Rakdos Down Down to Goblin Town by HawthornVine

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Goblin Aristocrats strategy commanded by The Great Goblin. The commander turns counter placement on Goblins into direct damage and converts Goblin deaths into impulse card draw. Synergies like Exuberant Fuseling, Metallic Mimic, and Blade of the Bloodchief turn every creature death or entry into direct burn. The deck accelerates mana using Skirk Prospector and Warren Soultrader, rapidly flooding the battlefield with Goblin tokens via Krenko, Mob Boss, Mogg War Marshal, and mass token spells. Tutors like Goblin Recruiter and Goblin Matron assemble missing engine pieces reliably. Once assembled around Turn 4, the deck reaches critical onset on Turn 5 with aristocrat payoffs like Mirkwood Bats, Mayhem Devil, and Impact Tremors, closing the game on Turn 6 by sacrificing its board for massive burn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Blade of the Bloodchief
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodsoaked Insight // Sanguine Morass
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Boggart Mischief
  • 1 Bolg's Company
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Command Bridge
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Empty the Warrens
  • 1 Exuberant Fuseling
  • 1 Fain, the Broker
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Goblin Gang Leader
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Offensive
  • 1 Goblin Rally
  • 1 Goblin Recruiter
  • 1 Goblin War Party
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
  • 1 Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie
  • 1 Hobbit Hole
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Lash of the Balrog
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 15 Mountain
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sourbread Auntie
  • 1 Stir Up Trouble
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Swarming of Moria
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Lonely Mountain
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Vampiric Rites
  • 1 Warren Soultrader