Dragon decks have never quite had their place in the sun. They’ve always kind of lingered in the background of the meta, Dragon Priest has had its moments, but it never quite stuck around for too long. Dragon Warrior also had moments, but usually lost out to the more powerful Control Warrior. Blackrock Mountain was thought to be the birth of the Dragon Paladin, but once it released it turned out to be disappointing and never saw too much play. Whispers of the Old Gods again brought us some Dragons (Midnight Drake, Scaled Nightmare), but most of them don’t see play, and only the new Deathwing, Dragonlord has entered many decks.

Dragons Looking for a Home (Lair?)

These are some of the unfortunate Dragons that aren’t seeing much play.

Coldarra Drake : The card has decent stats, but unfortunately (maybe this is for the best) a deck that revolves around pinging your opponent’s face to death never evolved.

: The card has decent stats, but unfortunately (maybe this is for the best) a deck that revolves around pinging your opponent’s face to death never evolved. Hungry Dragon : It turns out that unless you have a strong board, summoning a 1-Cost minion for your opponent is a pretty big negative.

: It turns out that unless you have a strong board, summoning a 1-Cost minion for your opponent is a pretty big negative. Dragonkin Sorcerer : This card saw a bit of play in Dragon/Buff Priest, but once Priest lost Velen's Chosen it has seen little play.

: This card saw a bit of play in Dragon/Buff Priest, but once Priest lost it has seen little play. Nozdormu : While this card might be the ultimate counter to Lifecoach, it has never seen a lot of play. The card still leads to some exciting moments when it is summoned from Confessor Paletress .

: While this card might be the ultimate counter to Lifecoach, it has never seen a lot of play. The card still leads to some exciting moments when it is summoned from . Midnight Drake : 4-Health is just too easily dealt with, so there’s rarely going to be a time where this card lives long enough to get an attack in. Even if you paired it with something like Brann Bronzebeard , the card just goes down too easily.

: 4-Health is just too easily dealt with, so there’s rarely going to be a time where this card lives long enough to get an attack in. Even if you paired it with something like , the card just goes down too easily. Scaled Nightmare: Scaled Nightmare is a slower card that requires the investment of buff cards to be threatening. You would likely have to wait two turns before the attack became meaningful. It also dies to Stampeding Kodo which is being played in multiple decks.

Dragons on the Rise

Some Dragons have come out of the shadows recently!

Dragon Deck Lists in Standard

Keep in mind that I’m not saying these decks are going to get you rank 1 legend, I’m just showing you what lists exist in Standard right now. I will say, however, that both Dragon Priest and Dragon Warrior are perfectly viable decks that would likely bring you to Legend.