The King by Monkeyflip

Format: Commander

Commander: Giott, King of the Dwarves

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Boros combat deck piloted by Giott, King of the Dwarves. It leverages Giott's low mana cost, innate double strike, and rummage engine to cycle rapidly through cards whenever Dwarves or Equipment enter the battlefield. The strategy focuses on curving out with low-cost utility Dwarves and synergistic Equipment, using cards like Containment Construct and Conspiracy Theorist to turn looting into tangible card advantage. Equipping Giott with high-impact power amplifiers such as Bearded Axe, Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave, or Bloodforged Battle-Axe allows the deck to threaten lethal commander damage starting on Turn 5. A robust suite of low-mana recursion spells like Dewdrop Cure and Forge Anew provides strong recovery against board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akiri, Fearless Voyager
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist
  • 1 Ark of Hunger
  • 1 Balin, Loremaster
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bearded Axe
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodforged Battle-Axe
  • 1 Boros Signet
  • 1 Borrowed Knowledge
  • 1 Bruenor Battlehammer
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conspiracy Theorist
  • 1 Containment Construct
  • 1 Dalkovan Encampment
  • 1 Dewdrop Cure
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Drownyard Temple
  • 1 Duergar Hedge-Mage
  • 1 Dwalin, Weaponmaster
  • 1 Dwarven Mauler
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Dáin's Company
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elegant Parlor
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Forge Anew
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Gimli of the Glittering Caves
  • 1 Giott, King of the Dwarves
  • 1 Glóin, Dwarf Emissary
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Helping Hand
  • 1 Iron Hills Blacksmith
  • 1 Ishgard, the Holy See // Faith & Grief
  • 1 Jolted Awake
  • 1 Kíli the Resourceful
  • 1 Lion Sash
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Misty Knight, Hero for Hire
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri's Wrath
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
  • 6 Plains
  • 1 Plateau
  • 1 Plundering Barbarian
  • 1 Prying Blade
  • 1 Puresteel Paladin
  • 1 Return Triumphant
  • 1 Reyav, Master Smith
  • 1 Rogue's Gloves
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sacred Peaks
  • 1 Sejiri Steppe
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
  • 1 Shattered Acolyte
  • 1 Short Bow
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Sun Titan
  • 1 Sword of Light and Shadow
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Talisman of Conviction
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 The Lonely Mountain
  • 1 The Mountain-king's Return
  • 1 Thorin, Mountain-king
  • 1 Toolcraft Exemplar
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Volatile Fault
  • 1 Zephyr Boots