Down in the Deep of Gobin-Town by SirSwagger

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Rakdos aristocrats engine commanded by The Great Goblin, blending aggressive Goblin tribal token production with counter-placement burn triggers and death-based impulse card advantage. The game plan establishes early mana velocity using low-cost rocks and tribal ramp like Skirk Prospector to cast the commander on Turn 3. On Turn 4, the deck deploys sacrifice outlets and counter distributors to create an active engine that converts every Goblin death into card advantage while pinging opponents for 2 damage whenever counters are applied. By Turn 5, exponential threats like Krenko, Mob Boss or dense drain pieces force immediate table answers. While vulnerable to mass exile sweepers and lacking stack interaction, the deck maintains high functional redundancy and an infinite persist ceiling with Putrid Goblin and Metallic Mimic to reliably close out games by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Andúril, Narsil Reforged
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Auntie's Hovel
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Boggart Mischief
  • 1 Bogslither's Embrace
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Champion of the Weird
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Exuberant Fuseling
  • 1 Fain, the Broker
  • 1 Fated Firepower
  • 1 Feast on the Fallen
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Gleeful Demolition
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Chirurgeon
  • 1 Goblin Recruiter
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Gristle Glutton
  • 1 Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hoarding Broodlord
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Impulsive Pilferer
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Knucklebone Witch
  • 1 Krenko, Baron of Tin Street
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Madame Null, Power Broker
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Scuzzback Scrounger
  • 1 Shadow of the Goblin
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Sinister Gnarlbark
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sourbread Auntie
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 Torch Courier
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Withering Torment