Persistent goblins by Gonzo_MTG

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

The Great Goblin leads a Rakdos Aristocrats and combo deck built around tribal synergies, counter placement, and sacrifice engines. The commander turns counter placement into direct burn while transforming dying Goblins into continuous card advantage. The deck aims to overwhelm opponents through relentless token generation, aggressive combat boosts like Shared Animosity, or explosive non-combat drains. Its primary win paths center on infinite persist loops using Putrid Goblin or Murderous Redcap combined with counter enablers like Metallic Mimic, First Day of Class, or Mikaeus, the Unhallowed. Supported by sacrifice outlets such as Skirk Prospector, these engines generate lethal damage, infinite mana, and total board dominance.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Along the Crooked Way
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Black Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bloodline Pretender
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Birth Rite
  • 1 Boggart Mischief
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bogslither's Embrace
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Bolg's Company
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Chaos Spewer
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Eaten Alive
  • 1 Everlasting Torment
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 First Day of Class
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 Geothermal Bog
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin King
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Ringleader
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Laughing Mad
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Ravenous Trap
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rocky Tar Pit
  • 1 Scuzzback Scrounger
  • 1 Searslicer Goblin
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spoils of Evil
  • 1 Sulfurous Mire
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Widespread Brutality