Smeagol by user9741987

Format: Commander

Commander: Sméagol, Helpful Guide

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Smeagol, Helpful Guide is the engine: he turns incidental creature death into Ring temptations that mill opponents and steal lands, feeding the deck's landfall package. The primary plan is to build a wide token army with Scute Swarm, Rampaging Baloths, Zendikar's Roil, and Greensleeves, while Azusa and Ancient Greenwarden multiply landfall triggers. Secondary paths use Blood Artist/Syr Konrad drain and mass reanimation from Rise of the Dark Realms or Sheoldred // The True Scriptures. There is no hidden commander; the non-commander cards that most resemble engines are Azusa and Ancient Greenwarden. Smeagol is integral but not a combo piece, so removal slows the deck without stopping it.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Compy Swarm
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Brew
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deathreap Ritual
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dúnedain Rangers
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Entish Restoration
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Golgari Guildgate
  • 1 Gollum, Patient Plotter
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
  • 1 Jungle Hollow
  • 1 Lash of the Balrog
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
  • 1 Mole Man, Moloid Master
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Protean Hulk
  • 1 Rampaging Baloths
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Sheoldred // The True Scriptures
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sméagol, Helpful Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Witherbloom Command
  • 1 Zendikar's Roil