Goblins by ashykinz

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Aristocrats and Goblin tribal strategy commanded by The Great Goblin. The commander converts counter placement on Goblins, Orcs, and Armies into direct damage while turning friendly creature deaths into impulse card advantage. The deck accelerates through early mana rocks and cost reducers to deploy its commander on Turn 3, followed by token creators and sacrifice outlets on Turn 4. While the deck can overwhelm opponents through combat and aristocrat drain effects like Mirkwood Bats and Pashalik Mons, its primary path to victory is a compact persist loop featuring Putrid Goblin and Metallic Mimic. When paired with any free sacrifice outlet or the commander, this loop creates infinite death and counter triggers to burn the entire table on Turn 6 in a single turn. The deck is resilient against removal thanks to built-in recursion and redundant sac outlets.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Auntie's Hovel
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bloodline Pretender
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Boggart Mischief
  • 1 Bogslither's Embrace
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Bolg's Company
  • 1 Contagion Engine
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dormant Volcano
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Gathering Stone
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin Chirurgeon
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Trashmaster
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grub's Command
  • 1 Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Hobgoblin Bandit Lord
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Munitions Expert
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swarming of Moria
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Widespread Brutality
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat