Smaug the impenetrable by Matt349

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Rakdos Treasure Aristocrats and Spite Burn strategy commanded by Smaug the Impenetrable. The primary game plan revolves around accelerating mana via low-cost artifacts and rituals to deploy Smaug on Turn 5, then leveraging his indestructible body and unique damage trigger. Symmetrical damage sweepers such as Blasphemous Act and Star of Extinction or direct self-damage spells like Cut Propulsion double as board wipes and massive resource explosions, generating 13 to 20 Treasures in a single blow. These Treasures instantly fuel lethal drain engines via Mirkwood Bats, Reckless Fireweaver, and Marionette Apprentice, or enable alternate win conditions through Revel in Riches and Hellkite Tyrant. While the deck possesses strong built-in resilience against destroy effects and rapid closing speed, its heavy reliance on high-CMC plays and limited interaction against noncreature permanents require careful timing around opposing exile removal and countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazing Sunsteel
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Call Forth the Tempest
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cut Propulsion
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Desert Were-Worm
  • 1 Desolation of Smaug
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dragon's Desire
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Irencrag Feat
  • 1 Kulrath Knight
  • 1 Last Light of Durin's Day
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 14 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Pain for All
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Pyrohemia
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Rakdos Cluestone
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Reckless Endeavor
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Self-Destruct
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spiteful Banditry
  • 1 Star of Extinction
  • 1 Starstorm
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 The Scorpion God
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent