Goblin Armies by Strife6567

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This deck is a high-speed Rakdos aristocrats and tribal combo engine commanded by The Great Goblin. The strategy leverages aggressive fast mana to deploy the commander on Turn 2 or 3, establishing a continuous card advantage and burn engine. Every counter placed on a Goblin or Army shocks an opponent for 2 damage, while every Goblin death provides impulse card draw playable until the end of the next turn. The primary win condition revolves around persist loops using Putrid Goblin or Murderous Redcap combined with +1/+1 counter modifiers like Metallic Mimic, First Day of Class, or Thran Vigil, and a free sacrifice outlet like Goblin Bombardment, Skirk Prospector, or Phyrexian Altar. Alternatively, the deck can overwhelm tables through explosive token production with Krenko, Mob Boss and Pashalik Mons. While vulnerable to instant-speed graveyard and creature interaction, its dense mana acceleration and redundant combo pieces allow rapid recovery and consistent Turn 4 lethal finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Along the Crooked Way
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Auntie's Hovel
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Boggart Harbinger
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Bolg's Company
  • 1 Book of Mazarbul
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chrome Mox
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conspicuous Snoop
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Eclipsed Boggart
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 First Day of Class
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Gev, Scaled Scorch
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin Chirurgeon
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Trashmaster
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Gorbag of Minas Morgul
  • 1 Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted
  • 1 Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
  • 1 Grim Monolith
  • 1 Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Moria Marauder
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Orcish Siegemaster
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Thran Vigil
  • 1 Tidings of War
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Widespread Brutality