MTG FNM Report - 5 Colour Dragons

It's been a while since I've done a blog post as I've been quite busy at work, but I've still been playing FNM. I've mostly been running a version of my Temur Dragons deck, but I thought that the new standard was a good time to try my 5 colour dragons again. With the speed of the format slowing down and everyone playing more marginal lists while they feel out the format, I thought I could durdle around a little more without sacrificing my win percentage too much.

Here's the list I ran:

Mainboard

Sideboard

4x Heir of the Wilds 4x Beastcaller Savant 3x Rattleclaw Mystic 2x Shaman of Forgotten Ways 4x Thunderbreak Regent 1x Avaricious Dragon 2x Surrak, the Hunt Caller 4x Whisperwood Elemental 3x Sarkhan Unbroken 1x Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury 1x Dromoka, the Eternal 1x Dragonlord Ojutai 1x Dragonlord Silumgar 1x Dragonlord Dromoka 1x Dragonlord Kolaghan 1x Dragonlord Atarka 3x Frontier Bivouac 3x Opulent Palace 3x Wooded Foothills 4x Evolving Wilds 2x Lumbering Falls 1x Haven of the Spirit Dragon 1x Cinder Glade 3x Mountain 3x Forest 1x Plains 1x Island 1x Swamp

1x Hangerback Walker 2x Stubborn Denial 1x Silumgar, the Drifting Death 2x Dragonlord's Prerogative 3x Sagu Mauler 3x Crux of Fate 1x Polluted Delta 1x Swamp 1x Island

It's very similar to my previous try at 5 colour dragons, playing all the dragonlords and a ton of ramp. 

Round 1: 2-0 vs RU Thopters

In the first round, I played against a new player with his casual thopters deck. In round 1 I ramped into Surrak followed by three Whisperwoods and in the second I ramped into dragonlords Kolaghan and Dromoka. The mana seemed fine if slow, with the Beastcallers doing a good job fixing. I could have cast a turn 4 Sarkhan in game 2 if I had started with a Rattleclaw instead of a Beastcaller... but with two dragonlords in my hand and no Sarkhan, I think I made the right play. I suppose it worked out either way.

Round 2: 0-2 vs Mono-Red Midrange

Even against the midrange version of the red deck, I was just far too slow. The combination of all my tapped lands and my opponent cleverly burning all my mana-dorks means I never really got going and got run over. Ouch.

Round 3: 2-0 vs RG Midrange

This round was better for me. My opponent was also a new player and I was easily able to play bigger threats sooner than he could. I like the way the deck plays when my opponent doesn't disrupt me or put on too quick a clock.

Round 4: 2-0 vs GW Midrange

The last round saw me paired up against another new player. The first round saw me ramp out a quick Dragonlord Atarka and in the second I beat down with Heir of the Wilds and Flamebreak Regent. 

It was nice to see so many new faces at the tournament... and I felt a little bad crushing them with mythic dragons. Not so bad that I didn't enjoy it though :D I think the deck is mostly fine.. though I either need to come up with a proper sideboard that has a plan against the red decks or just write off those match-ups entirely. 

-Odd

"They come because I call. They stay because I listen." - Flavour Text, Beastcaller Savant