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Dragonlord Ojutai
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon · 3WU
Color identity: Blue · White · Azorius
Dragonlord Ojutai is Azorius (blue and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flying
Dragonlord Ojutai has hexproof as long as it's untapped.
Whenever Dragonlord Ojutai deals combat damage to a player, look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Reference price of the card: €0.38
Comes in the precon Obscura Operation
Average lands in decks for Dragonlord Ojutai: 36
VoltronFlyingControlEquipmentAurasStaxDragonsMidrange
Build your Dragonlord Ojutai deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Dragonlord Ojutai 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Dragonlord Ojutai deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: B+ (74/100)
- Consistency29
- Speed51
- Interaction100
- Resilience83
- Closing98
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (25 nonbasic, 6 Plains, 5 Island)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Swords to Plowshares · Counterspell · Azorius Signet · Talisman of Progress · Path to Exile · Thought Vessel · Sentinel's Eyes · Dovin's Veto · Negate · Generous Gift · Ring of Thune · Staggering Insight · Supreme Verdict · Brave the Sands · Propaganda · Ghostly Prison · Mind Stone · Time Wipe · Duelist's Heritage · Aetherize · An Offer You Can't Refuse · Warden of Evos Isle · Haunted Cloak · Arcane Denial · Always Watching · Brainstorm · Commander's Sphere · Empyrean Eagle · Jubilant Skybonder · Tarrian's Soulcleaver · Bident of Thassa · Cyclonic Rift · Fellwar Stone · Kor Halberd · Winged Words · Disenchant · Loyal Drake · Selfless Spirit · Sword of Vengeance · Rhystic Study · Sephara, Sky's Blade · Thraben Watcher · Watcher of the Spheres · Absorb · Approach of the Second Sun · Iymrith, Desert Doom · Open the Armory · Ponder · Skycat Sovereign · Steel of the Godhead · Smothering Tithe · Favorable Winds · Kangee, Sky Warden · Magus of the Moat · Mana Drain · Sphinx's Revelation · Single Combat · Stubborn Denial · Swiftfoot Boots · Esper Sentinel · Farewell · Command Tower · Prairie Stream · Glacial Fortress · Port Town · Temple of Enlightenment · Hallowed Fountain · Adarkar Wastes · Reliquary Tower · Deserted Beach · Sea of Clouds · Azorius Chancery · Flooded Strand · Irrigated Farmland · Rogue's Passage · Skycloud Expanse · Mystic Gate · Mystic Sanctuary · Nimbus Maze · Tranquil Cove · Otawara, Soaring City · Floodfarm Verge · Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway · Meticulous Archive · Minamo, School at Water's Edge · Celestial Colonnade
🃏 Recommended cards for Dragonlord Ojutai
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Dragonlord Ojutai, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Sentinel's Eyes | 52% | +51% |
| Ring of Thune | 46% | +46% |
| Brave the Sands | 37% | +35% |
| Staggering Insight | 39% | +34% |
| Duelist's Heritage | 35% | +33% |
| Haunted Cloak | 31% | +30% |
| Tarrian's Soulcleaver | 28% | +27% |
| Kor Halberd | 27% | +27% |
| Always Watching | 28% | +27% |
| Warden of Evos Isle | 32% | +25% |
| Sword of Vengeance | 26% | +25% |
| Thraben Watcher | 25% | +24% |
| Loyal Drake | 26% | +24% |
| Time Wipe | 36% | +24% |
| Iymrith, Desert Doom | 24% | +23% |
| Aetherize | 34% | +23% |
| Jubilant Skybonder | 28% | +23% |
| Negate | 50% | +22% |
| Winged Words | 27% | +22% |
| Selfless Spirit | 26% | +21% |
| Open the Armory | 24% | +21% |
| Stubborn Denial | 21% | +20% |
| Sephara, Sky's Blade | 25% | +20% |
| Skycat Sovereign | 24% | +20% |
💰 The best cards for your Dragonlord Ojutai deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Sentinel's Eyes
- Ring of Thune
- Brave the Sands
- Staggering Insight
- Duelist's Heritage
- Haunted Cloak
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Open the Armory
- Stubborn Denial
- Magus of the Moat
- True Conviction
- Ghostly Prison
- Propaganda
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Sword of Feast and Famine
- Stoneforge Mystic
- Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Dragonlord Ojutai
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter → Infinite magecraft triggers, Infinite mana nonland permanents you control can produce, Infinite storm count, Infinite untap of nonland permanents you control
- Hullbreaker Horror + Mana Vault → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Hullbreaker Horror + Mox Amber → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite colored mana, Infinite storm count
- Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Walking Ballista → Infinite damage, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers
- Peregrine Drake + Deadeye Navigator → Infinite blinking, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce
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Frequently asked questions
What is Dragonlord Ojutai's color identity?
Dragonlord Ojutai is Azorius (blue and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Dragonlord Ojutai come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Dragonlord Ojutai deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.9 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 96 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 21 % of the time and floods 28 %. Deck health: B+ (74/100).
How many lands should a Dragonlord Ojutai deck run?
Real Dragonlord Ojutai decks run 36 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Dragonlord Ojutai?
The three highest-synergy cards are Sentinel's Eyes, Ring of Thune, Brave the Sands. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Dragonlord Ojutai decks.
What combos does Dragonlord Ojutai have?
Dragonlord Ojutai has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Dragonlord Ojutai deck cost?
You can start cheap: Sentinel's Eyes, Ring of Thune, Brave the Sands are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.