Killer Smaug by OriginalSith

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Rakdos synergy and dragon stompy strategy centered on Smaug the Impenetrable. Smaug combines flying, haste, and indestructible with a unique ability that converts all noncombat damage dealt to it directly into Treasure tokens. The deck accelerates through low-cost mana rocks and potent red rituals to deploy Smaug by Turn 4. Once Smaug enters the battlefield, efficient damage spells such as Cut Propulsion, Blasphemous Act, or Fire Covenant target Smaug to generate massive bursts of 13 to 16 or more Treasures in a single action. These artifact tokens immediately fuel lethal drain triggers from Mirkwood Bats and Marionette Apprentice, activate Magda, Brazen Outlaw to tutor game-ending Dragons like Hellkite Tyrant, or execute an infinite Treasure combo with Chain Lightning. Premium protection like Deflecting Swat and Commander's Plate shields the setup, allowing the deck to close games rapidly while maintaining formidable dragon beatdown pressure.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chain Lightning
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Cut Propulsion
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Dragon's Desire
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Franklin Richards, Ascendant
  • 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
  • 1 Geosurge
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Seize the Spotlight
  • 1 Self-Destruct
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 6 Swamp
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Wrathful Red Dragon