Creatures that loom over you and can crush you in one fell swoop, Dragons are among MTG’s scariest creatures. These flying menaces are known for their high mana-cost but in return, they give you an immediate boost in terms of your attacking prowess as well as some other enter-the-battlefield effects and activated abilities. This list is a compilation of the best decks in MTG Arena that uses some of its most powerful dragons.
5. Jeskai Smoldering Egg
Smoldering Egg is an interesting card that can easily transform into a Dragon which makes your board more powerful in an instant. With Jeskai, you also get access to counterspells and burn spells to deal with other threats.
What this deck excels in:
- This deck has a lot of instants and sorceries which means placing counters on Smoldering Egg will be an easy task
- Once you flip Smoldering Egg, you can launch an onslaught against your opponent and sweep them in a few turns
Deck list:
- 2 Squee, Dubious Monarch
- 4 Smoldering Egg
- 2 Negate
- 2 Slip Out the Back
- 2 Fading Hope
- 4 Syncopate
- 4 Memory Deluge
- 4 Play with Fire
- 4 Fires of Victory
- 2 Inspired Idea
- 4 Angelfire Ignition
- 1 Raffine's Tower
- 1 Jetmir's Garden
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Sundown Pass
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 2 Island
- 3 Shivan Reef
- 3 Mountain
- 4 Stormcarved Coast
- 4 Deserted Beach
- 4 Adarkar Wastes
4. Mono White Control
Mono White is not usually the color you associate with control gameplay. However, with cards like Vanquish the Horde, you can easily sweep the board to make a clear way for your heavy hitters
What this deck excels in:
- Vanquish the Horde is a powerful card that can deal with decks that rely on the number of creatures on board. You can practically cast this for just two mana and wipe the board
- Ao, the Dawn Sky, despite only having one copy of this card, is a great value generating creature as it can help bolster your attack while also giving you more value if it dies
Deck list:
- 1 Ao, the Dawn Sky
- 2 Extraction Specialist
- 3 Serra Paragon
- 4 Ambitious Farmhand
- 4 The Restoration of Eiganjo
- 4 Spirited Companion
- 2 March of Otherworldly Light
- 4 Fateful Absence
- 2 Vanquish the Horde
- 2 Farewell
- 4 Wedding Announcement
- 2 Elspeth Resplendent
- 3 The Wandering Emperor
- 1 Field of Ruin
- 1 Plaza of Heroes
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 20 Plains
3. Mono Red
Red decks are known to be very aggressive. This version of Red, however, uses the tempo to defeat the opponent. With cards like Shivan Devastator and Atsushi, the Blazing Sky, you can easily transition from the early game aggro to late game steamroll
What this deck excels in:
- Aggressive gameplay means you get to exert a lot of pressure on the opponent, making them play more defensively
- Once you get the most out of your early cast creatures, you can make way for the dragons like Shivan Destroyer and Atsushi to do the work by terrorizing the opponent from above
Deck list:
- 1 Shivan Devastator
- 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
- 2 Squee, Dubious Monarch
- 3 Thundering Raiju
- 4 Kumano Faces Kakkazan
- 4 Phoenix Chick
- 4 Bloodthirsty Adversary
- 4 Radha's Firebrand
- 4 Reckless Stormseeker
- 4 Play with Fire
- 4 Lightning Strike
- 2 Hammerhand
- 23 Mountain
2. Rakdos Dragons
This Rakdos Dragons decklist is a more improved version of the deck above. The improvement comes from the addition of black mana which opens up removal spells aking your deck more suitable against the current meta
What this deck excels in:
- This is a more improved version of Mono Red. Rakdos allows you to play removal spells which can help you last longer in the game
- These colors also open up more dragon cards that can help you deal lethal damage from your flying monsters
Deck list:
- 2 Shivan Devastator
- 2 Florian, Voldaren Scion
- 2 Junji, the Midnight Sky
- 3 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
- 3 Moonveil Regent
- 3 Rivaz of the Claw
- 3 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
- 3 Tenacious Underdog
- 3 Evolved Sleeper
- 4 Bloodtithe Harvester
- 2 Abrade
- 2 Infernal Grasp
- 2 Cut Down
- 3 Voltage Surge
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 2 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- 4 Sulfurous Springs
- 4 Haunted Ridge
- 5 Swamp
- 7 Mountain
1. 5-Color Kami War
The Kami War is a very powerful Saga that can eliminate the opponent in just a few turns once it flips. This deck is mostly tuned to drag out the game as long as possible to get the maximum value out of The Kami War.
What this deck excels in:
- Fable of the Mirror-Breaker and Reckoner Bankbuster allows you to deal early damage and give you some bodies to deal with the opponent’s early game aggression
- The Kami War is a very powerful piece that deals with the opponent’s graveyard and can remove threats that are present on the board. Aside from this, getting The Kami War to flip can essentially mean that the game is over and you get the victory
Deck list:
- 1 Zur, Eternal Schemer
- 3 Llanowar Greenwidow
- 4 The Kami War
- 4 Topiary Stomper
- 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
- 4 Reckoner Bankbuster
- 2 Abrade
- 2 Destroy Evil
- 4 Herd Migration
- 4 Drag to the Bottom
- 4 Leyline Binding
- 1 Yavimaya Coast
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Plains
- 1 Forest
- 2 Island
- 2 Spara's Headquarters
- 2 Swamp
- 3 Karplusan Forest
- 3 Raffine's Tower
- 4 Jetmir's Garden
- 4 Ziatora's Proving Ground
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