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If you were wondering, Niv Mizzet is tied for the most legendary creatures with Omnath as well as Avacyn if you could to her DFC as two different cards, I had fun looking this up lol
I was gonna say maybe Jeska , but one of those is a planeswalker. Still she showed up as three legendary creatures which is pretty neat. (Well 2.333, I guess, depending on how you count Karona)
Started with M20. So my favourite dragon is Drakuseth Maw of Flames. I remember playing the arena precon with it and being really happy when I dropped it on the battlefield,
I am also a big fan of Drakuseth, mainly because I like to imagine his effect being just collateral damage and not him actually targeting anything else, its just his flames are so big they end up scorching anything around them.
My first dragon card is from BFZ, but my oldest (known) set-wise is Atarka, World Render and Ojutai, Soul of Winter. I played as early as Gatecrash, but dragons weren't really present in that era.
God every time I see the art for pixie dragon I am blown away. Like you can't tell if it's a tiny dragon next to a Crack in the ground or a massive dragon next to a canyon, I adore it so much.
10 year old me rummaging through a box of stuff my dad had when he played. Finding a black and red dragons deck which last was updated in invasion. That deck was my intro to mtg. Catacomb dragon will forever be amazing to me.
Didn't get into MTG until I walked past a lgs and they were having an event for Dominaria release. Everyone was super welcoming. I ended up pulling a Vaevictus. Declared at that point that Jund was going to be my favorite color combo and it's held true ever since
In my magic infancy, I made a red/green dragon deck mostly around the 'Devour' mechanic. I thought it would make sense if I used all of the non creature spells I could find to make as many goblins as possible early, then eat them all for one huge Hellkite Hatchling. Savage Ventmaw and Harbinger of the Hunt didn't have the devour mechanic, but they both did so much work for me in that deck that I developed a soft spot for them. I recently made a Godzilla (Zilortha) Commander deck, and it made me very happy to put the Savage Ventmaw in it
Dragons are my favorite type in MTG, and I truly enjoy using their ferocity to destroy pesky planeswalkers. Back when I played the most, Bogarden hellkite was the star of the show, clearing the field before turning around and smashing faces in.
I can't tell you how happy I was to not only get a notification saying that there is a new Magic Arcanum video, but that it is about dragons. Double whammy!
As a fan of Heroes of Might and Magic (III), there is something about the simplicity of Red, Green, Black, Blue, and Red dragons in Forgotten Realms that makes my nostalgia kick-in.
They did my boy Inferno of the Star Mounts dirty, he's the most powerful sorcerer in the Forgotten Realms, and I would have liked to see some of that on his card
@@bradymclaughlin6376 20 damage when he has gain enough fire? tapping to deal 1 in the "cheap" effect of sorcerer in mtg, this is a much more powerful version of deal damage without needing combat, I personally like it
I feel similarly about Lloth. When I think of The Spider Queen, a literal goddess and one of the most powerful entities in the setting, It wouldn't be the upper-end of an aristocrats deck. And not a really good one to be honest.
When I was just getting into Magic it was around when Dragons of Tarkir came out. It was either my first or second booster that I bought and I happened to get Silumgar the Drifting Death from it.
To this day, my favorite dragon is Teeka's Dragon. Just something about a flying, trampling, 5/5 with Rampage 4. Just tickles my fancy. With a Lure effect. Lmao
Now that I work at a game shop I am so excited to be able to see these dragons and other cards in person now, and use the knowledge I've gained from this channel to talk to co-workers and guests.
My favorite dragon is preyseizer dragon. It has devour 2, and the attack trigger is direct damage. I ran a mean modern devour deck back in high school, top of the group. Preyseizer was the threat that made people question if they could still win once I played it. Fires of yavimaya, eight tokens from mycosynth, burn their flyer and announce preyseizer. Generally a scoop.
I want to give some honorable mentions to great dragons that didn’t make it: Korvold! he’s just great and dragon noble is an awesome type line, not to mention the flavor of him eating the banquet, the gifts and the guests lol Ramos and Mishra’s Dragon Engines, just dumb weapons of mass destruction that somehow became deified thousands of years later and were a mcguffin all along for Urza’s master plan? AFR’s Dragonborns, the one humanoid dragon race we’ve gotten after all this years, we have like three different kinds of snake people, rat people, monkey goblins, all the elephant, cat and dog people but no dragon people until now?! Such a fantasy staple. And for my favorite dragon? I’m a huge sucker for japanese mythology so O-Kagachi would be one of my top ones and I also like a lot Wasitora’s lore and design, and my top would have to be Form of the Dragon, nothing beats becoming the dragon yourself!
I would like to note that dragonborn are typically overshadowed by the fantasy stereotype of the most intelligent dragons having humanoid forms, so it would be cool to see more double-faced dragons that have humanoid counterparts, similar to Chromium Rule, who is my favorite dragon. Ugin is actually cooler IMO, but he has no creature cards. If they do another flashback set like origins was, Ugin would be one of the best choices for it.
