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http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=242850

Kooaznboi1088:

I’m not sure you’ve actually tested the Dragon plan, and would guess you definitely haven’t played it as extensively as I did.  2x Hellkite and 1x Karrthus isn’t something I came upon randomly.  Well, ok, maybe I came upon Karrthus randomly, but he serves a specific set of purposes.  IF you are on my old Dragon plan:

1 – Sower is a generally a blank against dragons.  If I Oath up Hellkite and smash you for 9 damage, putting you at, say, 9 life, and then you Sower my tapped Hellkite, I will either:  a) Oath into Karrthus, stealing back my Dragon, who untaps and murders you, or b) Oath into another Hellkite, who attacks in for lethal unless you block with Sower… which means I get my Hellkite back.

2 – Jace is a blank if your whole deck is haste dragons.  You can either a) Attack into Jace, killing it, or b) attack in for damage, let them bounce, then Oath again and attack in for damage.

3 – Duplicant is really weak against Dragons.  I Oath into Hellkite and smash for 9.  You play Duplicant and get an 8/8 that doesn’t fly, but is still a Dragon.  Now, I either a) Get another Hellkite and attack for 9 again, or b) Get Karrthus, who steals your duplicant dragon back and gives it Haste, and attack for lethal with Karrthus + Duplicant.

4 – Bounce spells ARE a problem, however, the use of Inkwell went a long way towards solving that problem because people moved away from Echoing Truth / Chain of Vapor towards Hurks and Rebuild.  Now, the popularity of Shops helps keep Hurks popular instead of E. Truth.

5 – Against Shop decks, your Emrakul is vulnerable to being tapped down by Tangle Wire; Dragons don’t have this problem because they always come out AFTER the Tangle Wire trigger resolves.  If you hit a Hellkite first and then a Karrthus, you go lethal after two Oath activations even if Tangle Wire taps down your first Hellkite.

So, again, all the things I mentioned – Sower, Jace, Duplicant, Tangle Wire – Dragons are resistant to, while Emrakul is not.  Triple Dragons pretty much guarantees that you play Oath, your opponent then gets a turn.  You then smash for minimum 7 damage, they get one more turn, then you go lethal.

Non-haste Robot + Emrakul + Terastodon can result in the following sequence:  you play Oath.  Opponent gets a turn.  You Oath into Sphinx.  Opponent gets a turn.  You Oath into Emrakul.  Opponent gets a turn.  

That’s just waaaay too many turns.  Again, my point is that people say Dragons are too slow because they “just” win the game in two activations.  I’d say clearly the sequence above is a lot worse.

I'm testing a version that runs these dead cards:

1 Emrakul
1 Show and Tell
3 Dragon's Breath
1 Gaea's Blessing

@chrissss - Evenpence covered my point regarding Tinker, but to elaborate on the others...

Replacing DSC: I assumed that we were talking about Elephant Oath, since that seems to be the latest greatest. That meant running Key/Vault, which meant running Tinker, which meant you might as well run a bot. That said, I've always favored Inkwell because of shroud.

Replacing Terastodon: In my second line, I was comparing Emrakul to Terastodon. Any time you Oath up Emrakul, they have time to bounce it with Jace. In contrast, Terastodon can nuke Jace directly if he's in play. Alternately, you keep them off mana to tutor/cast him, or blow up your own stuff so that you have more elephants than they can remove. In all of these cases, Terastodon works out better than Emrakul. The immediate effect from Terastodon is too important.

Replacing Iona: This works out much the same as Terastodon. If Jace is in play Oathing up either doesn't matter, since both get bounced before doing anything relevant. If he isn't though, Iona prevents him from coming down. Again, immediate effect on your opponent is key.

At the end of the day, Emrakul is only good if they can't answer by next turn. If you're banking on that though, you might as well run double dragons. Why cripple your opponent on turn three when you can just kill them outright?

I suspect that the number of times reshuffling saves you would be dwarfed by the number of times you lose from not being able to Tinker him out.

I also suspect that the number of times where Annihilator tomorrow trumps Elephant-Nuking today would be dwarfed by the number of times Jace bounces him before you swing.

When Emrakul is put into a graveyard from anywhere, its owner shuffles his or her graveyard into his or her library.