Smaug the Impenetrable-3 by Reddbeard

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is a specialized Rakdos big-mana burn strategy commanded by Smaug the Impenetrable. The game plan centers on accelerating Smaug onto the battlefield by Turn 5 using efficient Treasure producers and low-cost ramp. Once in play, Smaug's indestructible body converts self-inflicted noncombat damage from spells like Blasphemous Act, Cut Propulsion, and Pyrohemia into massive bursts of 13 to 20 Treasure tokens while clearing opposing boards. The deck then channels this mana into table-wide finishers such as Crackle with Power, Exsanguinate, or life-drain triggers from Mirkwood Bats and Mayhem Devil. Built-in haste and indestructible keywords protect the primary threat from conventional removal, while cards like Hexing Squelcher and Chimil, the Inner Sun ensure critical spells resolve. Standalone threats like Bolas's Citadel and Goldspan Dragon provide backup win conditions if the commander is removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Castle Doom
  • 1 Chain Lightning
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chimil, the Inner Sun
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cranial Ram
  • 1 Cut Propulsion
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dragon's Fire
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Generous Plunderer
  • 1 Glóin, Dwarf Emissary
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Inspired Tinkering
  • 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Jasper
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Pain for All
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Pestilence
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Pyrohemia
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Scorching Shot
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Seize the Spotlight
  • 1 Self-Destruct
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Star of Extinction
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sunset Strikemaster
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Wisecrack
  • 1 Xorn