Down Down to Goblin Town by Zictive

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Rakdos Goblin and Orc Aristocrats strategy commanded by The Great Goblin. The game plan revolves around exploiting two distinct triggers: converting counter placement on Goblins, Orcs, and Armies into direct opponent burn, while turning creature deaths into impulsive card advantage. The deck rapidly develops wide boards using token generators like Krenko, Mob Boss, Legion Warboss, and Siege-Gang Commander, accelerated by explosive mana rituals such as Dark Ritual, Battle Hymn, and Brightstone Ritual. It closes games through scaling aristocrat drain via Mirkwood Bats and Boggart Cursecrafter, lethal combat pushes with Assault on Osgiliath, or infinite persist loops involving Metallic Mimic, Putrid Goblin, and a sacrifice outlet like Goblin Bombardment. Resilient mass recursion spells like Living Death and Patriarch's Bidding provide rapid engine recovery following board wipes, though the list remains vulnerable to instant-speed interaction due to a lack of stack protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Along the Crooked Way
  • 1 Andúril, Narsil Reforged
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Auntie's Hovel
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Black Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Boggart Mischief
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Bolg's Company
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Champion of the Weird
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exuberant Fuseling
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 First Day of Class
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Impulsive Pilferer
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Knucklebone Witch
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Muxus, Goblin Grandee
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Scuzzback Scrounger
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Snowslope Hunter
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 Thrór's Map
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman