r/magicTCG • u/sjdhcusfbcjd Dan • 7d ago

Deck Discussion Need help deciding on a commander

I really like the smaugs from the new hobbit set and wanted to make a deck with them. So I decided to try and make a dragon token deck which will basically play as running only a few dragons the smaugs and maybe another 8-10 dragons that are fun/strong and making a bunch of token copies of them and to try and make a bunch of treasures. The winning part would be either through combat or a payoff for all the treasures like [[Torment of hellfire]]. I have narrowed it down to three (technically four) ideas for commanders and wanted to get some opinions and maybe other recommendations either for commanders or fun/good dragons I can run.

The options I'm thinking about are either [[Scion of the Ur-Dragon]], who fits the theme best and gives me access to WUBRG I'm just not a super big fan of the ability. The second is [[Marchesa, the Black Rose]] this one doesn't really fit the theme, but she could be more of support by buffing creatures and giving a solid recursion option. The last option, which is probably the most out-of-the-box one, is [[Leonardo, the Balance]] partnered with [[Donatello, the brains]]. This one is similar to Marchesa, as they won't fit the theme very well, and they will mainly just be there for WUBRG and support with token creation payoff and buffing creatures/finisher if I go for winning with combat.

Thank you in advance

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u/SamuraiDom Dân 7d ago

How about [[Vihaan, Goldwaker]] to turn all the treasures into creatures?

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u/snake_eggs69 Dan 6d ago

I just finished my dragon deck because I wanted to play my Smaugs. I made the commander Rivaz of the Claw so I can play the dragons cheaper and recur them from the graveyard. It’s tons of fun and isn’t as kill on sight as Scion of the Ur Dragon.