Something of a Villian Myself by Revelucian

Format: Commander

Creator: Revelucian

Commander: Norman Osborn // Green Goblin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Grixis Storm combo list centered on Norman Osborn // Green Goblin. Early turns focus on deploying Norman Osborn for early connive card filtering and mana acceleration. On turn 4, transforming into Green Goblin grants each discarded nonland card mayhem and a {2} generic discount from the graveyard. This dynamic turns looting spells and rituals into massive mana-positive, card-positive engines. By turn 5, the deck strings together spells like Dark Ritual, Frantic Search, and Faithless Looting, leveraging cost reducers like Birgi, God of Storytelling or Storm-Kiln Artist to achieve an explosive storm count. The sequence finishes in a single turn using Tendrils of Agony, Grapeshot, or self-mill storm loops via Brain Freeze and Underworld Breach. Free interaction spells like Fierce Guardianship and Deflecting Swat protect the engine during the critical turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Ashling, Rekindled // Ashling, Rimebound
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Burning Inquiry
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chakra Meditation
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curse-Marred Demon
  • 1 Dack Fayden
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exhibition Tidecaller
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flow State
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forbidden Alchemy
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Geist of Saint Thalia
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Grab the Prize
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Gut Shot
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Laughing Mad
  • 1 Ledger Shredder
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Monument to Endurance
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
  • 1 Past in Flames
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prismari, the Inspiration
  • 1 Psychic Frog
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Ral, Crackling Wit
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Tendrils of Agony
  • 1 Theorix Charm
  • 1 Thousand-Year Storm
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Thundering Falls
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Undercity Sewers
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Windfall