“Extend over it, my guarding claw.”
Art:Ognis, the Dragon's Lash
by Andreas Zafiratos
Pricing courtesy of Moxfield.com
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Todays Featured Commander Is:
Ognis, The Dragons Lash is a card that in my opinion got forgot a lot because of all of the pre-cons that come out these days, even though many don’t like or play her I find Ognis to be a super strong and really fun take on both treasure and Jund! This deck is a different approach to an overall pretty aggressive archetype that is everywhere in EDH. Make a ton of mana and be the green deck you always wanted to be as well as the aggressiveness from red and the interaction / awesome spells and creatures from black! This deck is really something special, without further adieu lets get it!
The Deck:
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Why Ognis, The Dragon’s Lash?
We are built around Ognis fully and she is a key card in the deck, she is one of our best mana producers. We almost never attack with Ognis and want to keep her as protected and safe from harm as we can! We can ramp into her early and another strong part is her mana cost which gives us flexibility in what types of starting hands we can keep!
5 Helpful Upgrades:
These are in no particular order but these are cards that I think would improve the deck greatly but were removed due to price!
Deck Overview:
This section contains information about cards in the deck and how they function within the deck! As well as highlighting some of my favorite cards in the deck!
Creatures:
Most of the creatures in our deck are just haste outlets but we do have some absolute bombs in our creature package. One of my favorites is Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
which is a crazy card that gives us double triggers on Ognis’s trigger which can be a crazy way to double our mana! We also have Old Gnawbone
who also produces an absolute ton of treasures. Samut, Vizier of Naktamun
not only has haste but is a card draw machine for our other creatures with haste! Since we have a decent amount of small but hasty creatures we can use Ohran Frostfang
to help make our smaller creatures much more threatening! Cavern-Hoard Dragon
is a really strong card that we can cast super early once we get some treasures going!
Instants:
Unexpected Windfall
and Big Score
are great draw spells that also make treasure tokens, these cards are both really strong ways to keep a turn going after we have a bunch of treasure tokens. Beast Within
and Terminate
are both cheap and really strong pieces of removal! Second Harvest
is another really cool card that can help us effectively our treasure tokens!
Sorceries:
Since we have an absolute ton of mana from our treasures we can afford to use a ton of it on some huge X spells like Genesis Wave
and Crackle with Power
which can be super huge and super crazy X spells when these come down. Brass's Bounty
is an expensive “ramp” spell but since we can use treasures to cast it it can be very strong! Our sorcery package is also where a lot of our traditional ramp lies with cards like Cultivate
, Kodama's Reach
and Skyshroud Claim
!
Artifacts:
Mana rocks make up nearly all of our artifact package with both on-color talismans, Arcane Signet
and Golgari Signet
as strong ways to get some early or just some extra mana! Besides that we have Dolmen Gate
which is a great way to trigger Ognis and protect our creatures. Bootleggers' Stash
is not just a strong card but a great combo card as well!
Enchantments:
We have a bunch of enchantments that are part of combos or are main combos like Aggravated Assault
and Revel in Riches
these cards have some practicality without comboing but we typically hold them until then! Mirror March
is a fun and chaotic enchantment albeit a little expensive this card can be really strong with some luck and good creatures! Stimulus Package
is a really good way to turn some of our treasure tokens into creatures perfect for combat! There and Back Again
is a cool saga which we mostly want “Smaug” out of it, 14 treasures is a huge boost for us! Rain of Riches
is a sweet card that features one of magic’s most broken mechanics in cascade!
Land Base:
Our land base has a bunch of ways to produce all 3 of our colors! While being budget we lose access to some key fetch and dual lands there are so many really strong alternatives like Cinder Glade
, Dragonskull Summit
and Llanowar Wastes
which are all a little bit slower than there more expensive counterparts but absolutely get the job done! Mines of Moria
is another really cool land that lets us make more treasure tokens! Not too much to say about any of the other lands in the deck just RGB producing lands!
Strengths of the Deck:
- An absolute ton of mana production
- A lot of ramp in addition to our mana production
- Can be aggressive and strong early
Weaknesses of the Deck:
- Weak to spellslinger / combo strategies
- Not a ton of interaction
- Weak to control strategies
Deck Stats:
Sample Hands:
Main Win Conditions:
We have many ways to win the game which is typically through all of our hasty creatures and combat but we also have a ton of infinite combos that help us end the game as well! Below are all of the combos in our deck explained while some of these combos don’t end the game themself they get us really close:
Old Gnawbone + Revel in Riches
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield. You control creatures with total power ten or greater that can attack this turn and that cannot be blocked and killed by an opponent.
Steps:
- Deal combat damage to an opponent with creatures that have total power ten or greater.
- Old Gnawbone triggers, creating at least ten Treasure tokens.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Revel in Riches triggers, causing you to win the game.
Results:
Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep.
Bootleggers' Stash + Revel in Riches
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield. You control at least ten in any combination of lands and/or Treasure tokens.
Steps:
- On the end step before your turn, activate all lands you control by tapping them, creating that many Treasure tokens.
- At the beginning of your upkeep, Revel in Riches triggers, causing you to win the game.
Results:
Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep.
Grand Warlord Radha
+ Hellkite Charger
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield. You control at least six other creatures that can attack this turn. An opponent is unable to block and kill your creatures.
Steps:
- Declare Radha, Hellkite Charger and at least six other creatures as attackers.
