Smeagol goes Fishing by Rowdy_Runaround

Format: Commander

Commander: Sméagol, Helpful Guide

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck leverages Sméagol, Helpful Guide to convert the Lord of the Rings Temptation mechanic into a relentless Landfall and mill engine. By triggering the Ring tempts you ability through cards like Call of the Ring, Dúnedain Rangers, and a package of 9 Nazgûl, Sméagol forces opponents to mill cards until they hit a land, which enters the battlefield under your control tapped. This rampant land acceleration supercharges landfall payoffs such as Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer, Avenger of Zendikar, and Lotus Cobra, while the incidental creature milling turns Syr Konrad, the Grim and Bloodchief Ascension into devastating life-drain engines. Backed by resilient aristocrat loops featuring Bloodghast and Viscera Seer, the deck builds lethal board states while continuously depleting opposing libraries and life totals.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Claim the Kingdom
  • 1 Claim the Precious
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Culling Ritual
  • 1 Dancing from Dark to Dawn
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dúnedain Rangers
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Gollum the Abandoned
  • 1 Gollum, Patient Plotter
  • 1 Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer
  • 1 Guerrilla Gorilla
  • 1 Gwenom, Remorseless
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Inherited Envelope
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Ka-Zar of the Savage Land
  • 1 Lash of the Balrog
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Maelstrom Pulse
  • 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
  • 1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
  • 1 Moldervine Reclamation
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 9 Nazgûl
  • 1 Nissa of Shadowed Boughs
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Revive the Shire
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Roiling Canopy
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 1 Scavenger's Talent
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Shortcut to Mushrooms
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyclave Pick-Axe
  • 1 Sméagol, Helpful Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 1 Summoning Materia
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Viridescent Bog
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat