Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon

Ramos, Dragon Engine

Mana value6EDHREC#3,060

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The Commander

Flying

Whenever you cast a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Ramos for each of that spell's colors.

Remove five +1/+1 counters from Ramos: Add {W} {W} {U} {U} {B} {B} {R} {R} {G} {G} . Activate only once each turn.

Guide

Gameplan

Ramos is a five-color goodstuff/combo commander that accumulates +1/+1 counters off multicolored spells and converts them into ten mana once per turn. You ramp into a big multicolor spell suite, build counters fast, then dump five counters for a massive WUBRG burst to fuel a game-ending spell or combo. Until then he's an evasive 6/6+ flyer that can also threaten commander damage.

Strengths

Access to all five colors means best-in-class removal, ramp, tutors, and answers
Built-in mana doubling effect that can power out huge spells or infinite combos
Synergizes with +1/+1 counter and proliferate themes for explosive growth
Evasive flier that doubles as a beatdown/voltron win condition

Weaknesses

Needs to resolve and survive a turn before generating counters or mana
Heavily reliant on the commander; repeated removal slows the engine badly
Five-color manabase is expensive and can stumble on color screw
Counter-based mana is symmetrical risk—shrinking Ramos leaves him vulnerable

Key Cards

Doubling Season — Doubles the counters Ramos gains from spells, accelerating his WUBRG payout.
Crystalline Crawler — Another counter-based mana rock that pairs with proliferate and infinite-mana loops.
The Chain Veil — With enough mana from Ramos it enables planeswalker and activation loops.
Cryptolith Rite — Turns Ramos's burst mana plans into a wide token board producing colored mana.
Maze's End — A natural five-color land payoff that Ramos's mana and ramp can assemble for the alt-win.
Fist of Suns — Lets you cast everything for WUBRG, perfectly matching Ramos's ten-mana output.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana and rocks (Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, signets, talismans) plus dual lands and fetches to stabilize the five-color base. Lean into the mana payoff with infinite combos (Crystalline Crawler/Chain Veil loops) and powerful tutors (Demonic, Vampiric, Mystical) to find your finisher consistently. Round out with proliferate effects and counter doublers like Doubling Season to reach the WUBRG threshold a turn earlier.

Core Cards

The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.

Win Conditions

▸Burst mana into a game-winning X-spell or overloaded haymaker like Torment of Hailfire or Expropriate
▸Infinite mana loops (Ramos + mana doublers/Chain Veil) into a tutored finisher
▸Commander damage from an evasive, ever-growing flier
▸Alternate win via Maze's End or a similar five-color payoff

Archetypes

Five-Color Goodstuff — Ramos justifies a WUBRG base to play the best multicolored bombs and answers in the format.
Combo — His once-per-turn ten-mana burst fuels infinite mana and storm-style combo finishes.
+1/+1 Counters — Spell casts naturally feed counters, rewarding proliferate and counter doublers.
Spellslinger — Casting multicolored instants and sorceries grows Ramos while advancing the board.