Gobo Army by jprussell

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Rakdos aristocrats and tribal burn deck commanded by The Great Goblin. The strategy revolves around amassing Orc and Goblin armies, placing +1/+1 counters to trigger the commander's 2-damage burn ability, and sacrificing creatures to convert death triggers into impulse card advantage. Acceleration relies on solid on-curve ramp and a 39-land base to consistently deploy the commander on Turn 3 and start amassing on Turn 4. The deck creates critical table pressure around Turn 6 by stacking counter amplifiers like Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain and Uglúk of the White Hand alongside outlets like Goblin Bombardment and Ashnod's Altar. While the deck possesses versatile removal in Toxic Deluge, Withering Torment, and Rakdos Charm, it lacks hard stax elements and dedicated protection spells, which leaves its multi-turn burn clock open to removal before closing the game around Turn 9.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Bolg's Company
  • 1 Book of Mazarbul
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Breathe Your Last
  • 1 Cast into the Fire
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dunland Crebain
  • 1 Eclipsed Boggart
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fall of Cair Andros
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Final Act
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Cratermaker
  • 1 Goblin Grenade
  • 1 Goblin Plate Mail
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
  • 1 Gorbag of Minas Morgul
  • 1 Gut, True Soul Zealot
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Moria Scavenger
  • 15 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Pinecone Strike
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rhovanion Rampager
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
  • 1 Squee, the Immortal
  • 1 Stony-Voiced Goblins
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 The Torment of Gollum
  • 1 Tidings of War
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Ultimate Green Goblin
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Withering Torment