Kill Shawn by jswingle918

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Goblin tribal strategy combining aggressive token swarm, aristocrat drain, and creature-based combo finishes. Commanded by The Great Goblin, the deck turns every goblin death into impulse card advantage and every counter placed on an army or goblin into direct burn damage. Mana acceleration from Skirk Prospector, Warren Soultrader, and Dockside Extortionist enables early deployment of explosive threats. The deck can pivot between swarming the board with Krenko, Mob Boss and Muxus, Goblin Grandee, buffing attackers with Shared Animosity, or assembling a game-ending loop with Putrid Goblin, Metallic Mimic, and a sacrifice outlet. While the deck possesses limited protection against board wipes and instant-speed removal, mass reanimation via Patriarch's Bidding and Living Death allows it to rebuild rapidly and close games by Turn 5 or 6.

Decklist (99 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Battle Cry Goblin
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Bedlam
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Shenanigans
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Castle Embereth
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Champion of the Weird
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conspicuous Snoop
  • 1 Crawlspace
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Dark Prophecy
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin Instigator
  • 1 Goblin King
  • 1 Goblin Lackey
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Recruiter
  • 1 Goblin Trashmaster
  • 1 Goblin War Strike
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hobgoblin Bandit Lord
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Munitions Expert
  • 1 Muxus, Goblin Grandee
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Raucous Theater
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Rundvelt Hordemaster
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Wooded Foothills