Pumpkin Bombs by The_42nd

Format: Commander

Commander: Green Goblin, Nemesis

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

Green Goblin, Nemesis leads an aggressive Rakdos discard and graveyard synergy deck that turns rummage effects into mana acceleration and combat power. The deck uses low-cost card filtering to cycle through resources, leveraging the commander's ability to create Treasure tokens from discarded lands and grow Goblins with discarded nonlands. Discarded spells gain immediate value through Mayhem and Madness mechanics, allowing creatures like Raging Goblinoids and Carnage, Crimson Chaos to enter directly from the graveyard. Supplemental payoffs such as Cool but Rude, Shadow of the Goblin, and Bone Miser convert cycling into direct damage and token swarms. While the deck boasts robust mid-game velocity and strong reanimation packages like Behold the Sinister Six!, its reliance on combat and graveyard access makes it vulnerable to dedicated graveyard exile and mass sweepers. Without stack-based protection, the deck relies on proactive threat redundancy and commander aggression to close out games by Turn 8.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anje Falkenrath
  • 1 Arnim Zola, Bio-Fanatic
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Asylum Visitor
  • 1 Avacyn's Judgment
  • 1 Avishkar Raceway
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Behold the Sinister Six!
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blazing Crescendo
  • 1 Bone Miser
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift
  • 1 Bullseye, Death Dealer
  • 1 Call the Mountain Chocobo
  • 1 Call to the Netherworld
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Capital City
  • 1 Carnage, Crimson Chaos
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cool but Rude
  • 1 Corrupted Grafstone
  • 1 Daily Bugle Building
  • 1 Decaying Time Loop
  • 1 Deluge of Doom
  • 1 Desert of the Glorified
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Edgar's Awakening
  • 1 Fight On!
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Goblin Picker
  • 1 Gorgon Recluse
  • 1 Grab the Prize
  • 1 Greasewrench Goblin
  • 1 Green Goblin, Nemesis
  • 1 Green Goblin, Revenant
  • 1 Hobgoblin, Mantled Marauder
  • 1 Illuminate History
  • 1 Invasion of Mercadia // Kyren Flamewright
  • 1 Jaya Ballard
  • 1 Jessica Jones, Private Eye
  • 1 Laughing Mad
  • 1 Lethal Protection
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core
  • 1 Misty Knight, Hero for Hire
  • 1 Moonstone, Harsh Mistress
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Nuclear Fallout
  • 1 Polluted Mire
  • 1 Prison Break
  • 1 Pumpkin Bombardment
  • 1 Pumpkin Bombs
  • 1 Raging Goblinoids
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rocket-Powered Goblin Glider
  • 1 Romantic Rendezvous
  • 1 Sadistic Slash
  • 1 Sandman's Quicksand
  • 1 Scarlet Spider, Kaine
  • 1 Shadow of the Goblin
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spider-Islanders
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swarm, Being of Bees
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 The Death of Gwen Stacy
  • 1 The Eldest Reborn
  • 1 The Spot's Portal
  • 1 This Is How It Ends
  • 1 Tombstone, Career Criminal
  • 1 Too Evil to Stay Dead
  • 1 Ultimate Green Goblin
  • 1 Villainous Wrath
  • 1 Zoyowa Lava-Tongue