- Radha and Hellkite Charger trigger.
- Resolve the Radha trigger, adding at least 6RR.
- Resolve the Hellkite Charger trigger, choosing to pay 5RR to untap all attacking creatures and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite combat phases. Infinite red mana. Infinite green mana.
Old Gnawbone + Hellkite Charger
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield. Old Gnawbone does not have summoning sickness. An opponent can not block Old Gnawbone. An opponent can not block Hellkite Charger. 5RR available.
Steps:
- Move to your combat step.
- Attack with Hellkite Charger and Old Gnawbone.
- When Hellkite Charger attacks, it triggers.
- Pay 5RR, adding an additional combat phase after this one.
- Old Gnawbone triggers for each creature that dealt combat damage, creating a number of treasures equal to the damage dealt with each trigger.
- Move to your additional combat step.
- Attack with Hellkite Charger and Old Gnawbone.
- When Hellkite Charger attacks, it triggers.
- Holding priority, activate seven Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding 5RR.
- Repeat from step 4.
Results:
Infinite combat phases. Infinite combat damage. Infinite Treasure tokens. Infinite colored mana.
Jolene, the Plunder Queen
+ Goldspan Dragon
+ Hellkite Charger
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield. An opponent cannot block and kill Goldspan Dragon and Hellkite Charger.
Steps:
- Declare Goldspan Dragon and Hellkite Charger as attackers.
- Hellkite Charger, Goldspan Dragon, and Jolene triggers.
- Resolve the Goldspan Dragon and Jolene triggers, creating four Treasure tokens.
- Activate the Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding 6RR.
- Resolve the Hellkite Charger trigger from step 2, causing you to pay 5RR to untap all attacking creatures and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- Repeat each combat phase.
Results:
Infinite combat phases.
Brass's Bounty + Revel in Riches
Requires:
Revel in Riches on the battlefield. Brass’s Bounty in hand. You control at least ten lands. 6R available.
Steps:
- Cast Brass’s Bounty by paying 6R, creating at least ten Treasure tokens.
- At the beginning of your next upkeep, Revel in Riches’ second ability triggers, causing you to win the game.
Results:
Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep.
Aggravated Assault + Old Gnawbone
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield. You control creatures that can deal at least six combat damage that cannot be blocked by an opponent.
Steps:
- Attack with the creatures to deal at least six combat damage to a player, triggering Old Gnawbone’s ability, creating at least six Treasure tokens.
- Activate five Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, to add 3RR.
- Activate Aggravated Assault by paying 3RR to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase and an additional main phase after that.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite Treasure tokens. Infinite combat phases. Infinite untap triggers. Infinite colored mana.
Aggravated Assault + Grand Warlord Radha
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield. You control at least five other creatures that can attack. An opponent is unable to block and kill creatures you control.
Steps:
- Declare Grand Warlord Radha and five other creatures as attackers.
- Grand Warlord Radha triggers, adding 4RR.
- Proceed to your next main phase.
- Activate Aggravated Assault by paying 3RR, untapping all creatures you control and getting an additional combat and main phase after this one.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite combat phases. Infinite red mana. Infinite green mana.
Jolene, the Plunder Queen + Goldspan Dragon + Aggravated Assault
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield. An opponent cannot block and kill Goldspan Dragon.
Steps:
- Declare Goldspan Dragon as an attacker.
- Goldspan Dragon and Jolene trigger, creating four Treasure tokens.
- Move to your postcombat main phase.
- Activate three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding 4RR.
- Activate Aggravated Assault by paying 3RR, causing you to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat and main phase after this one.
- Repeat.
- Once you have infinite Treasure tokens, you may use them to activate Jolene’s ability to put infinite +1/+1 counters on Jolene.
Results:
Infinite combat phases. Infinite Treasure tokens. Infinite colored mana. Infinite +1/+1 counters on Jolene.
Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield. Savage Ventmaw does not have summoning sickness. An opponent is unable to block and kill Savage Ventmaw.
Steps:
- Declare Savage Ventmaw as an attacker, attacking an opponent unable to block and kill it.
- Savage Ventmaw triggers, adding RRRGGG.
- Move to your post-combat main phase.
- Activate Aggravated Assault by paying 3RR, untapping all creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat and main phase after this one.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite combat phases. Infinite combat damage. Infinite red mana. Infinite green mana. Infinite untap of creatures you control.
Grand Warlord Radha + Hellkite Charger + Savage Ventmaw
Requires:
All permanents on the battlefield. Savage Ventmaw does not have summoning sickness. An opponent is unable to block and kill your creatures.
Steps:
- Declare Radha, Hellkite Charger and Savage Ventmaw as attackers.
- Radha, Savage Ventmaw and Hellkite Charger trigger.
- Resolve the Savage Ventmaw trigger, adding RRRGGG.
- Resolve the Radha trigger, adding at least 3.
- Resolve the Hellkite Charger trigger, choosing to pay 5RR to untap all attacking creatures and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite combat phases. Infinite red mana. Infinite green mana.
Conclusion:
Ognis, The Dragon’s Lash is a really cool precon commander who doesn’t get enough love as they should! Being able to produce a ton of mana in treasure is a high level of ramp that even green thinks is good! We have so many strong ways to produce an absolute ton of mana and we also have a ton of combos and payoffs! Thanks for reading to the end and thanks for all of the support!