The GG by user6851656

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Rakdos deck is led by The Great Goblin, focusing on the synergy between amass mechanics, +1/+1 counters, and Goblin token swarms. The commander acts as both a win condition and a card-advantage engine: every time counters are placed on an Army, Goblin, or Orc, it deals 2 damage to an opponent, and every friendly Goblin or Army death turns into impulse card draw. Supported by efficient counter generators like March from the Black Gate, Metallic Mimic, and Dreadhorde Invasion, the deck builds steady incremental burn before pivoting into explosive wide attacks with Krenko, Mob Boss, Siege-Gang Commander, and Assault on Osgiliath. While vulnerable to mass sweepers and lacking stack protection, the deck maintains resilience through natural card velocity and functional redundancy.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Along the Crooked Way
  • 1 Angrath, Captain of Chaos
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boggart Birth Rite
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Boggart Harbinger
  • 1 Boggart Mischief
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Bolg, Erebor's Reckoning
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crude Bent Blade
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Dunland Crebain
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fall of Cair Andros
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Plate Mail
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Gorbag of Minas Morgul
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted
  • 1 Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
  • 1 Gristle Glutton
  • 1 Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie
  • 1 Hell's Kitchen
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Lasting Tarfire
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Moria Scavenger
  • 14 Mountain
  • 1 Munitions Expert
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Persist
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Ragged Short Spear
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Scuzzback Scrounger
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swarming of Moria
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Widespread Brutality