The Battle Beneath the Mountain by xALLxBawceUp

Format: Commander

Commander: Vihaan, Goldwaker

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Mardu aggro-engine that leverages Dwarf tribal synergies and aggressive Treasure generation to overwhelm opponents. Commanded by Vihaan, Goldwaker, the strategy turns passive mana reserves into an army of 3/3 Construct Assassin creatures with vigilance and haste during each combat phase. Because Treasures revert to noncreature artifacts during opposing turns, the board is naturally resilient to conventional sorcery-speed creature board wipes. Early turns focus on establishing consistent token generators like Magda, Brazen Outlaw, Goldvein Pick, and Descent into Avernus. Once Vihaan enters the battlefield, each additional Treasure created represents immediate hasty combat power that does not tap for attacking, allowing mana to remain fully accessible for post-combat development, interaction, or secondary win conditions like Mirkwood Bats and Thorin, King of Durin's Folk.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 An Unexpected Party // At the Door
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Barrow-Blade
  • 1 Bifur, Melodic Rider
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Bofur, Reliable Guardian // Concerted Care
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Celebrate the Mountain-king
  • 1 Clock of Omens
  • 1 Collector's Vault
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Diamond Pick-Axe
  • 1 Dragon's Desire
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dwalin, Weaponmaster
  • 1 Dwarven Hammer
  • 1 Dwarven Mattock
  • 1 Dwarven Shortsword
  • 1 Dáin Ironfoot
  • 1 Dáin's Company
  • 1 Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills
  • 1 Fires of Mount Doom
  • 1 Frodo, Sauron's Bane
  • 1 Fíli and Kíli, Joyous
  • 1 Fíli the Pathfinder
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Gimli's Fury
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Horn of Valhalla // Ysgard's Call
  • 1 Inside Information
  • 1 Iron Hills
  • 1 Iron Hills Stalwart
  • 1 Kíli the Resourceful
  • 1 Lash of the Balrog
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Long-Lost Lances
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Nasty End
  • 1 Now for Wrath, Now for Ruin!
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Ori, Plate Stacker
  • 1 Orim's Chant
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Settle the Wreckage
  • 1 Shattered Landscape
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smite the Deathless
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sting, Bilbo's Sword
  • 1 Stone-Giant of High Pass
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Field
  • 1 Temple of Silence
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Eagles Are Coming!
  • 1 The Lonely Mountain
  • 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Thorin Oakenshield
  • 1 Thorin, King of Durin's Folk
  • 1 Thorin, Mountain-king
  • 1 Thriving Heath
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Vihaan, Goldwaker
  • 1 War of the Last Alliance
  • 1 Worn Powerstone