Dragon by Stayin_busy56

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Big Mana and Treasure Burn strategy commander by Smaug the Impenetrable. The game plan revolves around ramping into Smaug's 7-mana casting cost using efficient mana rocks and Dragon cost-reducers like Dragonspeaker Shaman and Urza's Incubator. Once Smaug enters the battlefield, its indestructible keyword transforms symmetrical noncombat damage sweepers—such as Blasphemous Act, Chain Reaction, and Star of Extinction—into massive one-sided Treasure generators while wiping opposing boards. Targeted burst damage spells like Cut Propulsion and Self-Destruct also trigger instant bursts of 8 to 16 Treasures. The deck converts this immense artifact mana into game-ending burn through passive pingers like Reckless Fireweaver, Marionette Apprentice, and Wrathful Red Dragon, or dumps it into lethal X-spells like Exsanguinate. Even without the commander, heavy-hitting Dragons like Ancient Copper Dragon and Terror of the Peaks maintain lethal pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arcbond
  • 1 Badlands
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Comet Storm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crime Novelist
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Cut Propulsion
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Desolation of Smaug
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonlord's Servant
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Insatiable Avarice
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 1 Pain for All
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Rite of the Dragoncaller
  • 1 Rivaz of the Claw
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Self-Destruct
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Star of Extinction
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 Terrain Generator
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Wrathful Red Dragon
  • 1 Xorn