MTG Top 10: Dragons | Magic: the Gathering | Episode 36

This week we're doing another tribal Top 10 -- the best creatures with the "Dragon" creature type in Magic's history!

Here are the other dragons which have seen GP or PT success, but not enough to make the list.

#11: Fledgling Dragon (PT: 3, GP: 3 = 12, lost out to Rorix who had more PT Top 8s)
#12: Eternal Dragon (PT: 4, GP: 2 = 10)
#13: Kolaghan, the Storm’s Fury (PT: 0, GP: 8 = 8)
#14-15: Kokusho, the Evening Star (PT: 3, GP: 0 = 6), tied with Shivan Hellkite (PT: 3, GP: 0 = 6)
#16-17: Rith, the Awakener (PT: 2, GP: 0 = 4), tied with Icefall Regent (PT: 2, GP: 0 = 4)
#18: Draco (PT: 0, GP: 4 = 4)
#19-20: Teneb, the Harvester (PT: 1, GP: 1 = 3), tied with Rakdos Pit Dragon (PT: 1, GP: 1 = 3)
#21-28: Covetous Dragon (PT: 1, GP: 0 = 2), tied with Crosis, the Purger (PT: 1, GP: 0 = 2), Dromar the Banisher (PT: 1, GP: 0 = 2), Hellkite Charger (PT: 1, GP: 0 = 2), Quicksilver Dragon (PT: 1, GP: 0 = 2), Rathi Dragon (PT: 1, GP: 0 = 2), Ryusei, the Morning Star (PT: 1, GP: 0 = 2), Two-Headed Dragon (PT: 1, GP: 0 = 2)
#28: Archwing Dragon (PT: 0, GP: 2 = 2)
#29: Steel Hellkite (PT: 0, GP: 1 = 1)

[LaPoubelle]

It's nice to see someone put this much work into a top 10 list, it makes the list much more interesting and meaningful. subscribed

[babo]

2:50 10. Rorix Bladewing
4:10 9. Furnace Dragon
5:50 8. Keiga, The Tide Star
7:50 7. Yosei, the Morning Star
9:10 6. Thunderbreak Reagent
10:30 5. Silumgar, the Drifting Death
11:40 4. Broodmate Dragon
13:00 3. All the Dragon Lords from Tarkir
15:40 2. Thundermaw Hellkite
17:00 1. Stormbreath Dragon

[smipth]

Could you do top 10 basic lands at some point? Thanks.

[jesseerosenbaum]

I was a little surprised to not see Kokusho on here. During Kamigawa block I played a mono-black Kokusho + Goryo's Vengeance deck. Accelerate to Kokusho on turn 4 turn 5 swing, Goryo another Kokusho in the graveyard, legendary rule blow up, 15 damage in one turn and you heal 10. It was brutal fun

[Alexander-mwek]

I really like your approach to these top ten lists. It really differentiates you from the hundreds of other lists that all say the same thing

[alexisfiligree]

I am shocked at the lack of Bogarden Hellkite...I thought the Dragonstorm decks did better than they did...

[GloomyGoth]

Gosh I loved running Thunderbreak Regent in my modern Goblin deck. I used to run a pair for late game and somehow lucked out several times with drawing them just when I needed them.

[brianstephens]

A fun historical/flavor bit on Stormbreath Dragon: its name is likely a reference to Stormseeker, a green sorcery from Legends, the text of which is functionally the effect of Stormbreath's Monstrosity ability. So from a flavor perspective, the Monstrosity is the dragon using its breath.

[GoodnightCoombsy]

scourge of valkas will always have a special place in my heart. it was the first magic card I got excited playing along with siege dragon

[ares]

Dragons is my favorite creature type. And I'm currently working on a dragon deck for modern.

[TylerHyperFace]

I'm new (not even a week) into mtg, and looking to make Commander with dragons my thing. Bought Draconic Domination to start, and ALOT of drags on this list seem to fit synergy of the deck (if not just raw-value on their own). Thanks so much for making this!

[ean]

Top 10 Ravnica guilds would be cool. Of course they'd all end up on the list, but I'd be interested to see the score break down for each one

[HughManatea]

Thank you for Adding Thunderbreak he is my favorite card in general great in a voracious dragon build with goblins and descent of dragons

[stevenglowacki]

Ugh, I realize that I did the same thing back in Kamigawa block for Eiganjo Castle (I still think of it pronounced this way), but Japanese is not German. "Ei" is pronounced in Japanese like in "neighbor" and "weigh". And everyone tended to pronounce Keiga correctly from what I recall, so it's strange to hear someone pronounce it wrong. Even worse, you then pronounce the "ei" correctly on Yosei!

[nu--]

I remember when me and a buddy first started to play magic when I made a burn deck with a few cards in the whole tarkir block which was three different sets. So I had two of the mardu and two of the storwind deck (I think) with the dash and hast ability, and all he wanted to say was how I had broken the game lol. Four years later he summons almost 40 tokes all at once to the field and gains life for each one, and gives em first strike and vigilance. Now who wins?? My red black hasty dragons or his white tokens? Depends on if I draw into lightning to be honest lol

[gleepglorpgleepgloop]

Honerable mention to " worldgorger dragon" for some crazy ass infinite combos.

[LucanVaris]

As an Izzet player, I'm offended Niv isn't somewhere on this list. I demand a refund. Angry face. >:I

[GadwickTheWizened]

Pretty naive list. Anyone with just a bit of knowledge of Magic The Gathering can easily demonstrate who REALLY is on the top of this list by a very basic formula:

(Z->)90° - (E-N²W)90°t=1

[polkhigh_]

Accurate Top 10 Ranking, my thanks. However, to be a 100% accurate you probably would have to respect in what kind of meta the dragon was played. Broodmate woulve been arguably the most played dragon if there hadnt been Baneslayer Angel in the format, which dodged both broodmate and bitumous blast.

[gabefarkas]

But you didn't mention Shivan Dragon in the list in the comments? I thought you said it got 4 points.