Off-Beat Planeswalker Commander Puts Unique Twist on Dragon EDH Decks

Last updated on July 8, 2026

Sivitri, Dragon Master | Illustration by Livia Prima

Though Magic’s best dragons are red, aspiring dragon riders needn’t limit themselves to the known and comfortable. One of the most unique dragon commanders is the planeswalker Sivitri, Dragon Master:

A planeswalker commander is already fairly unique, but the type line has nothing on the colors: Sivitri is a straight Dimir () commander, an extremely uncommon color combination for a dragon commander. They typically include red at the absolute minimum, with other popular options having green and maybe more colors, like The Ur-Dragon or Ureni of the Unwritten.

What Dragons Does Dimir Have?

Ancient Brass Dragon | Illustration by Johan Grenier

When players dream of dragons in Commander, the images are invariably red—Terror of the Peaks, Ancient Copper Dragon, Balefire Dragon. But Dimir doesn’t lack scaly, flying threats.

Firstly, it has its own Ancient Dragons: Ancient Silver Dragon and Ancient Brass Dragon don’t have the pedigree of others but are still excellent heavy hitters.

Many Dimir dragons are controlling; Marang River Regent, Dragonlord Silumgar, and Keiga, the Tide Star are just a few removal spells. You even get a counterspell (Transcendent Dragon) and a board wipe (Scavenger Regent).

There’s also card draw on dragons like Voracious Bibliophile, Diviner of Mist, and Iymrith, Desert Doom.

A surprising number of Dimir dragons have sacrifice synergies; dragons from Kamigawa like Junji, the Midnight Sky and Hidetsugu and Kairi want to die while Boneyard Scourge and Ebondeath, Dracolich have recursion so you can sacrifice them over and over.

How Does Sivitri Play Dragons?

Dragon commanders with green in their color identity rarely struggle to cast dragons as ramp is baked into the color. Thankfully, Dimir has access to plenty of ramp to support its draconic battlecruisers, mostly through mana rocks like Talisman of Dominance, Dimir Signet, Worn Powerstone, etc. That’s a very fair way to play them out—but no good Dimir mage plays fairly.

Black has ample reanimation spells to power out dragons faster than even the green players. Reanimate, Animate Dead, and Necromancy are the pinnacle, but don’t sleep on cards like Incarnation Technique and Will of the Abzan. Blue has its share of cheat effects like Show and Tell and Braids, Conjurer Adept, though they’re riskier than reanimation.

It’s also worth considering playing the dragons slowly. A planeswalker like Sivitri benefits from a long game, which Dimir excels at providing. It’s perfectly reasonable to build Sivitri as a control commander that leans on board wipes like Toxic Deluge and Damnation to slow the game down. You’ll still need ramp, but this path focuses on using dragons as finishers rather than casting them ASAP.

How Does Sivitri Win?

Sivitri Scarzam | Illustration by Nene Thomas

One of Sivitri’s best wincons is on the commander itself with the one-sided board wipe. If you can blow up the world while you control a few big creatures, you have a good chance to win before your opponents get back on their feet. Getting a planeswalker to 7 loyalty is hard, but Raise the Palisade and Crux of Fate add more asymmetrical board wipes to doom your opponents.

There’s also the combo route. Sivitri has a tutor, which can assemble dragon-related combos. Astral Dragon has a host of infinite combos with cards like Machine God's Effigy or Necromancy + Clever Impersonator. Hoarding Broodlord goes infinite with Nexus of Fate and a flicker engine like Thassa, Deep-Dwelling, and there are several sacrifice loops you can establish with Kamigawian dragons like Kokusho, the Evening Star and Keiga, the Tide Star.