The Great Goblin by Matt349

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos aristocrats and token burn strategy commanded by The Great Goblin. The game plan revolves around generating Goblin tokens and placing counters via Amass mechanics to trigger direct damage and impulse card draw. Acceleration from Sol Ring, Dark Ritual, and Skirk Prospector enables early deployment of the commander and key enablers like Dreadhorde Invasion and Bothersome Noisemaker. On Turn 5, explosive swarm engines such as Krenko, Mob Boss combined with haste lords and burn multipliers like Impact Tremors create an overwhelming board presence. Direct damage from Goblin Bombardment and Siege-Gang Commander allows the deck to bypass combat obstacles and finish opponents by Turn 7. While vulnerable to board wipes and lacking enchantment removal, the deck maintains resilience through death triggers and redundant tribal payoffs.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Beetleback Chief
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodmark Mentor
  • 1 Boggart Shenanigans
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Bolg's Company
  • 1 Bolg, Erebor's Reckoning
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Cathartic Pyre
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fervor
  • 1 Fury of the Horde
  • 1 Gathering of Darkness
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin King
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Offensive
  • 1 Goblin Sharpshooter
  • 1 Goblin War Strike
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted
  • 1 Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 18 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Redoubled Stormsinger
  • 1 Rhovanion Rampager
  • 1 Rummaging Goblin
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 15 Swamp
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Tidings of War
  • 1 Warg Rider
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Within Range
  • 1 Zoyowa Lava-Tongue