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Korlessa, Scale Singer
UGLegendary Creature — Dragon Bard

Korlessa, Scale Singer

Mana value2Rank#3,494
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The Commander

You may look at the top card of your library any time.

You may cast Dragon spells from the top of your library.

Guide

Gameplan

Korlessa turns the top of your library into extra access, letting you chain Dragon spells off the top while developing a green ramp + blue card-advantage engine. You ramp hard in the early turns, deploy Dragons faster than opponents can answer, and grind out value until your fliers and a big payoff close the game.

Strengths

  • Built-in card advantage and selection from constantly seeing/casting off the top
  • Cheap commander that comes down turn two and starts working immediately
  • Heavy Dragon tribal support gives access to powerful payoffs and lords
  • Simic ramp lets you cheat out expensive Dragons ahead of curve
  • Hard to keep down — even after she dies the deck functions as a normal Dragon midrange shell

Weaknesses

  • Only lets you cast Dragon spells from the top, so non-Dragon cards still clog your draw
  • Top-deck access is hampered by shuffle effects and fetches
  • Korlessa herself is a fragile 2/2 with no protection
  • Simic lacks efficient removal and sweepers compared to other Dragon color pairs
  • Stax and graveyard/library manipulation hate (Narset, Teferi's Puzzle Box) can shut the engine off

Key Cards

  • Sylvia Brightspear — Pairs with Korlessa as a Dragon payoff and gives your team double strike and aggression.
  • Scaled Nurturer — Cheap Dragon that ramps and helps cast your high-end fliers off the top.
  • Sarkhan, Soul Aflame — Strong Dragon-matters planeswalker that copies your Dragons and snowballs the board.
  • Temur Ascendancy — Gives all your Dragons haste and draws a card whenever a big creature enters.
  • Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma — Massive cost reducer for your top-end Dragons and a powerful green beater.
  • Sensei's Divining Top — Lets you arrange the top of your library to keep Korlessa casting Dragons turn after turn.

Upgrade Path

Tighten the curve and raise your Dragon count so Korlessa whiffs less often, and add top-of-library manipulation like Sensei's Divining Top, Soothsaying, and Mystic Speculation to control your hits. Layer in efficient ramp (Three Visits, Nature's Lore, mana rocks) to reach bombs like Dragonlord Atarka and Tiamat faster, and include cost reducers (Goreclaw, Dragonspeaker Shaman, Cloud Key) to chain multiple Dragons per turn. Protect your engine with counterspells and a couple of fast game-enders to convert the value lead into wins.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

  • ▸Beating down with an evasive swarm of large flying Dragons
  • ▸Cheating out a haymaker Dragon like Hellkite Tyrant or Utvara Hellkite for explosive damage
  • ▸Sarkhan or Sylvia Brightspear pumping the team for a lethal alpha strike
  • ▸Grinding out card advantage until you overwhelm the table with sheer Dragon density

Archetypes

  • Dragon Tribal — Korlessa directly rewards a critical mass of Dragon spells by casting them straight off the top.
  • Ramp / Midrange — Simic ramp accelerates you into expensive Dragons that Korlessa lets you flow into for free card advantage.
  • Spellslinger Value — Cards that filter and scry the top maximize Korlessa's free casts, turning library manipulation into an engine.

Combos

  • Mortuary + Reckless Barbarian + Korlessa, Scale Singer

    → Infinite death triggers, Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB

Combos via Commander Spellbook.

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