Bolg of the North by BEASTEASY

Format: Commander

Commander: Bolg of the North

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Goblin tribal and aristocrats midrange strategy led by Bolg of the North. The primary game plan revolves around deploying low-cost Goblin fodder during the early turns, establishing sacrifice outlets, and steadily building a massive Goblin Army token using the amass mechanic. Bolg of the North functions as both board control and engine accelerant, converting sacrificed utility creatures into removal and bonus +1/+1 counters. Synergistic payoffs like The Great Goblin, Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted, and Smaug, Wicked Worm provide supplemental burn damage, evasion, and card advantage. While the deck possesses resilient mid-game recursion and steady card flow, it lacks fast mana and hard counterspells. Consequently, it relies on incremental combat damage and trigger-based life loss to defeat opponents over several turn cycles. The deck rewards deliberate sequencing, strategic combat math, and timing removal to keep opposing boards clear while building an overwhelming Goblin horde.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Along the Crooked Way
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Bilbo's Deadly Slice
  • 1 Blight Rot
  • 1 Boggart Prankster
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Bolg's Company
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern
  • 1 Crude Bent Blade
  • 1 Death in the Family
  • 1 Desert Were-Worm
  • 1 Desolation of Smaug
  • 1 Down, Down to Goblin-town
  • 1 Dreaded Bat-Cloud
  • 1 Escape Tunnel
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Front Porch Sentries
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 Getaway Barrel
  • 1 Gnashing of Teeth
  • 1 Goblin Plate Mail
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
  • 1 Gollum the Abandoned
  • 1 Gollum, Riddle Master
  • 1 Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal
  • 1 Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted
  • 1 Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
  • 1 Gundabad Opportunist
  • 1 Head of the Hunt
  • 1 Heirloom Auntie
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Inside Information
  • 1 Last Light of Durin's Day
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 15 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Nighthowl Pursuer
  • 1 Northampton Farm
  • 1 Pain 101
  • 1 Paramecia Coloniex
  • 1 Pinecone Strike
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Ragged Short Spear
  • 1 Ravening Warg
  • 1 Reverent Howl
  • 1 Sear
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug's Fury
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smaug, the Great Calamity // Spew Flame
  • 1 Snowslope Hunter
  • 1 Sting-Slinger
  • 1 Stir Up Trouble
  • 1 Stone-Giant of High Pass
  • 1 Stony-Voiced Goblins
  • 1 Super Shredder
  • 1 Supper for Spiders
  • 1 Surveillance Room
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 The Black Arrow
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Lonely Mountain
  • 1 The Master of Lake-town
  • 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 Thrór's Map
  • 1 Tidings of War
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Warren Torchmaster