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Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Legendary Creature — Dragon Avatar · {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} · Black/Green/Red/Blue/White commander

Flying {2}: Search your library for a Dragon permanent card and put it into your graveyard. If you do, Scion of the Ur-Dragon becomes a copy of that card until end of turn. Then shuffle.
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What Scion of the Ur-Dragon actually does

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What a Scion of the Ur-Dragon deck wants

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Best cards for Scion of the Ur-Dragon

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A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Dragonlord Atarka // Dragonlord Atarka0 mana
  2. Dragonlord Dromoka // Dragonlord Dromoka0 mana
  3. Dragonlord Kolaghan // Dragonlord Kolaghan0 mana
  4. Dragonlord Ojutai // Dragonlord Ojutai0 mana
  5. Dragonlord Silumgar // Dragonlord Silumgar0 mana
  6. Shivan Devastator1 mana
  7. Slumbering Dragon1 mana
  8. Deceptive Frostkite2 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Assassin's Trophy2 mana
  2. Path to Exile1 mana
  3. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  4. Reality Shift2 mana
  5. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  6. Pongify1 mana
  7. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  8. Resculpt2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Amalia Benavides Aguirre2 mana
  4. Do or Die2 mana
  5. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  6. Pest Control2 mana
  7. Force of Despair3 mana
  8. Split Up3 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. Counterspell2 mana
  3. Three Steps Ahead1 mana
  4. Long River's Pull2 mana
  5. Force of Will5 mana
  6. Abjure1 mana
  7. Archmage's Charm3 mana
  8. Cancel3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  5. Imperial Seal1 mana
  6. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  7. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  8. Nature's Rhythm2 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Mystic Remora1 mana
  3. Skullclamp1 mana
  4. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  5. Curiosity1 mana
  6. Wizard Class1 mana
  7. Black Market Connections3 mana
  8. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
  2. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  3. Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
  4. Bastion Protector3 mana
  5. Gold-Forged Thopteryx2 mana
  6. Greater Auramancy2 mana
  7. Sterling Grove2 mana
  8. Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Chrome Mox0 mana
  2. Everflowing Chalice0 mana
  3. Mox Amber0 mana
  4. Mox Diamond0 mana
  5. Mox Opal0 mana
  6. Birds of Paradise1 mana
  7. Crop Rotation1 mana
  8. Delighted Halfling1 mana

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