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Kilnmouth Dragon: One Very Underrated Card
 
 
 
 
Written by Henry Gammon
 

Why is it that a Kilnmouth Dragon doesn't see tournament play? Why is it that Dragon decks are not popular when they have such awesome power? Why is it that Kilnmouth Dragons value is so low?.

 

 

Kilnmouth Dragon

Legions-Rare

5RR

Creature - Dragon

5/5, Flying.

Amplify 3.

{Tap}: Kilnmouth Dragon deals damage equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it to target creature or player.

The Kilnmouth Dragon doesn't see tournament play because its to slow, or is it?. 2 cards that prevent this "slow" problem are Seething Song and Dragon Speaker Shaman. With these 2 great cards I can dump a turn 4 Kilnmouth Dragon into play with how ever many dragons I reveal in my hand and I've virtually won. How often does this happen well in my dragon deck with 4 of each of these wonderful cards it is a common occurrence to drop a turn 4 Kilnmouth.

Scared of losing in those precious few turns before you drop the Kilnmouth Dragon, Do not fear Kilnmouth is in the right colour, One word, Burn , Yes that's right Shock, Volcanic Hammer and Pyrite Spell Bomb can slow your enemy's down enough so by the time Kilnmouth comes out the enemy is an easy target.

Well ok so Dragon decks do have Kilnmouth Dragon, its only good when you reveal dragons and what other dragons would you use they all suck, Right? Wrong! Lets take a deeper look at Kilnmouth family. We have the old favourite Shivan Dragon and how could you miss its ability to become bigger and bigger. We have the Imperial Hellkite and that's one solid beater. A 6/6 flyer and if you need to you can drop it as a morph, Little beaters can win games. Coming in fast and hard as one of the more popular dragons we have the mighty Rorix Bladewing a 6/5 with haste and flying. This guy has shown up in mono red Goblins and in R/G land destruction, A must have in any Dragon deck. These are just a few of the popular T2 dragons but if you delve into type 1.x you get the Shivan Hellkite, Crimson Hellkite and the small but powerful Fledgling Dragon.

So we have inspected Kilnmouth family lets inspect his trusty tools. First on the list we have the awesome Belbes portal. The best card with this is Seething Song, Play seething song on turn 3 then drop Belbes portal for the 5 mana and you should already have enough mana to use its ability. A piece of equipment that you should use (You should all know it) Is Lightning greaves. One of the only ways to take out a pumped up flying behemoth is to use spells like Terror. Lightning Greaves makes Kilnmouth very hard to kill.

Ok now I'll throw together a deck that can pack a punch:

Creatures:

4x Kilnmouth Dragon

2x Two Headed Dragon

2x Shivan Dragon

2x Rorix Bladewing

2x Imperial Hellkite

2x Shivan Hellkite

4x Dragonspeaker Shaman

Spells:

2x Belbes Portal

2x Extraplanar Lens

4x Seething Song

4x Lightning greaves

4x Volcanic Hammer

2x Pyrite Spellbomb

Lands:

23x Mountain

We have the Lens for the speed and it lets you use some of the Dragons mana abilities a lot. Burn to try and slow our opponents speed. The Greaves to deflect spells and a host of Dragons with the potential to coarse mass destruction when played.

There we have it, If you are not convinced that Dragons are good by now, Then nothing i say could convince you.

Thanks for Reading until next time, See ya Later.

 

 
 
 
 
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