Smaug, of Treasures and Dragons by Alistair_Steele

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug, Wicked Worm

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 29

Deck overview

This Rakdos deck is a synergistic Midrange Stompy strategy centered on Smaug, Wicked Worm. The game plan revolves around generating Treasure tokens in the early game using cards like Fable of the Mirror-Breaker, Xorn, and Generous Plunderer, then deploying Smaug to establish a recurring card advantage engine that converts spent Treasure mana into fresh cards. In the mid-to-late game, the deck transitions into an overwhelming aerial offensive, casting high-impact Dragons such as Terror of the Peaks, Goldspan Dragon, Ancient Copper Dragon, and Cavern-Hoard Dragon. These flying threats generate intense board pressure and direct damage triggers via Dragon Tempest and Alchemist's Talent. The deck closes games through evasive combat damage amplified by extra combat steps from Scourge of the Throne and Desert Were-Worm, backed by asymmetric sweepers like Crux of Fate to keep opposing boards clear while maintaining an unstoppable airborne assault.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Arid Archway
  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bladewing the Risen
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blast-Furnace Hellkite
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Desert Were-Worm
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drownyard Temple
  • 1 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
  • 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
  • 1 Generous Plunderer
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Great Train Heist
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Guildless Commons
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nova Hellkite
  • 1 Parapet Thrasher
  • 1 Patron of the Arts
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Scavenger Regent // Exude Toxin
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Sidequest: Hunt the Mark // Yiazmat, Ultimate Mark
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Spiteful Banditry
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Swamp
  • 1 Swashbuckler Extraordinaire
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thundermane Dragon
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Treasure Map // Treasure Cove
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Wrathful Red Dragon
  • 1 Xorn