Smaug the Greedy by dfain94

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Rakdos Dragon and Treasure burn strategy commanded by Smaug the Impenetrable. Built around the commander's unique ability to generate Treasure tokens equal to the noncombat damage it receives, the deck leverages its indestructible 8/7 flying body to turn symmetrical damage spells and self-harm effects into massive mana spikes. Cards like Blasphemous Act, Cut Propulsion, and Fire Covenant deal massive damage to Smaug without destroying it, producing dozens of Treasures in a single burst. These Treasures immediately feed lethal aristocrat and drain outlets such as Mirkwood Bats, Marionette Apprentice, and Exsanguinate, closing out games in a single turn cycle. Dense early ramp and Dragon cost-reducers ensure Smaug hits the battlefield by Turn 5, where its built-in haste and indestructible nature demand immediate non-damage answers. Supported by single-target redirection spells and alternate Dragon threats, the deck delivers high-impact pressure and resilient table-wide burn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blazing Sunsteel
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Cut Propulsion
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Desolation of Smaug
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Dragon's Desire
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Glóin, Dwarf Emissary
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Kalain, Reclusive Painter
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Mutinous Massacre
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Pain for All
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Secluded Starforge
  • 1 Self-Destruct
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soulstone Sanctuary
  • 1 Spiteful Banditry
  • 1 Spymaster's Vault
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 The Ten Rings
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Urza's Cave
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Wrathful Red Dragon