Why is it crunchy by Jxstxr

Format: Commander

Commander: Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 11

Deck overview

This is a general-power Rakdos Goblin deck centered on Grub, Storied Matriarch. The commander returns a Goblin when it enters or transforms, then creates a temporary attacking copy after transforming and attacking. The rest of the deck supports that plan with amass effects, disposable creatures, sacrifice payoffs, Treasure production, and graveyard recursion. Bastion of Remembrance, Marionette Apprentice, Nadier's Nightblade, and Boggart Cursecrafter turn creature and token deaths into incremental damage, while cards such as Azog, Moria's Ruin, Blasphemous Act, and Meteor Golem provide removal. The main limitation is cohesion: the deck has few true tutors, little protection, no reliable free sacrifice outlet, and no deterministic finish. Its expensive creatures can create strong individual turns, but they are not consistently accessible together. Expect a developing board around turns 6–8, followed by combat pressure and attrition rather than a compact combo kill or hard lock.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akul the Unrepentant
  • 1 Al Bhed Salvagers
  • 1 Along the Crooked Way
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Annihilating Glare
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Bilbo's Deadly Slice
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Boiling Rock Prison
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Bolg's Company
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Clive, Ifrit's Dominant // Ifrit, Warden of Inferno
  • 1 Coalstoke Gearhulk
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer
  • 1 Demonic Junker
  • 1 Eclipsed Boggart
  • 1 Eviscerator's Insight
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exuberant Fuseling
  • 1 Fire Navy Trebuchet
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
  • 1 Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
  • 1 Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie
  • 1 Gundabad Opportunist
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Imskir Iron-Eater
  • 1 Kethek, Crucible Goliath
  • 1 Last Light of Durin's Day
  • 1 Laughing Mad
  • 1 Lavaleaper
  • 1 Lethal Throwdown
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Meek Attack
  • 1 Memorial to Folly
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 15 Mountain
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Ominous Asylum
  • 1 Ominous Harvest
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Ragged Short Spear
  • 1 Rakdos Joins Up
  • 1 Reverent Howl
  • 1 Ruin Grinder
  • 1 Scuzzback Scrounger
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Snowslope Hunter
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Stony-Voiced Goblins
  • 1 Stormshriek Feral // Flush Out
  • 17 Swamp
  • 1 The Falcon, Airship Restored
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Regalia
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Vat Emergence
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape