[Deck help] Sneak Dragon

[Squinn]

How would I go about making this deck better. ***ignore worldgorger***


Lands 24

17  Mountain
3  Ancient Tomb
4  Forgotten Cave



Creatures 22

1  Dragon Tyrant
1  Bogardan Hellkite
1  Darigaaz, the Igniter
3  Draco
2  Imperial Hellkite
4  Kilnmouth Dragon
2  Rorix Bladewing
1  Worldgroger Dragon
1  Shivan Hellkite
1  Ryusei, the Falling Star
1   Nicol Bolas
4  Zirilan of the Claw


Spells

4  Through the Breach
2  Fire Diamond
4  Fling
4  Sneak Attack



Land wise this deck is pretty sufficient. The forgotten caves allow red draw, and potentially another dragon in hand to make Kilnmouth’s amplify lethal.

Ancient tomb can be great early game, but the two damage that must be taken can be very harmful in situations, particularly aggro and burn I’m thinking. In return for the two damage however, you get to develop a great amount of speed for this deck. If you have a fire diamond and ancient tomb in hand, that is three mana on the first turn, and a great start to an early finish.

Creatures

Kilnmouth is the main dragon to use, due to his amplify affect, provided you have five dragons in hand, Kilnmouth is a 20/20 and sometimes very hard to deal with for opponents. The isn’t without other  impressive dragons. Dragon Tyrant can also be lethal with 4 mana. Nicol Bolas cheats his way on to he field and takes your opponents hand, which is particularly devastating early on, and extremely hard to recover from. Ryusei and Bogardan are merely there as situational dragons, as they can clean the field of little guys that pose big threats (that means you goblin lackey). Imperial hellkite isn’t really that great of a dragon, but can be an early morph blocker if you need it. Rorix is fast. And Worldgorger has some potential for untaping lands and allowing fling and such.  Draco is just big.

Zirilian is one of the main outlets of the deck because he can get any dragon for three mana. If your opponents fail to take care of this guy early, it will surely be their doom.


Spells

Sneak Attack and Trough the Breach are the other two outlets to this deck because depending on Zirilian would be foolish. Sneak Attack is idea and through the breach is back up if kilnmouth or something else is ready.


Fling is also a great addition to the deck because it throws things. This can be done in response to a kill spell or just normally. It’s devastating all the same.



Well that’s pretty much my synopsis of the deck. Any feedback and how to improve this deck is appreciated.

[tarhead]

I'm not a regular poster on TMD.

But I do have tons of Magic cards.  Over the last few months, I've been working on rebuilding some decks, as I've been on MtG hiatus over the last few years.  My metagame is non-existent, as I don't have anyone to play with, so I'm definitely not making the competitive Tier 1 decks that seem to be the rage these days.  However, in an effort to get back into MtG I've made like 10 decks out of old cards, and keep looking at pieces to a Sneak Attack deck.  In researching the topic, I suggest using the "Search" feature located on the TMD, as there are some greatly informative threads on old Sneak decks that are a few years old... Reading those old threads has given me some good information and influenced the way that I plan to build this deck this afternoon.

Things to consider...

- The "inconsistency" of Sneak Attack decks means you need sufficient library manipulation.  Taking a Sneak Attack deck into competition with your friends and play partners necessitates that you pack enough disruption to give your deck the chance to set up.  Disruption sometimes seems secondary in my Sneak builds from years past, but the ability to survive is dependent on cards like Duress and Cabal Therapy, it seems.  Cards like Academy Rector, various tutors, and alternate win conditions will be useful and paramount in devising a Sneak Attack deck that might actually win on occasion.

- The Sneak Attack deck seems to need mana acceleration, especially in today's lightning-fast metagame... Waiting until turn 3 or 4 or 7 will make you DEAD against many of the decks that people seem to be fond of today.  I'm trying to think of the appropriate acceleration here myself.

I don't have any of the Dragons that you've listed except for Nicol Bolas, so I can't speak for their utility, but the Kilnmouth does look attractive with that many dragons.  Zirilan of the Claw seems really cute, but maybe a tad slow...

Best of luck with your build.

[asi]

Well, you might want to try out a secondary plan in Dragonspeaker Shaman. He allows for a 4th turn dragon ala Rorix or Shivan.

[zokoi]

Try that :

2 Blazing Shoal (With all the big CC you have in the deck)
4 Dwarven Ruins
and to have your sneak attack or through the breach try "Gamble".