smaug by Po3eidon

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Dragon tribal and big-mana midrange strategy commanded by Smaug the Impenetrable. The game plan focuses on accelerating mana during the early turns with tribal cost reducers and artifact ramp to deploy Smaug on Turn 5. As an 8/7 flyer with native haste and indestructible, Smaug immediately threatens life totals while turning symmetrical noncombat damage into massive Treasure windfalls. Spells like Blasphemous Act clear opposing creatures while creating thirteen Treasures to fund massive follow-up plays. Supported by heavyweight dragon payoffs such as Utvara Hellkite, Lathliss, Dragon Queen, and Skyline Despot, the deck rapidly compounds aerial pressure. While the list lacks stack-based countermagic and high tutor density, its resilient commander and potent burn reach allow it to close games effectively through combat damage and direct life loss.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Breaching Dragonstorm
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind
  • 1 Chandra, Flameshaper
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Dance with Calamity
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Desert Were-Worm
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonlord's Servant
  • 1 Dragonmaster Outcast
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Dragonstorm Globe
  • 1 Evil Reawakened
  • 1 Feral Deathgorger // Dusk Sight
  • 1 Firespitter Whelp
  • 1 Goblin Glasswright // Craft with Pride
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Heartless Pillage
  • 1 Hell to Pay
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Immersturm Predator
  • 1 Improvised Arsenal
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Involuntary Employment
  • 1 Jennika's Technique
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Leyline Tyrant
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Maximum Carnage
  • 1 Molten Duplication
  • 18 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Jasper
  • 1 Orb of Dragonkind
  • 1 Overwhelming Forces
  • 1 Pestilence
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rakdos Joins Up
  • 1 Razortrap Gorge
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Sephiroth's Intervention
  • 1 Sidequest: Hunt the Mark // Yiazmat, Ultimate Mark
  • 1 Skyline Despot
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Spinerock Tyrant
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 The Creation of Avacyn
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
  • 1 Traxos, Scourge Eternal
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Vandalblast