It might even be cool to see dragon slayers inspired by Fairy Tail, who have powers granted by dragons and effectively become dragonborn themselves, even having the ability to become dragons as a curse for their power. I could see that happening on Tarkir or Dominaria.
I like all of the dragons in magic. I have a collection of all obtainable dragons regular art and alternative art. Any ways love the story's and content you put out many thanks.
For sure Drakuseth, I remember picking up magic in 2019 and just being blown away by that card! The art, the flavor the potential! The reason why dragons are one of my favorite tribes
One of my favorite dragons is Hellkite Tyrant. I really like how they incorporated the treasure hoarding aspect into him stealing it from those who he attacks. I am also a sucker for any card that says "You win the game" on them. I like to imagine that once you've built up your hoard enough he is just like "ah I'm gonna retire now."
The whole reason why one of my friends started playing magic was because there were dragons. They are his favorite creature of all time. Every deck he had when he started was dragon themed. It was and still is great.
I got into EDH and basically Magic properly when my friend bought me the 2017 Ur-Dragon precon. That guy (and his deck as it is today) will always hold a special place in my heart.
Dragon Mage is my favorite thanks to the flavortext. I'm surprised you didn't mention Obsidian Charmaw from MH2 since it has a pretty unique land destruction ability. That dragon made me redesign my Boros LD/Prison into a Mardu LD/Prison deck (thanks also in part to Vindicate).
Ur-dragon for me. Picked up the c17 deck on release as my first entry into commander. Rarely played the deck back then as i was a novice and didn't understand how to fix the land curve. Experience gathered since then and a wave of new dragons released with recent sets including AFR and strixhaven and i have today blew the dust off the deck box, dug into the sleeved contents and began the rebuild. And oh boy, am i excited to dominate the skies!
I really enjoy these history videos. I've been playing since around Alara and getting to see how the designs from the early days progressed to cards that I was introduced to when I got into the game then see them continue to evolve into current forms is really cool.
I'm a big fan of Terror of the Peaks. A recent deck I put together (the first one I completed by myself actually) features a fun combo with it and Immortal Phoenix (no way I'm the first to do it, but I was proud that I discovered it on my own). Great video!
Honorable mention for the WIngblade family in Dominaria, i know the plane has a lot of other important dragons but this guys have a lot of cards through different sets, even the first zombie dragon!
glad im not the only one who has a strange attraction to these mythical creatures, it has been a joy been upgrading my Dragonic Rage set after not being into MTG since before planeswalkers were a thing
Shivan Dragon will always be my favorite. When I make a deck for a new player, I always start with a red goblin deck with some burn spells and at least 1 Shivan Dragon. I feel it really gives them a chance to learn the various spells in the game.
Moltensteel dragon has to be my favorite dragon BY FAR. James Ryman's did a stupendous job with the artwork and it is also my favorite foil ever, residing in my precious mono red Gadrak edh deck.
You mentioned my favorite dragon! Moltensteel Dragon's art is my desktop background. I liked using Hoarding dragon to fetch for Moltensteel since I only owned one copy.
I have always had a soft spot for Teeka’s Dragon, as I always really wanted it as a kid and really liked the combination of trample and rampage that it sported
I would love to see a "history of Illusions in Magic" because I'm currently making a Minn, Wily Illusionist deck and these cards are really fun! Great video as always Ryan!
My favorite dragon will always be Balefire Dragon from Innistrad. Shes got nostalgia, respectable stats, and she can burninate your opponents whole team at the drop of a hat.
Shivan Dragon was my first real beater in my first Magic decks and I still love it to this day, it was in my Surrak Dragonclaw deck for the longest time
Totally agree with you about the Strixhaven dragons. Those 5 could easily have filled out other tribes rosters while potentially being interesting story points (maverick profs, the dept secretary that secretly runs everything, the gradstudent that knows more than their mentor.)
Hey Ryan! The dragon I am most excited to see is Grand Master of Flowers. Bahamut is my favourite diety in D&D and am so stoked that he is in the MTG set. Platinum one be praised!
You could have at least featured the full art dragons from the new set! Wonderful video. I never get tired of Ryan telling me it’s story time or sharing the lord of the cards.
Crimson Hellkite is the most dragonly dragon in my eyes. Its artwork AND especially his german name is awesome and flashed me as a child. And it has not lost any of his magic. Mist Dragon is also one of my favorites.
Chromium the mutable is my favorite dragon because i like the lore behind this dragon. Being one of Bolas' siblings and the fact this dragon prefers to interact with humans by transforming himself into a human is a pretty cool and interesting idea that i like a lot.
Moonveil Dragon is one of my favorites. I have it in a Grand Warlord Radha aggro ramp deck, and if it comes down on curve (read: turn 4) the teamwide firebreathing presents absolutely terrifying amounts of damage and ensures that there is no longer any such thing as a "good block."
When I first got into Magic, it was around Onslaught. So my first interaction with a "dragon" of note was Bladewing: The Risen. That is the iconic dragon I always come back to when I think of MTG dragons.
Love the latest dragons in the adventures in the forgotten realms set. As a literal big magic and D&D nerd it's the best thing for me. Love the new legendaries, especially ebondeath Dracolich
Dragonlord Dromoka is by far my favorite Dragon. When I got back into Magic after College Tarkir was the new set. The GWB Abzan immediately draw me in and I had to make a main deck within it. Obviously I couldn't not include some of the heavy hitters in this deck, so I have multiple dragons from Tarkir BUT my favorite outta all of them is Dragonlord Dromoka.
Gotta say Dragon's of Takir is still one of my favorite sets and really has some of the best dragon support. I just loved how much it can ramp and probably was the easiest all colored deck ive made cause all the legendaries support eachother just by being dragons themselves
Since you guys are so great at story telling, how about you try up this idea that occurred to me? It would be like story telling about specific and remarkable games of magic you've had over the years, with the historical context of the cards used. You might want to make a poll (ofc assuming you guys are interested in making this kind of content) to see if you'd have sufficient audience of the effort. None of my friends play magic, but they love a good story about my edh adventures, and they enjoy watching my games from time to time.
I did noticed you didn't mention Malfegor. I find it quite flavorful of him for his cmc to be 6 (2, 2 black and 2 red), the fact he's a 6/6, with him being a Demon Dragon, making a total of three 6's, makes him one of the most metal dragons in the game. Although he doesn't play the game, I gave one to my father as a little trinket for his birthday.
Utvara Hellkite. I love ravnica and when I saw &m for the first time I lost my marbles. He makes the biggest dragon tokens I've ever seen, and I consider him the Dragin King to my Lathliss, Dragon Queen.
My friends and I call the dragons Utrava summon Twitter followers as Utrava can just swarm the field with tons of dragons if you attack with more than it
@@jeremycocciolone9223 oh it gets pretty crazy so I'll give you a little fun one from my Lathliss EDH. Sarkhan Dragonsoul's -9 let's you play every dragon out of the deck. With dragon tempest already on the field and when put in the right order with Scourge of Valkas, Terror of the Peaks and Lathliss it'll end up doing some 11000 direct damage. That is before I swing with them all with Dragon Tempest's haste, make twice as many 6/6 dragons as I already have on the field with Utvara which just triggers even more direct damage somewhere in the ballpark of 1300. I could kill about 3 yugioh players in one turn.
I'm a huge fan of Steel Hellkite and include it in more commander decks than it has perhaps earned a spot in, but I just love that its a reliable flying threat and can be used to great effect to remove whole fields of annoying tokens or maybe against the Elf tribal player who has lots of 1 and 2cmc dorks which generate 90% of their mana
My current favorite dragon is Dragon Mage. It's fun to threaten a wheel in commander. My favorite card featuring a dragon is Traitorous Greed. That artwork is so good.
Thinking of a favorite dragon is difficult. I think my answer is ultimately Jugan, the rising star. The fact that it was a dragon in green made it feel really unique to me (because when I first played with Jugan Khans and the atarka dragons did not exist) and the original art is fantastic. Unlike some of the other dragon spirits though, Jugan never really took off in commander so I haven't played him nearly as much as his black and blue cousins. My favorite dragon purely on look is Scourge of Kher Ridges. Idk how to describe it other than he looks threatening and ready to fight.
Wow I remember having Crimson Hellkite from Mirage in my deck back when I started playing and it was the best thing ever. Not that it helped me win any more games but it was SO FREAKIN' COOOOOOL!
Vaevictis Asmadi the Dire is still my favourite dragon ever and leads probably my favourite commander deck ever. Who doesn't love chaos warp on legs or wings? He started out as a dragon tribal deck because he's flipping big creatures off the top of your deck and what bigger boys are there than dragons. Also sacrificing some tasty kobolds or elves to bring more dragons to your feast is very flavourful.
I always liked Dragonlord Dromoka. The fact that she could not be countered and she protected my board state while on my turn always appealed to me. Plus whenever I casted her I would say "DraaaNOKaaaaa"
I was 12 when i went to a Fnm for the first time and the promo was a foil lightning dragon. It blew my mind, the art and feel was just a blast. The card has since that day been my pet card in each red deck I have made.
Great history of the magic dragons. I watched it to the end hoping that Form of the Dragon, one of my favorite cards, appears. It is one of the funniest cards, as it transforms you into a dragon.
Bogardan hellkite is my favorite by far. I was working on a UR dragonstorm deck right before the banning of seething song. Love this card sad it didnt make the video.
