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Scion 100 cards, 0 sideboard 1 {Scion of the Ur-Dragon} 1 {Breeding Pool} 1 {Watery Grave} 1 {Volcanic Island} 1 {Hallowed Fountain} 1 {Steam Vents} 1 {Savannah} 1 {Tropical Island} 1 {Tundra} 1 {Badlands} 1 {Sacred Foundry} 1 {Drowned Catacomb} 1 {Blood Crypt} 1 {Godless Shrine} 1 {Sulfur Falls} 5 {Mountain} 1 {Temple of the False God} 1 {Stomping Ground} 1 {Steam Vents} 1 {Reflecting Pool} 1 {Cavern of Souls} 1 {Rootbound Crag} 1 {Forbidden Orchard} 1 {Woodland Cemetery} 1 {Overgrown Tomb} 1 {Graven Cairns} 1 {Temple Garden} 1 {Krosan Verge} 1 {Command Tower} 3 {Forest} 1 {Exotic Orchard} 1 {Island} 37 lands 1 {Hell's Caretaker} 1 {Thundermaw Hellkite} 1 {Scourge of Valkas} 1 {Stormbreath Dragon} 1 {Anger} 1 {Draco} 1 {Bladewing the Risen} 1 {Utvara Hellkite} 1 {Numot, the Devastator} 1 {Moonveil Dragon} 1 {Dragonspeaker Shaman} 1 {Nicol Bolas} 1 {Mana-Charged Dragon} 1 {Kokusho, the Evening Star} 1 {Hellkite Tyrant} 1 {Steel Hellkite} 1 {Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius} 1 {Birds of Paradise} 1 {Hoard-Smelter Dragon} 1 {Keiga, the Tide Star} 1 {Etched Monstrosity} 1 {Moltensteel Dragon} 1 {Dragonmaster Outcast} 1 {Teneb, the Harvester} 1 {Kargan Dragonlord} 1 {Dragon Tyrant} 1 {Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon} 1 {Quicksilver Dragon} 1 {Hellkite Charger} 29 creatures 1 {Rescue from the Underworld} 1 {Possibility Storm} 1 {Patriarch's Bidding} 1 {Fist of Suns} 1 {Rite of Replication} 1 {Maelstrom Nexus} 1 {Skyshroud Claim} 1 {Gilded Lotus} 1 {Explosive Vegetation} 1 {Strionic Resonator} 1 {Sarkhan Vol} 1 {Mirari's Wake} 1 {Lightning Greaves} 1 {Mana Reflection} 1 {Ranger's Path} 1 {Faithless Looting} 1 {Reanimate} 1 {Sol Ring} 1 {Chromatic Lantern} 1 {Shard Convergence} 1 {Coalition Relic} 1 {Hunting Wilds} 1 {Training Grounds} 1 {Buried Alive} 1 {Exhume} 1 {Quicksilver Amulet} 1 {Demonic Tutor} 1 {Forbidden Alchemy} 1 {Animate Dead} 1 {Debtors' Knell} 1 {Unburial Rites} 1 {Necromancy} 1 {Door to Nothingness} 33 other spells Sideboard Notes:

I have been dragging my feet to finish this. I am trying to work on the mana base but figured it would be heavy BRG. Any help will be appreciated. I'm just at that sticking point. Looking to still add  {Sorin Markov}  {Dragonspeaker Shaman} and possibly  {Sarkhan the Mad} if I can find one. Thanks.

{Chromatic Lantern} will help mana fix.  Other ramp such as {Sol Ring}, {Mana Vault}, and {Mirari's Wake} seem like good choices.

I would add card draw in the form of {Phyrexian Arena}, {Sylvan Library}, and {Necropotence}.

{Dragonstorm} seems like just about the easiest choice ever to add here.  Also {Tooth and Nail}.

For dragons, {Hellkite Tyrant} is awesome in EDH, {Thundermaw Hellkite} is certainly up to par.

I would also add some protection for your creatures such as {Lightning Greaves}, {Swiftfoot Boots}, and {Whispersilk Cloak}.  They give your creatures haste, unblockable, and/or protection and are all awesome.

You also need {quicksilver dragon} to potentially redirect hate to another creature

Finished. I am thinking of dropping maybe one or two lands. Any other suggestions? It runs fast right now and I am looking to make it even more efficient.

I'm working on a similar deck I've really had I hard time picking dragons and I realized that basically all dragons with ETB effects are useless except for {Hoarding Dragon} I kept him in there for {Chromatic Lantern}, {Reito Lantern} or {Akroma's Memorial} based on what's in my mana pool and what creatures are out.

Quote from: KILLERBEE on February 19, 2013, 01:07:00 PM
I'm working on a similar deck I've really had I hard time picking dragons and I realized that basically all dragons with ETB effects are useless except for {Hoarding Dragon} I kept him in there for {Chromatic Lantern}, {Reito Lantern} or {Akroma's Memorial} based on what's in my mana pool and what creatures are out.

I like Hoarding Dragon, when I looked at it I did not pay much attention to its low casting cost. I would never search for it though. I was actually trying to fit in  {Akroma's Memorial} as well. I thought of adding Domri too.

Quote from: KILLERBEE on February 19, 2013, 01:07:00 PM
I'm working on a similar deck I've really had I hard time picking dragons and I realized that basically all dragons with ETB effects are useless except for {Hoarding Dragon} I kept him in there for {Chromatic Lantern}, {Reito Lantern} or {Akroma's Memorial} based on what's in my mana pool and what creatures are out.

How does your deck run right now? Concerning speed?

Um well I based like 25-30% of the mana base green with like {Harrow},{Cultivate},{Kodama's Reach}, {Explosive Vegatation} so I can pretty much have any combo of lands whenever I need them early in the game. {Sol Ring} {Chromatic Lantern} and {Gilded Lotus}  are keys in my deck. So yea I'd say it runs pretty fast but I'd like to see it a little faster, I'm looking at something like {Knight of the Reliqury}

There are some great ramps cards I use now. I really want a better answer than the {gilded lotus}, but whatever. Ya use what you have.

Quote from: Stoneco1d869 on February 21, 2013, 07:31:01 PM
There are some great ramps cards I use now. I really want a better answer than the {gilded lotus}, but whatever. Ya use what you have.

the better answer IS {Grim Monolith} , I just haven't got that 25$ yet lol

Updated: any new advice or comments?

What about  {Draco}

 {Composite Golem}

Hey SC: since we have essentially a very similar deck: I might recommend {hell's caretaker} and {patriach's bidding}

For mass reanimates or selective
I enjoy {conspiracy} also  {Strands of Night}

Just pack a few more swamps or have  {Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth}