1GreedyBoi by sifari22

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos big-mana combo deck centered on Smaug the Impenetrable. Its core strategy revolves around deploying Smaug as an indestructible 8/7 flying creature and triggering its passive ability by dealing massive noncombat damage to it. Cards like Blasphemous Act, Star of Extinction, and Self-Destruct deal huge damage to Smaug without destroying it, instantly creating 13 to 20 Treasure tokens. The deck converts this explosive burst of mana into immediate game-ending finishers on the same turn, using spells such as Torment of Hailfire, Crackle with Power, and Exsanguinate. Dense ramp and rituals allow Smaug to enter ahead of curve on Turn 5. Protection cards like Shadow the Hedgehog and Hexing Squelcher safeguard the game-winning turn from counterspells by granting split second or uncounterable status. When the commander is unavailable, backup routes leverage Mana Geyser and combat-based Treasure generators to power out decisive burn spells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Daily Bugle Building
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadpool, Trading Card
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Fixer, Techno Terror
  • 1 Gilded Lotus
  • 1 Gleeful Arsonist
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Hellish Rebuke
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kalain, Reclusive Painter
  • 1 Knuckles the Echidna
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Ozai, the Phoenix King
  • 1 Price of Freedom
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Screaming Nemesis
  • 1 Self-Destruct
  • 1 Shadow the Hedgehog
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 1 Star of Extinction
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Xorn