Great Goblin by Thumper

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Rakdos aristocrats and burn strategy built around The Great Goblin. It leverages the Amass Orcs and Amass Goblins mechanics alongside tribal Goblin synergies to create a dual-threat engine: placing counters on Goblins, Orcs, or Armies burns opponents directly, while dying creatures fuel impulse draw from exile. The list accelerates through low-cost artifact ramp and rituals, establishing its commander and token generators by Turn 4. From there, it escalates pressure on Turn 5 through exponential token swarms like Krenko, Mob Boss, counter multipliers such as All Will Be One, or heavy combat swings enabled by Assault on Osgiliath and Orcish Siegemaster. Sacrificial outlets like Goblin Bombardment and Sling-Gang Lieutenant convert blocked or targeted creatures into reach and fresh cards. Supported by free interaction like Deflecting Swat, the deck closes out multiplayer pods around Turn 7 through unavoidable noncombat damage and wide combat pressure.

Decklist (99 cards)

• 1 Abrade
• 1 All Will Be One
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Assault on Osgiliath
• 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
• 1 Barad-dûr
• 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Boggart Mischief
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Bolg of the North
• 1 Bolg's Company
• 1 Bolt Bend
• 1 Book of Mazarbul
• 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
• 1 Chandra's Ignition
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 City of Brass
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Deadly Dispute
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Diabolic Intent
• 1 Disciple of Bolas
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fall of Cair Andros
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fling
• 1 Foreboding Ruins
• 1 Goblin Warchief
• 1 Goblin-town
• 1 Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted
• 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
• 1 Haunted Ridge
• 1 Howlsquad Heavy
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
• 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
• 1 Luxury Suite
• 1 March from the Black Gate
• 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
• 1 Moria Scavenger
• 1 Mount Doom
• 7 Mountain
• 1 Munitions Expert
• 1 Night's Whisper
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Orcish Medicine
• 1 Orcish Siegemaster
• 1 Palantír of Orthanc
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Prismatic Vista
• 1 Rage into the Valley
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Reflecting Pool
• 1 Roaming Throne
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Siege-Gang Commander
• 1 Skirk Prospector
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Soul Immolation
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 7 Swamp
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
• 1 Temur Battle Rage
• 1 The Great Goblin
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 The Ozolith
• 1 Tidings of War
• 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Village Rites
• 1 Warg Rider
• 1 Widespread Brutality
• 1 Wishclaw Talisman