King Beneath the Mountain by KnightArtorias

Format: Commander

Commander: Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 27

Deck overview

This deck is a Boros aggro and artifact-synergy strategy built around Thorin, King of Durin's Folk. The game plan establishes a critical mass of cheap, synergistic Dwarves—including seven copies of Seven Dwarves—before casting Thorin to convert every entering Dwarf into a Treasure token. Thorin's static ability provides a massive scaling power buff (+1/+0 per artifact token) across the entire Dwarf army. Backed by potent Equipment like The Reaver Cleaver and Sword of Feast and Famine, combat enablers like Duelist's Heritage, and secondary burst damage from Balin, Loremaster and Smaug the Magnificent, the deck converts modest creature curves into lethal combat steps starting on Turn 6. While vulnerable to sweepers, it carries protective tools like Dawn's Truce and robust secondary beatdown lines through Bruenor Battlehammer to maintain pressure across the table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Unexpected Party // At the Door
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Balin, Loremaster
  • 1 Battlefield Forge
  • 1 Bifur, Melodic Rider
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodforged Battle-Axe
  • 1 Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
  • 1 Bombur, Gentle Dreamer
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Bruenor Battlehammer
  • 1 Celestial Armor
  • 1 Clifftop Retreat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cultivator's Caravan
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deflecting Palm
  • 1 Dori, Bearer of Friends
  • 1 Duelist's Heritage
  • 1 Dwalin, Weaponmaster
  • 1 Dwarven Mattock
  • 1 Dwarven Mauler
  • 1 Dwarven Shortsword
  • 1 Dáin Ironfoot
  • 1 Dáin's Company
  • 1 Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills
  • 1 Erode
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Furycalm Snarl
  • 1 Fíli the Pathfinder
  • 1 Gimli of the Glittering Caves
  • 1 Giott, King of the Dwarves
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings
  • 1 Iron Hills
  • 1 Iron Hills Blacksmith
  • 1 Mantle of the Ancients
  • 1 Masterwork of Ingenuity
  • 1 Morningtide's Light
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Nori, Teller of Tales
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Ori, Keeper of Songs
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 10 Plains
  • 1 Radiant Summit
  • 1 Requisition Raid
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 7 Seven Dwarves
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Slayers' Stronghold
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spectator Seating
  • 1 Sram, Senior Edificer
  • 1 Sting, Bilbo's Sword
  • 1 Sundown Pass
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple of Triumph
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Thorin Oakenshield
  • 1 Thorin's Last Stand
  • 1 Thorin, King of Durin's Folk
  • 1 Thorin, Mountain-king
  • 1 Thrór's Map
  • 1 Vow to Erebor
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Óin the Brave