Chiefest of Calamities by zan944

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Magnificent

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This mono-red Commander deck is spearheaded by Smaug the Magnificent, aiming to convert a dense Treasure-generating engine into decisive burn and combat damage. Early turns focus on deploying efficient ramp and repeatable token generators such as Magda, Brazen Outlaw, Academy Manufactor, and Captain Lannery Storm. On Turn 4, Smaug the Magnificent enters with haste and immediately attacks, weaponizing the accumulated Treasure count to pick off key opposing creatures or pressure life totals. In the mid-game, damage multipliers like Torbran, Thane of Red Fell and Gratuitous Violence, along with extra combat phases from Combat Celebrant and Hellkite Charger, accelerate the clock toward a Turn 7 table finish. The deck supports its proactive strategy with disruptive silver bullets like Blood Moon and Stranglehold, efficient redirect spells like Bolt Bend, and alternate win conditions like Hellkite Tyrant, maintaining strong velocity and high resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Moon
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Combat Celebrant
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Desolation of Smaug
  • 1 Diamond Pick-Axe
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Dwarven Mine
  • 1 Forgotten Cave
  • 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
  • 1 Glóin, Dwarf Emissary
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hammer of Nazahn
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Inspired Tinkering
  • 1 Last Chance
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 26 Mountain
  • 1 Myr Retriever
  • 1 Pirate's Pillage
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Rapacious Dragon
  • 1 Relentless Assault
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shiny Impetus
  • 1 Shivan Devastator
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spiteful Banditry
  • 1 Sticky Fingers
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stranglehold
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Swashbuckler Extraordinaire
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Feast and Famine
  • 1 The Gold Saucer
  • 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Tome of Legends
  • 1 Toralf, God of Fury // Toralf's Hammer
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 You've Been Caught Stealing