Favorite dragon is a bit tough but I probably have to go with drakuseth, maw of flames. It's this big threat that mechanically I enjoy because I think it captures the idea of a dragon spreading fire everywhere very well and I just love the art for the card. 😁
Steel Hellkite has always been my favorite dragon, and the reason is a little esoteric: In Yu-gi-oh!, one of the most famous cards of all is the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. And when the game first came out, for any deck that looked to win by attacking, Blue-Eyes was a must. Most lists ran at least one copy of Blue-Eyes; it was one of the biggest and easiest threats to put into your deck. Steel Hellkite, being an artifact, can go into almost every Commander Deck, and that takes me back to those days of my childhood where my parents bought me Structure Deck Kaiba, so I could have my very own Blue-Eyes White Dragon :)
Perhaps not my absolute favorite any more, but I have extremely fond memories of Dromoka, the Eternal after pulling one in a fat pack, early on in my mtg career. Ended up putting together a pretty great casual WG +1/+1 counters deck and I was always excited to cast that card.
Shivan Dragon was the first ever rare I pulled way back in 10th edition [I think? I got a booster pack and a Kamahl Pit Fighter deck as a birthday gift], so it will always be special to me. And now it's got a stronger, legendary version in AFR, so I'm just psyched
I know this doesn't have anything to do with dragons but you are really good at using small natural head movements while reading a script to maintain the illusion of looking directly forward at an audience. It's a subtle pointless skill but some people don't look natural while they read from a script into a camera and for the small moments you do you nail it. Also Parun Niv is my favorite dragon. Love drawings cards.
Thanks for noticing! It is a skill I spent a lot of time and effort on. People seem to think making videos is easy, since you just have to talk to the camera - but it does require a certain amount of polish to make it look good!
I've been in and around youtube content creation since 2010, so know at least one internet anon is appreciate of, and notices the work you put into this.
Honestly, of all the dragons i think Lathliss, Dragon Queen is my personal favourite: not only she has a great art but also works great as a mono-red dragon tribal commander. Putting on board 5/5 flying tokens which can be buffed by the commander is nothing to scoff at :D
I have a story about my favorite dragon. So, I was new to Magic and I heard about the power of Nicol Bolas. So I opened as many packs of M19 as I could afford at the time. I only pulled 1 legendary dragon, and instead of Nicol Bolas the Ravager; I pulled a “You can treat this card as a double faced Nicol Bolas” telling me it was clearly impossible to pull him from packs. The Legend I pulled instead was Palladia Mors, who is Naya colors. The Naya precon from Zendikar rising is how I got into commander and Magic in general. So I developed a sort of bond with Mors and I’ve used her in every Naya deck I’ve made since.
Watching the video late but still would like to comment Tiamat. As both a D&D player and Magic player I am super excited to finally see Tiamat in the card game and am very glad that shes pretty decent. Being a Barbarian Zealot / Oath of the Conqueror Paladin of Tiamat I was, and am, very excited to get to playing her though the deck has a few revisions to go and touch ups to be made
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If you were wondering, Niv Mizzet is tied for the most legendary creatures with Omnath as well as Avacyn if you could to her DFC as two different cards, I had fun looking this up lol
Hope we get to see more of Niv-Mizzet down the line
I believe bolas has more but only if you count the planeswalkers
@@loganjamesonhatch5050 that’s why I said creatures, there’s plenty of planeswalkers with like eight cards
I was gonna say maybe Jeska , but one of those is a planeswalker. Still she showed up as three legendary creatures which is pretty neat. (Well 2.333, I guess, depending on how you count Karona)
@@LadyBernkastel92 Why Karona?
Love how the green cup has become a symbol of tongue-in-cheek shade. Great video as always!
Started with M20. So my favourite dragon is Drakuseth Maw of Flames. I remember playing the arena precon with it and being really happy when I dropped it on the battlefield,
I started with New Phyrexia and I still have my foil MoltenSteel Dragon from the theme deck. One of my favorite cards
For me it was M15’s Siege Dragon
I am also a big fan of Drakuseth, mainly because I like to imagine his effect being just collateral damage and not him actually targeting anything else, its just his flames are so big they end up scorching anything around them.
My first dragon card is from BFZ, but my oldest (known) set-wise is Atarka, World Render and Ojutai, Soul of Winter. I played as early as Gatecrash, but dragons weren't really present in that era.
Agreed. It was awesome and won me several games and clutches.
God every time I see the art for pixie dragon I am blown away. Like you can't tell if it's a tiny dragon next to a Crack in the ground or a massive dragon next to a canyon, I adore it so much.
10 year old me rummaging through a box of stuff my dad had when he played. Finding a black and red dragons deck which last was updated in invasion. That deck was my intro to mtg. Catacomb dragon will forever be amazing to me.
Didn't get into MTG until I walked past a lgs and they were having an event for Dominaria release. Everyone was super welcoming. I ended up pulling a Vaevictus. Declared at that point that Jund was going to be my favorite color combo and it's held true ever since
In my magic infancy, I made a red/green dragon deck mostly around the 'Devour' mechanic. I thought it would make sense if I used all of the non creature spells I could find to make as many goblins as possible early, then eat them all for one huge Hellkite Hatchling. Savage Ventmaw and Harbinger of the Hunt didn't have the devour mechanic, but they both did so much work for me in that deck that I developed a soft spot for them. I recently made a Godzilla (Zilortha) Commander deck, and it made me very happy to put the Savage Ventmaw in it
man, so many good points. Dragons are just so diverse, choosing a favorite is hard.
