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Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant
Legendary Creature — Human Druid
When Sarkhan enters, you may behold a Dragon. If you do, create a Treasure token. (To behold a Dragon, choose a Dragon you control or reveal a Dragon card from your hand.) Whenever a Dragon you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Sarkhan. Until end of turn, Sarkhan becomes a Dragon in addition to its other types and gains flying.
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“Cheap Dragon payoff that grows with every Dragon, fueling more Dragons with treasure.”
Aggro
Beginner
Combat damage, Commander damage
Tribal, Voltron, Tokens
Strategy
Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant is a low-cost Dragon payoff that rewards you for playing Dragons while generating treasure mana to fuel your dragon-heavy gameplan. Every Dragon that enters the battlefield pumps Sarkhan with a +1/+1 counter and temporarily turns him into a flying Dragon, letting him scale quickly into a threatening flyer. The deck wants to chain Dragons together, using Sarkhan's treasure tokens to cast bigger threats and apply pressure while your commander grows larger each turn.
Your core strategy revolves around filling your deck with efficient Dragons of various sizes, from cheap red Dragons to powerful finishers. The treasure generation keeps your mana flowing even on empty turns, and the repeated Dragon-enters triggers create a snowball effect—by turn 5 or 6, Sarkhan can be a 7/7 flyer with haste Dragons backing him up. You win through sheer Dragon aggression and commander damage, leveraging Sarkhan's flying evasion once he's grown large enough. The deck can pivot into pure Dragons tribal, making it straightforward but effective.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey Dragons like Tiamat and Drakuseth; budget alternatives like Dragon's Rage Channeler, Territorial Kavu, and Goblin Sharpshooter do similar work cheaply.
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