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Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos kindred aristocrats and counter-burn engine commanded by The Great Goblin. The strategy revolves around deploying Goblin and Orc token generators alongside +1/+1 counter and Amass mechanics, converting counter placements into direct damage against opponents while turning creature deaths into continuous impulse card advantage. Acceleration from pieces like Sol Ring, Talisman of Indulgence, and Skirk Prospector enables casting the commander on Turn 3 and establishing an active token engine by Turn 4. Critical pressure manifests around Turn 6 through exponential token creators like Krenko, Mob Boss, high-damage payoffs like All Will Be One, or persist loops involving Putrid Goblin and Metallic Mimic. The deck finishes the table by Turn 8 through wide combat swings and sacrifice burn. While resilient in recovering its engine and boasting strong card replenishment, it remains vulnerable to sweepers due to limited defensive protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Altar of Bhaal // Bone Offering
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Auntie's Hovel
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Boggart Harbinger
  • 1 Boggart Shenanigans
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bolg's Company
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Den of the Bugbear
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 First Day of Class
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Gev, Scaled Scorch
  • 1 Ghost Lantern // Bind Spirit
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Gorbag of Minas Morgul
  • 1 Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Krenko, Baron of Tin Street
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Moria Scavenger
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Scuzzback Scrounger
  • 1 Searslicer Goblin
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Thran Vigil
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Withering Torment