GOBLINS by user1346608

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Goblin tribal strategy combining aristocrat sacrifice drain, amass counter synergies, and wide token aggression. Commanded by The Great Goblin, the deck turns every counter placed on a Goblin, Orc, or Army into direct face damage while converting creature deaths into impulse card draw. Early turns deploy cheap Goblin generators like Dragon Fodder and Skirk Prospector, setting up The Great Goblin on turn 3. From there, amass spells like Rage into the Valley and Gathering of Darkness, alongside counter engines such as Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain and Uglúk of the White Hand, repeatedly burn opponents. Mass token producers like Krenko, Mob Boss and Legion Warboss flood the board to enable lethal combat swings or direct damage loops via Goblin Bombardment and Impact Tremors. While the deck generates strong card flow and damage, it lacks instant-speed stack protection and enchantment removal, making it vulnerable to sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Along the Crooked Way
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Battle Cry Goblin
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blighted Gorge
  • 1 Bloodmark Mentor
  • 1 Boggart Birth Rite
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Bolg's Company
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Crude Bent Blade
  • 1 Cut Down
  • 1 Dark-Dweller Oracle
  • 1 Dismember
  • 1 Down, Down to Goblin-town
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Drossforge Bridge
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Fatal Push
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Front Porch Sentries
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Burrows
  • 1 Goblin Chainwhirler
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin Cratermaker
  • 1 Goblin Fireslinger
  • 1 Goblin Grenade
  • 1 Goblin Guide
  • 1 Goblin Instigator
  • 1 Goblin King
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Offensive
  • 1 Goblin Plate Mail
  • 1 Goblin Spymaster
  • 1 Goblin War Strike
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Gorbag of Minas Morgul
  • 1 Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
  • 1 Gundabad Opportunist
  • 1 Hobbit Hole
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Infuriate
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Moria Marauder
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Pinecone Strike
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Ragged Short Spear
  • 1 Ravager's Mace
  • 1 Searslicer Goblin
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Snowslope Hunter
  • 1 Squee, the Immortal
  • 1 Stir Up Trouble
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 1 Stony-Voiced Goblins
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Tidings of War
  • 1 Tresserhorn Sinks
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Urborg Volcano
  • 1 Warren Weirding