Smaug, Wicked Worm - The Dragons' Horde by mtg_noob

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug, Wicked Worm

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 46

Deck overview

This Rakdos deck is piloted by Smaug, Wicked Worm, turning Treasure tokens into both mana acceleration and card draw engine fuel. The strategy focuses on accelerating mana in the early turns using rocks, rituals, and treasure generators like Xorn and Black Market Connections. Smaug enters on Turn 4, capitalizing on opponents' artifacts to create a burst of Treasure tokens. Once online, every spell cast with Treasure mana replaces itself, rapidly digging through the library. On Turn 5, the deck transitions into its critical phase by deploying potent force multipliers such as Mirkwood Bats, Rowan, Scion of War, or Goldspan Dragon. The game finishes on Turn 6 by converting high life-loss and massive mana pools into game-ending spells like Exsanguinate or recurring token sacrifice triggers. Robust protection from Conqueror's Flail, Bolt Bend, and Hexing Squelcher ensures that win attempts resolve smoothly.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ares, God of War
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Crypt Rats
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darkstar Augur
  • 1 Decorum Dissertation
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonlord's Servant
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Eldrazi Monument
  • 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
  • 1 Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Fungal Fortitude
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Grave Pact
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Improvisation Capstone
  • 1 Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
  • 1 Locke, Treasure Hunter
  • 1 Malevolent Witchkite
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Moonshadow
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rowan, Scion of War
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Immolation
  • 1 Spiteful Banditry
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
  • 1 Stonesplitter Bolt
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Xorn