Gadrak is still my favorite take on the “treasure hoarding dragon”, he’s just so much fun to play
Hellkite Tyrant is one I think you'd like.
Dragons are my favorite type in MTG, and I truly enjoy using their ferocity to destroy pesky planeswalkers. Back when I played the most, Bogarden hellkite was the star of the show, clearing the field before turning around and smashing faces in.
I can't tell you how happy I was to not only get a notification saying that there is a new Magic Arcanum video, but that it is about dragons. Double whammy!
I watched the whole video but still, imma gonna banter about the changelings like a true chad
Thanks Chadd with two D's. I call Chad's like this comment type Chad, chadd with two D's.
Let's just add two of every letter.
*CCHHAADD*
@@rmcminiking what kinds of lands to you even tap to pay that cost lol
As a fan of Heroes of Might and Magic (III), there is something about the simplicity of Red, Green, Black, Blue, and Red dragons in Forgotten Realms that makes my nostalgia kick-in.
They did my boy Inferno of the Star Mounts dirty, he's the most powerful sorcerer in the Forgotten Realms, and I would have liked to see some of that on his card
Idk if they really "did him dirty", he's the only card in the set that's a one card otk.
@@RoastedPheasant fair, but my point about his sorcery not being represented stands
@@bradymclaughlin6376 20 damage when he has gain enough fire? tapping to deal 1 in the "cheap" effect of sorcerer in mtg, this is a much more powerful version of deal damage without needing combat, I personally like it
I feel similarly about Lloth. When I think of The Spider Queen, a literal goddess and one of the most powerful entities in the setting, It wouldn't be the upper-end of an aristocrats deck. And not a really good one to be honest.
I have recently lost a lot of my love for Magic, but I cannot bring myself to sell my dragons.
My Ur-Dragon deck is my MtG pride and joy.
When I was just getting into Magic it was around when Dragons of Tarkir came out. It was either my first or second booster that I bought and I happened to get Silumgar the Drifting Death from it.
I really appreciate the use of the percentage for your advertisement segment. That's a clear and unique way of showing that. Keep up the good work.
To this day, my favorite dragon is Teeka's Dragon. Just something about a flying, trampling, 5/5 with Rampage 4. Just tickles my fancy. With a Lure effect. Lmao
You forgot Bahamut who disguises himself as a human planes walker only to reveal himself once he’s garnered his power
I started building a Tiamat commander deck. I really love dragons. great video as always!
Now that I work at a game shop I am so excited to be able to see these dragons and other cards in person now, and use the knowledge I've gained from this channel to talk to co-workers and guests.
that's really wholesome
My favorite dragon is preyseizer dragon. It has devour 2, and the attack trigger is direct damage. I ran a mean modern devour deck back in high school, top of the group. Preyseizer was the threat that made people question if they could still win once I played it. Fires of yavimaya, eight tokens from mycosynth, burn their flyer and announce preyseizer. Generally a scoop.
I want to give some honorable mentions to great dragons that didn’t make it:
Korvold! he’s just great and dragon noble is an awesome type line, not to mention the flavor of him eating the banquet, the gifts and the guests lol
Ramos and Mishra’s Dragon Engines, just dumb weapons of mass destruction that somehow became deified thousands of years later and were a mcguffin all along for Urza’s master plan?
AFR’s Dragonborns, the one humanoid dragon race we’ve gotten after all this years, we have like three different kinds of snake people, rat people, monkey goblins, all the elephant, cat and dog people but no dragon people until now?!
Such a fantasy staple.
And for my favorite dragon? I’m a huge sucker for japanese mythology so O-Kagachi would be one of my top ones and I also like a lot Wasitora’s lore and design, and my top would have to be Form of the Dragon, nothing beats becoming the dragon yourself!
The funny thing about Dragonborns is that they aren't related to dragons.
I would like to note that dragonborn are typically overshadowed by the fantasy stereotype of the most intelligent dragons having humanoid forms, so it would be cool to see more double-faced dragons that have humanoid counterparts, similar to Chromium Rule, who is my favorite dragon. Ugin is actually cooler IMO, but he has no creature cards. If they do another flashback set like origins was, Ugin would be one of the best choices for it.
It might even be cool to see dragon slayers inspired by Fairy Tail, who have powers granted by dragons and effectively become dragonborn themselves, even having the ability to become dragons as a curse for their power. I could see that happening on Tarkir or Dominaria.
@@yotuel9064 depends on the edition tho
I like all of the dragons in magic. I have a collection of all obtainable dragons regular art and alternative art. Any ways love the story's and content you put out many thanks.
