Instant-speed transformation into any Dragon from your deck while stacking the graveyard for mass reanimation creates a terrifying 5-color toolbox engine. On Moxfield’s high-power and Dragon Kindred charts, Scion of the Ur-Dragon remains one of the most explosive and lethal commanders in Magic’s history.
As a 4/4 Dragon Avatar legend costing all five colors (), Scion possesses Flying and a repeatable activated ability: for just two generic mana (), you tutor any Dragon card from your library straight into your graveyard, causing Scion to become a copy of that Dragon until end of turn. By chaining activations in response to each other, Scion can instantly gain stats, Trample, and Double Strike for one-shot Commander damage kills or dump massive targets into the graveyard for cheap mass reanimation with Living Death.
Here is the strategic operational blueprint of Moxfield’s premier Scion list, detailing how to pilot Dragon Entomb chains for immediate player eliminations.
1. Core Mechanics & Strategic Phases
Succeeding with Scion requires 5-color mana fixing, fast mana acceleration, high-impact Dragon targets, and instant reanimation engines.
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Early Game (Turns 1–2): Fix your 5-color mana base using fetches, shock lands, and cheap tutors or dorks like Birds of Paradise and Ignoble Hierarch.
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Mid Game (Turns 3–4): Cast Scion of the Ur-Dragon () and hold up mana to respond to removal or threaten instant combat lethality.
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Late Game (Turns 5+): Activate Scion to dump lethal Dragons into the graveyard, executing one-shot Commander kills via Moltensteel Dragon + Atarka, World Render, or casting mass reanimation like Living Death to overwhelm the table.
2. Moxfield Highlights: Dragon Toolbox & Combo Engines
The highest-rated community lists on Moxfield optimize Scion by structuring the dragon package around lethal single-turn combat triggers, protection, and graveyard recursion.
Moltensteel Dragon + Atarka, World Render
The classic 21-damage Commander lethal combo. Activating Scion twice on an unblocked attack allows you to transform into Moltensteel Dragon first, pay Phyrexian mana (life) to pump his attack stat to +6, and then let the second activation resolve to turn him into Atarka for Double Strike, dealing over 20 flying damage in one hit.
Dragonlord Dromoka / Silumgar, the Drifting Death
Toolbox protection and removal. Transforming Scion into Dromoka in response to opponent spells locks them out of casting spells on your turn, while Silumgar provides Hexproof protection and wipes small opposing boards during combat.
The Ur-Dragon / Ancient Gold Dragon
Massive value generators. Dumping high-cost Dragons into the graveyard draws cards or creates dozens of d20 Treasure/Faerie Dragon tokens when Scion connects with opponent life totals.
Animate Dead / Living Death
Graveyard reanimation payoffs. Since Scion acts as a repeatable Entomb in the command zone, reanimation spells turn your graveyard into a second hand filled exclusively with game-ending Dragons.
3. Copy & Paste Scion of the Ur-Dragon 100-Card Decklist
Use the text box below to copy the complete highly-optimized community list. It contains exactly 1 Commander and 99 mainboard cards, calibrated perfectly for an error-free import into Moxfield.
1 Scion of the Ur-Dragon
1 Ancient Copper Dragon
1 Ancient Gold Dragon
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Animate Dead
1 Arcane Signet
1 Atarka, World Render
1 Badlands
1 Bayou
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Blood Crypt
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Boseiju, Who Endures
1 Brainstorm
1 Cavern of Souls
1 Chrome Mox
1 City of Brass
1 Command Tower
1 Counterspell
1 Crucible of Fire
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Dark Ritual
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Dragon Tempest
1 Dragonlord Dromoka
1 Dragonlord Kolaghan
1 Dragonlord Silumgar
1 Eladamri's Call
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Fabled Passage
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Fierce Guardianship
1 Force of Will
1 Gemstone Caverns
1 Goldspan Dragon
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Ignoble Hierarch
1 Imperial Seal
1 Jeweled Lotus
1 Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund
1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
1 Living Death
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Confluence
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Drain
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Moltensteel Dragon
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Opal
1 Nature's Lore
1 Niv-Mizzet, Parun
1 Old Gnawbone
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Path to Exile
1 Polluted Delta
1 Reanimate
1 Rhystic Study
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Scourge of Valkas
1 Silumgar, the Drifting Death
1 Smoldering Marsh
1 Sol Ring
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Sylvan Library
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Tainted Pact
1 Temple Garden
1 Terror of the Peaks
1 The Ur-Dragon
1 Three Visits
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Tropical Island
1 Underground Sea
1 Utvara Hellkite
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Volcanic Island
1 Watery Grave
1 Windswept Heath
1 Worldly Tutor
1 Ziatora, the Incinerator
3 Forest
3 Mountain
3 Swamp
2 Island
2 Plains
Summary: Command the Dragon Progenitor
Moxfield’s top deck builders prioritize Scion of the Ur-Dragon because he turns the command zone into an instant-speed tutor and entomb engine for the most powerful creature type in Magic. By transforming into lethal Dragons on demand or reanimating entire graveyards, you overwhelm opponents in a single combat phase. Copy the flawless 100-card decklist above, unleash the Dragon Avatar, and dominate your next Commander pod.
