New Smaug the Impenetrable by iensu

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Rakdos combo-control deck centered on Smaug the Impenetrable. The primary strategy focuses on deploying Smaug ahead of curve using early artifact ramp and red ritual mana, then triggering Smaug's noncombat damage ability with self-inflicted burn spells. Because Smaug possesses built-in flying, haste, and indestructible, high-damage sweepers like Blasphemous Act, Star of Extinction, and Cut Propulsion generate between 8 and 20 Treasure tokens in a single burst without destroying the commander. The deck instantly converts this massive mana surplus into table-wide lethal damage through drain engines like Mirkwood Bats and Ingenious Artillerist, or massive X-cost finishers such as Torment of Hailfire and Crackle with Power. In addition to the commander line, the deck features an independent infinite combo in Blazing Sunsteel and Brash Taunter, alongside alternate win conditions like Hellkite Tyrant. Strong redundancy in burn spells and drain outlets ensures high operational consistency.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blazing Sunsteel
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chain Lightning
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cut Propulsion
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dragon's Desire
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Pain for All
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Pestilence
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Pyrohemia
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 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 Sulfurous Springs
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Xorn