For sure Drakuseth, I remember picking up magic in 2019 and just being blown away by that card! The art, the flavor the potential! The reason why dragons are one of my favorite tribes
One of my favorite dragons is Hellkite Tyrant. I really like how they incorporated the treasure hoarding aspect into him stealing it from those who he attacks. I am also a sucker for any card that says "You win the game" on them. I like to imagine that once you've built up your hoard enough he is just like "ah I'm gonna retire now."
The whole reason why one of my friends started playing magic was because there were dragons. They are his favorite creature of all time. Every deck he had when he started was dragon themed. It was and still is great.
I got into EDH and basically Magic properly when my friend bought me the 2017 Ur-Dragon precon. That guy (and his deck as it is today) will always hold a special place in my heart.
Dragon Mage is my favorite thanks to the flavortext. I'm surprised you didn't mention Obsidian Charmaw from MH2 since it has a pretty unique land destruction ability. That dragon made me redesign my Boros LD/Prison into a Mardu LD/Prison deck (thanks also in part to Vindicate).
Ur-dragon for me. Picked up the c17 deck on release as my first entry into commander. Rarely played the deck back then as i was a novice and didn't understand how to fix the land curve. Experience gathered since then and a wave of new dragons released with recent sets including AFR and strixhaven and i have today blew the dust off the deck box, dug into the sleeved contents and began the rebuild. And oh boy, am i excited to dominate the skies!
I really enjoy these history videos. I've been playing since around Alara and getting to see how the designs from the early days progressed to cards that I was introduced to when I got into the game then see them continue to evolve into current forms is really cool.
Love this channel so much:3
Started a dragon heavy campaign - this definitely helped w/ some fun ideas
I'm a big fan of Terror of the Peaks. A recent deck I put together (the first one I completed by myself actually) features a fun combo with it and Immortal Phoenix (no way I'm the first to do it, but I was proud that I discovered it on my own). Great video!
My favorite dragon lorewise is Darigaaz. From "good guy dragon" to Primeval and back, Rhammi is just trying to do his best. I dig that.
It was great meeting you at the store today. Keep up the good content! :D
Honorable mention for the WIngblade family in Dominaria, i know the plane has a lot of other important dragons but this guys have a lot of cards through different sets, even the first zombie dragon!
Kilnmouth Dragon is always going to be my go-to. Vampiric Dragon right after that.
glad im not the only one who has a strange attraction to these mythical creatures, it has been a joy been upgrading my Dragonic Rage set after not being into MTG since before planeswalkers were a thing
Shivan Dragon will always be my favorite. When I make a deck for a new player, I always start with a red goblin deck with some burn spells and at least 1 Shivan Dragon. I feel it really gives them a chance to learn the various spells in the game.
no idea why I was never shown this vid in my feed until now. I've got the bell on. either way, love your work yall!
Moltensteel dragon has to be my favorite dragon BY FAR. James Ryman's did a stupendous job with the artwork and it is also my favorite foil ever, residing in my precious mono red Gadrak edh deck.
You mentioned my favorite dragon! Moltensteel Dragon's art is my desktop background. I liked using Hoarding dragon to fetch for Moltensteel since I only owned one copy.
I have always had a soft spot for Teeka’s Dragon, as I always really wanted it as a kid and really liked the combination of trample and rampage that it sported
I would love to see a "history of Illusions in Magic" because I'm currently making a Minn, Wily Illusionist deck and these cards are really fun! Great video as always Ryan!
My favorite dragon will always be Balefire Dragon from Innistrad. Shes got nostalgia, respectable stats, and she can burninate your opponents whole team at the drop of a hat.
Definitely balefire dragon. The art is beautiful, it’s power is ridiculous, and the vibe it gives is just priceless
Shivan Dragon was my first real beater in my first Magic decks and I still love it to this day, it was in my Surrak Dragonclaw deck for the longest time
I love immerstrum predator! Indestructable creatures are always welcome!
Totally agree with you about the Strixhaven dragons. Those 5 could easily have filled out other tribes rosters while potentially being interesting story points (maverick profs, the dept secretary that secretly runs everything, the gradstudent that knows more than their mentor.)
Hey Ryan! The dragon I am most excited to see is Grand Master of Flowers. Bahamut is my favourite diety in D&D and am so stoked that he is in the MTG set. Platinum one be praised!
Utvara Hellkite is my favorite. He makes the vicious nature of dragons more rewarding by making more to leave behind and then attack with later
When i started playing i loved shivan dragon, but by now terror of the peeks as become my #1
You could have at least featured the full art dragons from the new set! Wonderful video. I never get tired of Ryan telling me it’s story time or sharing the lord of the cards.
It's actually hard to find high-resolution images of cards from the latest set, especially for alternate / full art versions. Sorry!
Crimson Hellkite is the most dragonly dragon in my eyes. Its artwork AND especially his german name is awesome and flashed me as a child. And it has not lost any of his magic.
Mist Dragon is also one of my favorites.
Awesome work as usual you guys! Can we get a history of Elementals next!? They're one of my favorite creature types EVER! :D
The Shivan dragon will always be my favorite. Rare when I fist started playing in the early days of the game. It was a delight to get one in a pack.
