The Ur-Dragon card art — Art by Jaime Jones · © Wizards of the Coast

Draconic Domination

Bracket 2

C17 — Commander 2017 · 2017-08-25

Commander: The Ur-Dragon · Color identity: BGRUW

Bracket

Power Level

4.7/10

Tipping Point

Game Changers

Why this bracket?

3 repeatable damage-to-each-opponent sources — a dedicated noncombat burn engine — but the goldfish sim wins around turn 9 (Bracket 2 "Core" pace, ~8+ turns), not the ~6-7 of an Upgraded deck, so this theme engine alone does not floor Bracket 3
Borderline verdict — close to B3: noncombat burst finish (Dragon Tempest, Scourge of Valkas) — a real combo kill that's finite/board-dependent, so the two-card-infinite rule doesn't gate it
Noncombat burst finish: scaling burn (Dragon Tempest, Scourge of Valkas) — finite and board-dependent, so it doesn't trip the two-card-infinite floor, but it's a real combo kill this list is built toward
High optimization — score 28/75 (16 interaction spells, 9 card-advantage sources, 1 fast-mana sources) — raises this deck above its hard floor
Engine accuracy: 77.1% exact and 99.5% within one bracket on 1,229 organizer-labeled tournament decklists (engine v389).

How it compares

Against the 4 Commander 2017 decks we analyzed, this is 2nd strongest — power 4.7 versus a set average of 4.8. That is about average for the library (4.6 across 174 precons). Its Tipping Point lands on turn 4, the same as the library median.

More Commander 2017 decks

Vampiric Bloodlust — Bracket 3, power 5.6
Feline Ferocity — Bracket 2, power 4.5
Arcane Wizardry — Bracket 2, power 4.2

Other Bracket 2 precons at a similar power

Arm for Battle — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Aura of Courage — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Avengers Assemble — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Draconic Dissent — Bracket 2, power 4.7
Grand Larceny — Bracket 2, power 4.7

Upgrade this precon

6 staples this deck does not already run — all legal in The Ur-Dragon's color identity, none over $20, and none of them a Game Changer, so none forces a Bracket 3 floor on its own. Adding cards can still move the bracket: paste the updated list back into the calculator to re-check.

Arcane Signet Ramp $0.49
Nature's Lore Ramp $2.23
Rampant Growth Ramp $1.28
Three Visits Ramp $5.55
Swords to Plowshares Interaction $0.88
Path to Exile Interaction $0.69

Add all 6 to TCGplayer cart — about $11.12

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Decklist (100 cards)

1 The Ur-Dragon
1 O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami
1 Ramos, Dragon Engine
1 Scalelord Reckoner
1 Boneyard Scourge
1 Territorial Hellkite
1 Taigam, Ojutai Master
1 Wasitora, Nekoru Queen
1 Ryusei, the Falling Star
1 Scourge of Valkas
1 Utvara Hellkite
1 Sunscorch Regent
1 Deathbringer Regent
1 Hellkite Charger
1 Tyrant's Familiar
1 Atarka, World Render
1 Bladewing the Risen
1 Broodmate Dragon
1 Crosis, the Purger
1 Dromoka, the Eternal
1 Intet, the Dreamer
1 Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
1 Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius
1 Ojutai, Soul of Winter
1 Scion of the Ur-Dragon
1 Silumgar, the Drifting Death
1 Spellbound Dragon
1 Teneb, the Harvester
1 Steel Hellkite
1 Orator of Ojutai
1 Dragonlord's Servant
1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
1 Savage Ventmaw
1 Fortunate Few
1 Fractured Identity
1 Crux of Fate
1 Painful Truths
1 Earthquake
1 Cultivate
1 Farseek
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Rain of Thorns
1 Fist of Suns
1 Herald's Horn
1 Mirror of the Forebears
1 Armillary Sphere
1 Commander's Sphere
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Dreamstone Hedron
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Sol Ring
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Kindred Discovery
1 Monastery Siege
1 Palace Siege
1 Crucible of Fire
1 Dragon Tempest
1 Frontier Siege
1 Curse of Verbosity
1 Curse of Opulence
1 Curse of Bounty
1 Elemental Bond
1 Crucible of the Spirit Dragon
1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
2 Mountain
2 Mountain
2 Mountain
1 Swamp
1 Swamp
1 Swamp
1 Forest
1 Forest
1 Forest
1 Plains
1 Plains
1 Plains
1 Island
1 Island
1 Island
1 Path of Ancestry
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Command Tower
1 Crumbling Necropolis
1 Frontier Bivouac
1 Jungle Shrine
1 Mystic Monastery
1 Nomad Outpost
1 Opulent Palace
1 Sandsteppe Citadel
1 Savage Lands
1 Seaside Citadel
1 Vivid Crag
1 Vivid Creek
1 Vivid Grove
1 Vivid Marsh
1 Vivid Meadow

Bracket assignment per WotC Commander Brackets Beta. Decklist sourced from MTGJSON (https://mtgjson.com/api/v5/decks/DraconicDomination_C17.json). Analyzed against https://scrollvault.net on 2026-10-09.