Smaug by lxnastyknightxl

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 21

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Dragon midrange strategy helmed by Smaug the Impenetrable. Its game plan revolves around developing mana steadily through the early game, deploying large flying Dragon threats, and casting Smaug as a resilient, hard-hitting anchor. With an 8/7 stat line featuring flying, haste, and indestructible, Smaug pressures life totals immediately while threatening to generate large amounts of Treasure tokens whenever dealt noncombat damage from effects like Burn Down the House or Sunset Strikemaster. Secondary engines such as Hellkite Tyrant, Twinflame Tyrant, and Bloodletter of Aclazotz amplify damage and provide alternate routes to close out the game. The deck features functional creature removal and damage-based sweepers, but it trades away fast mana acceleration and countermagic protection in favor of durable late-game board presence.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Ares, God of War
  • 1 Balefire Dragon
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Burn Down the House
  • 1 Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind
  • 1 Cranial Ram
  • 1 Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Desert Were-Worm
  • 1 Doc Ock's Tentacles
  • 1 Dragonmaster Outcast
  • 1 Enchanter's Bane
  • 1 Enduring Courage
  • 1 Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
  • 1 Fang Dragon // Forktail Sweep
  • 1 Fear of Burning Alive
  • 1 Flamerush Rider
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gemcutter Buccaneer
  • 1 Glóin the Mighty // Easy Pickings
  • 1 Glóin, Dwarf Emissary
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Herald of Anguish
  • 1 Hoard-Smelter Dragon
  • 1 Improvised Arsenal
  • 1 Magmaquake
  • 1 Maze of Ith
  • 1 Mirrormind Crown
  • 1 Mirrorwing Dragon
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 18 Mountain
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Nova Hellkite
  • 1 Phial of Galadriel
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Ragefire Hellkite
  • 1 Ran and Shaw
  • 1 Ravenous Chupacabra
  • 1 Razortrap Gorge
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Sarkhan the Mad
  • 1 Sarkhan, Dragonsoul
  • 1 Season of the Bold
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smaug, the Great Calamity // Spew Flame
  • 1 Soul Foundry
  • 1 Spontaneous Combustion
  • 1 Stormshriek Feral // Flush Out
  • 1 Sunset Strikemaster
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Vector, Imperial Capital
  • 1 Verix Bladewing
  • 1 Warmaker Gunship
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 White Lotus Tile