The Great Goblin by user4512701

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Rakdos aristocrats and tribal burn deck commanded by The Great Goblin. The strategy revolves around generating wide Goblin token boards, placing counters to trigger the commander's 2-damage burn ability, and sacrificing disposable creatures to drain opponents and exile cards for extended hand access. Fast mana and efficient utility Goblins like Skirk Prospector and Warren Soultrader allow the deck to assemble its core engine by Turn 4. From there, explosive token producers like Krenko, Mob Boss and counter enablers like Metallic Mimic convert every creature entry and death into direct life loss. Aristocrat payoffs like Bastion of Remembrance, Impact Tremors, and Goblin Bombardment ensure that opponents take continuous damage while the commander generates immense card velocity from death triggers. The deck creates a lethal critical onset by Turn 5 and reliably closes games on Turn 6 through coordinated combat and non-combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Andúril, Narsil Reforged
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Auntie's Hovel
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Boggart Mischief
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Bolg's Company
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conspicuous Snoop
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 First Day of Class
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Chirurgeon
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Trashmaster
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Gorbag of Minas Morgul
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grub's Command
  • 1 Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Knucklebone Witch
  • 1 Krenko, Baron of Tin Street
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Munitions Expert
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Scuzzback Scrounger
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire of Industry
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Warren Soultrader