Legends Legends - Sivitri Scarzam

Sivitri Scarzam by NéNé Thomas

Welcome back to Legends Legends, our weekly column where we dig through the original 55 Legendary Creatures from 1994's Legends block to build playable and thematic Commander decks around the first ever legends! Today, we're summoning a horde of Scarzam dragons off the back of this Sivitri Scarzam

General Thoughts

Sivitri Scarzam

In keeping with that theme, we're going to lean into the Dragon type, even though we lack the red and green where many of the traditionally best dragons lie. Sivitri herself lacks the Dragon type, so instead, we'll use some tricky blue and black spells to change our creatures into Dragons. Morphs and other utility creatures will provide consistent access to dragon creatures in the early game before we can amass the mana necessary to cast our big beaters. After that, all we have left to do is deploy the standard anthem and kindred effects and start swinging!

The Dragon-izers

So, how do you go about building a Dragons deck in all the wrong colors? There are three enchantments that are key to making this deck work. They are Arcane Adaptation

Since these cards are so essential to our game plan, we're running a critical mass of tutors. Besides classics Profane Tutor

The Dragon-ized

At first glance, it might seem like this deck is already running a lot of dragons; why do we need the type-changing enchantments? Simply put, many of the best blue and black creatures aren't Dragons, but we still want them to benefit from our various lords and anthems. Besides that, a couple rarely played Dragons have morph or megamorph, and Arcane Adaptation

Cards like Baleful Strix

Our morphing Dragon, Quicksilver Dragon

Our two megamorph Dragons are actually useful. Despite the hefty mana cost to flip them face-up, a permanent +1/+1 across the board and a surprise deathtouch blocker can be applicable in more situations than you'd think.

Finally, we have a fun two-card combo we can tutor for should we find ourselves with an Arcane Adaptation

Also note that Urza's Incubator

The Dragons

Our actual dragons make up the bulk of the deck. While the creature type tricks are cute, these are the cards that'll end the game for us. 

Ancient Silver Dragon

Astral Dragon

Kokusho, the Evening Star

Budget Options

All told, this Sivitri Scarzam Commander deck racks up to just under $400! That's a hefty price to jump straight into a deck; let's take a look at some cheap budget choices for Sivitri.

Because we're sort of ham-fisting a Dragons typal theme into Dimir colors, many of our most expensive cards play into that creature type theme. Urza's Incubator

Sivitri Scarzam Deck List

Wrap Up

Sivitri Scarzam

Sivitri doesn't have to be built around her dragon lore, though. Other interesting Sivitri Scarzam builds could include the traditional mill deck found in Dimir with Consuming Aberration

Whatever your Sivitri builds look like, I'm sure it's a fun and unique deck! Building around the Legends Legends is a rewarding experience and a wonderful chance to flex your deck building acumen.

Check back next week for another installment of Legends Legends! We might even get around to one of the original Elder Dragons that the format is named for... 

Thanks for reading!