Draconic Dissent Precon: Decklist, Value, and Verdict

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

Flying, haste Whenever one or more Dragons you control attack an opponent, goad target creature that player controls. Whenever a creature deals combat damage to one of your opponents, if that creature had to attack this combat, you put a +1/+1 counter on Firkraag and you draw a card.

Singles value

$172.01

TCGplayer market, 76 cards, basic lands counted at $0

Sealed price

$158.62

TCGplayer price for the box · singles are 1.1× that

New cards

10 / 100

First printings in this deck

Bracket

Core, out of the box

Is Draconic Dissent worth buying?

from Commander Legends Battle for Baldur’s Gate Commander Decks: Are They Worth It? by Jake Henderson

While I really like Draconic Dissent and think that it brings a much-needed fresh style of strategy to Izzet, I’m just not as big of a fan as compared to Mind Flayarrrs. But I still think it’s a great precon and certainly better than average.

There aren’t many worthwhile reprints, so the deck will end up relying heavily on new cards to carry its worth in singles value. If it ends up being that the total value of singles is less than or about equal to the total MSRP, then it just isn’t really worth picking up as a sealed product.

How Draconic Dissent plays

Draconic Dissent is the new Izzet preconstructed Commander deck. It’s headed by a new dragon, Firkraag, Cunning Instigator, who loves goading creatures and drawing you cards for it. Some are calling Firkraag the Niv-Mizzet of goading creatures, but I’m still hesitant to take part in such blasphemy, especially when Niv-Mizzet, Parun is in the deck.

Put simply, this is the goad deck. It revolves around goading opponents’ creatures to incite chaos and benefit from it. It then leverages Izzet’s dragons, tempo, and control to manipulate the game and pull out a win through combat damage.

It’s a very interesting style and not something we see very often, which is a good thing. But it does mean that we’re not playing a lot of the staple blue cards we’ve come to know and love, like Cyclonic Rift or Devastation Tide. We’re actually relying on our opponents having access to creatures to attack our opponents with in the first place, so we’re relying more on Curse of the Swine and Reins of Power to get the job done.

I’m glad we’re getting a dragon sub-theme in the list. Goading our opponents’ creatures isn’t as much of a win condition as it is a way to pull ahead. Warmonger Hellkite, Thunder Dragon, and Drakuseth, Maw of Flames are all included in the deck as a fantastic way to actually close out games.