Chromium the mutable is my favorite dragon because i like the lore behind this dragon. Being one of Bolas' siblings and the fact this dragon prefers to interact with humans by transforming himself into a human is a pretty cool and interesting idea that i like a lot.
Moonveil Dragon is one of my favorites. I have it in a Grand Warlord Radha aggro ramp deck, and if it comes down on curve (read: turn 4) the teamwide firebreathing presents absolutely terrifying amounts of damage and ensures that there is no longer any such thing as a "good block."
“Still dies to a punch of squirrels.”
Great video! Always appreciate your research and views on the history and stories of MTG
When I first got into Magic, it was around Onslaught. So my first interaction with a "dragon" of note was Bladewing: The Risen. That is the iconic dragon I always come back to when I think of MTG dragons.
THUNDERMAW HELLKITE is def my all time fav with one of the best and most aggressive ETBs ever printed.
Love the latest dragons in the adventures in the forgotten realms set. As a literal big magic and D&D nerd it's the best thing for me. Love the new legendaries, especially ebondeath Dracolich
Dragonlord Dromoka is by far my favorite Dragon. When I got back into Magic after College Tarkir was the new set. The GWB Abzan immediately draw me in and I had to make a main deck within it. Obviously I couldn't not include some of the heavy hitters in this deck, so I have multiple dragons from Tarkir BUT my favorite outta all of them is Dragonlord Dromoka.
Great video, as always! Please, do one about the Werewolves of Magic !!!
Gotta say Dragon's of Takir is still one of my favorite sets and really has some of the best dragon support. I just loved how much it can ramp and probably was the easiest all colored deck ive made cause all the legendaries support eachother just by being dragons themselves
Understand that to 100%. Stay yourself and I’m exited for the content you come up with and your future journey 😄🤟🏼
Great video.
The only thing I missed was a mention of dragonborn in AFR, I think humanoid dragons with class types is a notable new step for the tribe
Since you guys are so great at story telling, how about you try up this idea that occurred to me?
It would be like story telling about specific and remarkable games of magic you've had over the years, with the historical context of the cards used.
You might want to make a poll (ofc assuming you guys are interested in making this kind of content) to see if you'd have sufficient audience of the effort.
None of my friends play magic, but they love a good story about my edh adventures, and they enjoy watching my games from time to time.
The ur dragon precon was my first ever commander deck, and the main reason i still play to this day!
I did noticed you didn't mention Malfegor. I find it quite flavorful of him for his cmc to be 6 (2, 2 black and 2 red), the fact he's a 6/6, with him being a Demon Dragon, making a total of three 6's, makes him one of the most metal dragons in the game. Although he doesn't play the game, I gave one to my father as a little trinket for his birthday.
Utvara Hellkite. I love ravnica and when I saw &m for the first time I lost my marbles. He makes the biggest dragon tokens I've ever seen, and I consider him the Dragin King to my Lathliss, Dragon Queen.
My friends and I call the dragons Utrava summon Twitter followers as Utrava can just swarm the field with tons of dragons if you attack with more than it
@@jeremycocciolone9223 oh it gets pretty crazy so I'll give you a little fun one from my Lathliss EDH. Sarkhan Dragonsoul's -9 let's you play every dragon out of the deck. With dragon tempest already on the field and when put in the right order with Scourge of Valkas, Terror of the Peaks and Lathliss it'll end up doing some 11000 direct damage. That is before I swing with them all with Dragon Tempest's haste, make twice as many 6/6 dragons as I already have on the field with Utvara which just triggers even more direct damage somewhere in the ballpark of 1300. I could kill about 3 yugioh players in one turn.
I'm a huge fan of Steel Hellkite and include it in more commander decks than it has perhaps earned a spot in, but I just love that its a reliable flying threat and can be used to great effect to remove whole fields of annoying tokens or maybe against the Elf tribal player who has lots of 1 and 2cmc dorks which generate 90% of their mana
My current favorite dragon is Dragon Mage. It's fun to threaten a wheel in commander. My favorite card featuring a dragon is Traitorous Greed. That artwork is so good.
Thinking of a favorite dragon is difficult.
I think my answer is ultimately Jugan, the rising star. The fact that it was a dragon in green made it feel really unique to me (because when I first played with Jugan Khans and the atarka dragons did not exist) and the original art is fantastic. Unlike some of the other dragon spirits though, Jugan never really took off in commander so I haven't played him nearly as much as his black and blue cousins.
My favorite dragon purely on look is Scourge of Kher Ridges. Idk how to describe it other than he looks threatening and ready to fight.
Darigaaz the Igniter was my First Magic Card and to this day it holds my heart as favorite.
Wow I remember having Crimson Hellkite from Mirage in my deck back when I started playing and it was the best thing ever. Not that it helped me win any more games but it was SO FREAKIN' COOOOOOL!
