You can do the “end of turn” trick here, where you activate the ability on the end step right before your turn and keep the dragon you tutored until your end step. Zirilan of the Claw has a Sneak Attack ability from the deck, which is powerful enough to make up for how expensive it is to get going.
Magda’s treasure-making ability ramps into these dragons or tutors them up, and there are complementary treasure-making dragons like Goldspan Dragon or Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge. Many dragons like Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant and Blast-Furnace Hellkite have an artifact tie-in. Magda, Brazen Outlaw is a stand-alone powerhouse that’s good enough for cEDH, but it can also head a casual red dragon deck. That’s right, I went and kicked the red section off with a 2-drop dwarf. It’s got a win-more feel to it, but the cost-reduction is a welcome addition to dragon deck, which usually have very high curves. It’s a pumped up Dragonlord's Servant that rewards you for playing dragons by becoming a draconic attacker itself. I won’t fault you if you’ve never even seen this card before since it’s exclusive to the lesser-known “Game Night: Free-for-All” product. Renari even has some minor artifact synergies! Dragon Cultist is an on-theme background to pair with Renari, or you could stay mono-blue with Feywild Visitor. Dragons are already good enough on their own, but casting them at instant speed can be devastation. Renari, Merchant of Marvels is the only mono-blue legend to crack the list and might even be considered a multi-colored card since you often pair it with a non-blue legend. There are mono-colored dragon legends in non-red colors, but it’s hard to build a mono-white or mono-black dragon deck, for example. The dragons on this list are almost exclusively multicolored, with a chunk of mono-red options and a non-red commander here and there. Old Gnawbone, Kokusho, the Evening Star, and Galazeth Prismari are examples of commanders that happen to be dragons but aren’t great “dragon commanders” since they have no inherent synergy with other dragons. Likewise, there are a number of great dragon legends that didn’t make this list because they’re just powerful stand-alone cards, not rewards for playing dragon tribal. Some of the “dragon commanders” on this list aren’t even dragons themselves but give you a strong incentive to build a dragon-themed deck around them. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm | Illustration by Kekai Kotakiĭragon commanders are more than just legendary dragons that you can put in the command zone they’re creatures that reward you for playing a dragon-themed deck, either by creating more dragons or synergizing with the ones you already have.
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