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Ramos, Dragon Engine
Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon · 6
Color identity: Black · Green · Red · Blue · White
Ramos, Dragon Engine is black, green, red, blue and white: its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flying
Whenever you cast a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Ramos for each of that spell's colors.
Remove five +1/+1 counters from Ramos: Add {W}{W}{U}{U}{B}{B}{R}{R}{G}{G}. Activate only once each turn.
Reference price of the card: €0.75
Average lands in decks for Ramos, Dragon Engine: 36
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Build your Ramos, Dragon Engine deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Ramos, Dragon Engine 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Ramos, Dragon Engine deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play per EDHREC (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 (71/100)
- Consistency57
- Speed56
- Interaction77
- Resilience75
- Closing88
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (26 nonbasic, 2 Plains, 2 Island, 2 Swamp, 1 Mountain, 3 Forest)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Chromatic Lantern · Farseek · Cultivate · Door to Nothingness · Abzan Charm · Faeburrow Elder · Leyline of the Guildpact · Fellwar Stone · Kodama's Reach · Maelstrom Nexus · Growth Spiral · Swords to Plowshares · Birds of Paradise · Boros Charm · Maelstrom Archangel · Swiftfoot Boots · Nature's Lore · Rampant Growth · Ruinous Ultimatum · Conflux · Omnath, Locus of All · Progenitus · Sultai Charm · Two-Headed Hellkite · Unite the Coalition · Chromanticore · Bloom Tender · Commander's Sphere · Brokers Charm · Corpsejack Menace · Three Visits · Counterspell · Dryad of the Ilysian Grove · Esper Charm · Naya Charm · Chromatic Orrery · Path to Exile · Timeless Lotus · Void Rend · Aragorn, the Uniter · General Ferrous Rokiric · Primeval Spawn · Bant Charm · Dovin's Veto · Hardened Scales · Jund Charm · Lightning Greaves · Maelstrom Wanderer · Annie Joins Up · Heroic Intervention · Rhystic Study · Tome of the Guildpact · Villainous Wealth · Infinite Guideline Station · Mirari's Wake · Whirlwind of Thought · Demonic Tutor · Duneblast · Eerie Ultimatum · Illuna, Apex of Wishes · Invasion of Alara // Awaken the Maelstrom · Command Tower · Exotic Orchard · Path of Ancestry · The World Tree · Breeding Pool · Evolving Wilds · Ketria Triome · Frontier Bivouac · Reliquary Tower · Stomping Ground · Temple Garden · Indatha Triome · Opulent Palace · Overgrown Tomb · Zagoth Triome · Hallowed Fountain · Jungle Shrine · Mystic Monastery · Steam Vents · Raugrin Triome · Sandsteppe Citadel · Seaside Citadel · Spara's Headquarters · Watery Grave · Godless Shrine · Jetmir's Garden
🃏 Recommended cards for Ramos, Dragon Engine
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Ramos, Dragon Engine, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Door to Nothingness | 38% | +35% |
| Abzan Charm | 33% | +31% |
| Maelstrom Nexus | 30% | +25% |
| Maelstrom Archangel | 27% | +23% |
| Sultai Charm | 25% | +23% |
| Omnath, Locus of All | 25% | +22% |
| Conflux | 25% | +22% |
| Progenitus | 25% | +22% |
| Boros Charm | 27% | +22% |
| Unite the Coalition | 24% | +22% |
| Chromanticore | 23% | +21% |
| Growth Spiral | 29% | +21% |
| Brokers Charm | 21% | +20% |
| Ruinous Ultimatum | 26% | +19% |
| Corpsejack Menace | 21% | +19% |
| Two-Headed Hellkite | 24% | +18% |
| Esper Charm | 19% | +18% |
| Leyline of the Guildpact | 32% | +18% |
| Naya Charm | 19% | +17% |
| Jund Charm | 16% | +16% |
| Void Rend | 18% | +15% |
| Primeval Spawn | 17% | +15% |
| Bant Charm | 16% | +15% |
| Hardened Scales | 16% | +14% |
💰 The best cards for your Ramos, Dragon Engine 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.
- Door to Nothingness
- Abzan Charm
- Maelstrom Nexus
- Maelstrom Archangel
- Sultai Charm
- Omnath, Locus of All
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Boros Charm
- Two-Headed Hellkite
- Leyline of the Guildpact
- Aragorn, the Uniter
- Branching Evolution
- Prismari, the Inspiration
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Chromatic Orrery
- The Ozolith
- Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
- Animar, Soul of Elements
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Ramos, Dragon Engine
- Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite storm count
- Demonic Consultation + Thassa's Oracle → Exile your library, Win the game
- Tainted Pact + Thassa's Oracle → Win the game
- Underworld Breach + Lotus Petal + Brain Freeze → Infinite self-mill, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite mill
- 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
- Rings of Brighthearth + Basalt Monolith → Infinite colorless mana
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Frequently asked questions
What is Ramos, Dragon Engine's color identity?
Ramos, Dragon Engine is black, green, red, 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 Ramos, Dragon Engine come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Ramos, Dragon Engine deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 5.7 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 90 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 19 % of the time and floods 24 %. Deck health: B (71/100).
How many lands should a Ramos, Dragon Engine deck run?
Real Ramos, Dragon Engine 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 Ramos, Dragon Engine?
The three highest-synergy cards are Door to Nothingness, Abzan Charm, Maelstrom Nexus. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Ramos, Dragon Engine decks.
What combos does Ramos, Dragon Engine have?
Ramos, Dragon Engine 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 Ramos, Dragon Engine deck cost?
You can start cheap: Door to Nothingness, Abzan Charm, Maelstrom Nexus 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.