Krenko, Mob Boss by JeffK

Format: Commander

Commander: Krenko, Mob Boss

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This mono-red list is an aggressive tribal combo deck commanded by Krenko, Mob Boss. The primary game plan revolves around rapidly assembling an exponential Goblin token army using Krenko's doubling activation, backed by haste enablers like Goblin Chieftain and Lightning Greaves. Mana rituals such as Rite of Flame and Seething Song accelerate Krenko into play on Turn 3 or 4, where payoffs like Shared Animosity, Impact Tremors, and Goblin Bombardment quickly convert token counts into lethal table-wide damage by Turn 5. If the primary token swarm is disrupted, the deck pivots into compact two-card infinite combos including Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker with Zealous Conscripts, Dualcaster Mage with Twinflame, or untap loops using Thornbite Staff and Umbral Mantle. Tutoring power from Goblin Recruiter and Goblin Matron provides high consistency, while Blood Moon provides asymmetric disruption against multi-color mana bases.

Decklist (99 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Blood Moon
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 By Force
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Conspicuous Snoop
  • 1 Den of the Bugbear
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Final Fortune
  • 1 Fire Diamond
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin Chirurgeon
  • 1 Goblin Engineer
  • 1 Goblin Lackey
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Recruiter
  • 1 Goblin Ringleader
  • 1 Goblin Trashmaster
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heraldic Banner
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Krenko, Baron of Tin Street
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 28 Mountain
  • 1 Mutavault
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Rite of Flame
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Rundvelt Hordemaster
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scuzzback Scrounger
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slobad, Iron Goblin
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wyll's Reversal
  • 1 Zealous Conscripts