Topdeck.ggMay 29, 2026 · 0–3–0 · by Darryl Schmidt

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Precons led by The Ur-Dragon

Official preconstructed decks with The Ur-Dragon at the helm.

Draconic Domination
PreconCommander· Released Aug 2017

Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Precon product lists via MTGJSON. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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