Scion

Started by KILLERBEE, January 16, 2013, 01:19:09 AM

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KILLERBEE


Scion

100 cards, 0 sideboard


1 {Blood Crypt}
1 {Cavern of Souls}
1 {City of Brass}
1 {Command Tower}
1 {Dragonskull Summit}
1 {Drowned Catacomb}
1 {Exotic Orchard}
5 {Forest}
1 {Godless Shrine}
1 {Hinterland Harbor}
2 {Island}
1 {Kessig Wolf Run}
1 {Krosan Verge}
3 {Mountain}
1 {Overgrown Tomb}
1 {Plains}
1 {Rootbound Crag}
1 {Steam Vents}
1 {Sunpetal Grove}
2 {Swamp}
1 {Temple Garden}
1 {Vesuva}
1 {Vivid Creek}
1 {Vivid Grove}
1 {Volrath's Stronghold}
1 {Woodland Cemetery}

34 lands


1 {Scion of the Ur-Dragon}
1 {Avacyn, Angel of Hope}
1 {Balefire Dragon}
1 {Birds of Paradise}
1 {Bladewing the Risen}
1 {Dragon Broodmother}
1 {Dragon Tyrant}
1 {Dragonmaster Outcast}
1 {Dragonsoul Knight}
1 {Eternal Witness}
1 {Hoarding Dragon}
1 {Kaalia of the Vast}
1 {Maelstrom Archangel}
1 {Mana-Charged Dragon}
1 {Moltensteel Dragon}
1 {Nicol Bolas}
1 {Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind}
1 {Phantasmal Image}
1 {Phyrexian Metamorph}
1 {Quicksilver Dragon}
1 {Sheoldred, Whispering One}
1 {Teneb, the Harvester}
1 {Utvara Hellkite}

23 creatures


1 {Akroma's Memorial}
1 {Amass the Components}
1 {Animate Dead}
1 {Breath of Life}
1 {Chandra, the Firebrand}
1 {Channel the Suns}
1 {Chromatic Lantern}
1 {Coalition Relic}
1 {Conspiracy}
1 {Crucible of Fire}
1 {Cultivate}
1 {Curiosity}
1 {Deathrender}
1 {Demonic Tutor}
1 {Dismember}
1 {Dragonstorm}
1 {Enlightened Tutor}
1 {Expedition Map}
1 {Explosive Vegetation}
1 {Farseek}
1 {Gaea's Blessing}
1 {Garruk, Primal Hunter}
1 {Gilded Lotus}
1 {Jokulhaups}
1 {Kodama's Reach}
1 {Lightning Greaves}
1 {Mystical Tutor}
1 {Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker}
1 {Obliterate}
1 {Patriarch's Bidding}
1 {Phyrexian Arena}
1 {Praetor's Grasp}
1 {Putrefy}
1 {Reanimate}
1 {Reito Lantern}
1 {Sol Ring}
1 {Supreme Verdict}
1 {Terminate}
1 {Tragic Slip}
1 {Triumph of the Hordes}
1 {Unburial Rites}
1 {Vandalblast}
1 {Whispersilk Cloak}

43 other spells


Sideboard

KILLERBEE

Looking for some tips on how to improve this deck to be a force.

Dudecore

Ay yi yi. {Scion of the Ur-Dragon} decks are difficult to comment on, because you can use EVERY card ever printed.

What are your sensibilities as a player? Do you like huge swingy combos? Beating face? Utility/options? Control?

KILLERBEE

Usually I'm a beat down minded player, but I'm looking to try and do different things since I am able to run everything.

Dudecore

If you're beatdown minded, I would suggest a deck that runs sweepers ({Wrath of God}, {Damnation}, {Armageddon}) tons of ramp (because you can never rely on your commander to make your deck work) and tutors ({Demonic Tutor}, {Mystical Tutor}, {Worldy Tutor}) and of course reanimator spells ({Reanimate}, {Animate Dead})

The problem with 5 colors is mana fixing. The high curve is what you'll be looking at. To play a Scion deck differently is difficult. Dragons tend to have a higher curve anyway. Play a strategy that ramps quickly.

Dudecore

#5
If beatdown is your thing, might I suggest a {Kaalia of the Vast} deck? Those colors have tons of tutors, Angels, Demons and Dragons have amazing EtB effects (enters the battlefield) and you can keep the same strategy. Ramp, reanimate, and tutor.

3 colors is much easier to mana fix then all 5. {Scion of the Ur-Dragon} decks are for the hugely expensive EDH players. Every alpha dual land, fetch lands, shock lands, crazy amounts of utility lands, grossly expensive tutors and every single broken card ever printed.

Stoneco1d869

You should try to get your hands on some filter lands. Secondly you should add  {Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon} Nicol always, and the Firemind. Depending on your playgroup the Blight can help seal a win as well as the Firemind by adding his draw/damage combos. Bolas is just beast when you cast him with Ur because he clears an oppents hand and you don't have to pay an upkeep.

Stoneco1d869

I would also add  {Coalition Relic} it really can help your curve and its low cost. I also didn't notice  {Living Death}? This is nice once you have tossed some dragons in your yard!

Stoneco1d869

Oh and once you can add some shock lands,  {Gem of Becoming} will let you grab what you need. I also run some land boosters like  {Azusa, Lost but Seeking} and  {Burgeoning} neither are terribly expensive. Heck as awesome as your  {Cavern of Souls} is for this deck you might consider trading it to acquire other more beneficial cards---if you do PM me I have all of what you would need.

Well I tried to catch most of it. Message me with questions.

Agrajagzz9

 {Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon}
+
{Moltensteel Dragon}

Insta win whenever you want!

Basically make scion into molten steel pay 12 life and with the triggers on the stack switch to skittles! Win the game

Stoneco1d869

Quote from: Agrajagzz9 on January 23, 2013, 08:48:05 AM
{Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon}
+
{Moltensteel Dragon}

Insta win whenever you want!

Basically make scion into molten steel pay 12 life and with the triggers on the stack switch to skittles! Win the game
Missed that one. Thanks!

Double-O-Scotch

Only problem is, you can only do it once. Once scion is a copy, he no longer has his copy ability, so he can't be copies of everything...

Stoneco1d869

Quote from: Double-O-Scotch on January 24, 2013, 03:07:53 PM
Only problem is, you can only do it once. Once scion is a copy, he no longer has his copy ability, so he can't be copies of everything...

Ruined my day...lol

Double-O-Scotch


Mclim

The combo works:
- fetch skithiryx, goes into the stack
- in response fetch moltensteel
- pay 12 life for +6/+0
- swing with a 10/4 skithiryx