King Under the Mountain by TolarianUDropout

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Treasure and Dragon Midrange deck helmed by Smaug the Impenetrable. The primary strategy focuses on deploying efficient Treasure generators in the early game, including Magda, Brazen Outlaw, Captain Lannery Storm, and Xorn, to ramp into high-impact threats well ahead of curve. On Turn 5 to 6, the deck lands Smaug the Impenetrable or massive flying Dragons like Ancient Copper Dragon and Cavern-Hoard Dragon. By using damage spells like Blasphemous Act on Smaug, the deck generates double-digit Treasure tokens, fueling explosive mana advantage. It converts this hoard into victory via commander combat damage, Hellkite Tyrant upkeep wins, Mirkwood Bats drain triggers, or repeated combat steps with Aggravated Assault. While the deck generates immense mana velocity and resilient threats, its interactive suite is primarily sorcery-speed and it relies heavily on combat damage to eliminate opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazing Firesinger // Seething Song
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breeches, Eager Pillager
  • 1 Burakos, Party Leader
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chain Lightning
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contract Killing
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Desert Were-Worm
  • 1 Desolation of Smaug
  • 1 Diamond Pick-Axe
  • 1 Dori, Bearer of Friends
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Dragon's Desire
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
  • 1 Gimli of the Glittering Caves
  • 1 Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings
  • 1 Glóin, Dwarf Emissary
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Hellkite Igniter
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Heroes for Hire
  • 1 Inside Information
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Korvold and the Noble Thief
  • 1 Last Light of Durin's Day
  • 1 Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Prosperous Bandit
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Rapacious Dragon
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Replicating Ring
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smaug, the Great Calamity // Spew Flame
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Wealth and Power
  • 1 The Lonely Mountain
  • 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Ten Rings
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Treasure Map // Treasure Cove
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Xorn