Smaug's Hoard of Treasure by BeardedBeowolf

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug, Wicked Worm

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Rakdos Treasure and aristocrat strategy commanded by Smaug, Wicked Worm. The deck leverages early mana rocks, low-cost Treasure generators, and Smaug's enter-the-battlefield ability to build a massive stockpile of artifact tokens. Smaug turns every Treasure spent into card draw, fueling explosive mid-game turns and maintaining steady card advantage. The primary win condition revolves around deploying token-drain payoffs like Mirkwood Bats, Nadier's Nightblade, and Mayhem Devil, which punish opponents whenever Treasures are created or sacrificed. Alternatively, the deck can channel vast mana reserves into game-ending burn spells like Crackle with Power or win via alternate win conditions such as Revel in Riches and Hellkite Tyrant. While the deck possesses rapid mana velocity and resilient creature-protection spells, it relies heavily on artifact activations and lacks stack interaction, making it vulnerable to artifact wipes and nullifying stax pieces. When uninterrupted, it reliably closes games around Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blade of Selves
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Desolation of Smaug
  • 1 Devastating Onslaught
  • 1 Dragon's Desire
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Generous Plunderer
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hell to Pay
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Inside Information
  • 1 Kalain, Reclusive Painter
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Last Light of Durin's Day
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 15 Mountain
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Saw in Half
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Supernatural Stamina
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Xorn