Vaevictis Asmadi the Dire is still my favourite dragon ever and leads probably my favourite commander deck ever. Who doesn't love chaos warp on legs or wings?
He started out as a dragon tribal deck because he's flipping big creatures off the top of your deck and what bigger boys are there than dragons. Also sacrificing some tasty kobolds or elves to bring more dragons to your feast is very flavourful.
I always liked Dragonlord Dromoka. The fact that she could not be countered and she protected my board state while on my turn always appealed to me. Plus whenever I casted her I would say "DraaaNOKaaaaa"
I was 12 when i went to a Fnm for the first time and the promo was a foil lightning dragon. It blew my mind, the art and feel was just a blast. The card has since that day been my pet card in each red deck I have made.
Great history of the magic dragons. I watched it to the end hoping that Form of the Dragon, one of my favorite cards, appears. It is one of the funniest cards, as it transforms you into a dragon.
Bogardan hellkite is my favorite by far. I was working on a UR dragonstorm deck right before the banning of seething song. Love this card sad it didnt make the video.
I refuse to believe it took him only one take to say "This'll make your adventuring gear look like top-tier loot." without breaking into laughter.
Favorite dragon is a bit tough but I probably have to go with drakuseth, maw of flames. It's this big threat that mechanically I enjoy because I think it captures the idea of a dragon spreading fire everywhere very well and I just love the art for the card. 😁
Always love the content!! Thanks for the awesome video!
Great video. Probably my favorite dragon that wasn't mentioned is Bladewing the risen. Reanimator dragon commander? Yes please.
Steel Hellkite has always been my favorite dragon, and the reason is a little esoteric:
In Yu-gi-oh!, one of the most famous cards of all is the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. And when the game first came out, for any deck that looked to win by attacking, Blue-Eyes was a must. Most lists ran at least one copy of Blue-Eyes; it was one of the biggest and easiest threats to put into your deck. Steel Hellkite, being an artifact, can go into almost every Commander Deck, and that takes me back to those days of my childhood where my parents bought me Structure Deck Kaiba, so I could have my very own Blue-Eyes White Dragon :)
Perhaps not my absolute favorite any more, but I have extremely fond memories of Dromoka, the Eternal after pulling one in a fat pack, early on in my mtg career. Ended up putting together a pretty great casual WG +1/+1 counters deck and I was always excited to cast that card.
My first commander I had was Kaalia and balefire dragon soon became my favorite creature to date back when it came out!
If it comes for you, die boldly or die swiftly - for die you will.
One of the most badass flavor texts in MtG's history.
Shivan Dragon was the first ever rare I pulled way back in 10th edition [I think? I got a booster pack and a Kamahl Pit Fighter deck as a birthday gift], so it will always be special to me. And now it's got a stronger, legendary version in AFR, so I'm just psyched
Balefire Dragon was one of the first singles I ever bought and I love that card so much to this day.
Having a lot of fun with Goldspan Dragon right now, but I share a love for for Slumbering Dragon! It was such a fun take on a dragon card!
I HAVE WAITED YOUR ENTIRE CHANNEL FOR THIS
My favorite dragon that my friends always despise me playing is Balefire Dragon. It’s a great way to clear their board state of creatures.
I know this doesn't have anything to do with dragons but you are really good at using small natural head movements while reading a script to maintain the illusion of looking directly forward at an audience. It's a subtle pointless skill but some people don't look natural while they read from a script into a camera and for the small moments you do you nail it. Also Parun Niv is my favorite dragon. Love drawings cards.
Thanks for noticing! It is a skill I spent a lot of time and effort on. People seem to think making videos is easy, since you just have to talk to the camera - but it does require a certain amount of polish to make it look good!
I've been in and around youtube content creation since 2010, so know at least one internet anon is appreciate of, and notices the work you put into this.
Honestly, of all the dragons i think Lathliss, Dragon Queen is my personal favourite: not only she has a great art but also works great as a mono-red dragon tribal commander.
Putting on board 5/5 flying tokens which can be buffed by the commander is nothing to scoff at :D
I love how Ryan fuels my love for tribes and trivia at the same time
I have a story about my favorite dragon. So, I was new to Magic and I heard about the power of Nicol Bolas. So I opened as many packs of M19 as I could afford at the time. I only pulled 1 legendary dragon, and instead of Nicol Bolas the Ravager; I pulled a “You can treat this card as a double faced Nicol Bolas” telling me it was clearly impossible to pull him from packs. The Legend I pulled instead was Palladia Mors, who is Naya colors. The Naya precon from Zendikar rising is how I got into commander and Magic in general. So I developed a sort of bond with Mors and I’ve used her in every Naya deck I’ve made since.
Watching the video late but still would like to comment
Tiamat. As both a D&D player and Magic player I am super excited to finally see Tiamat in the card game and am very glad that shes pretty decent. Being a Barbarian Zealot / Oath of the Conqueror Paladin of Tiamat I was, and am, very excited to get to playing her though the deck has a few revisions to go and touch ups to be made