Smaug oct 24 by MasterChief

Format: Commander

Creator: MasterChief

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Dragon tribal and Treasure midrange strategy built around Smaug the Impenetrable. The primary objective is to deploy efficient mana ramp and Dragon cost reducers on turns 2 through 4, establishing a stable foundation to resolve high-cost Dragons and the commander by Turn 5 or 6. Because Smaug possesses native haste and indestructible while generating Treasure tokens whenever dealt noncombat damage, the deck uniquely weaponizes symmetry-breaking sweepers such as Blasphemous Act and Chandra's Ignition. Dealing damage to your own commander yields vast quantities of mana to cast additional threats, power Alchemist's Talent, or drain the table with Mirkwood Bats. Even in games where Smaug is answered or delayed, the 99 contains an independent core of powerful legendary Dragons that can pressure opposing life totals and generate continuous combat-based value.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beseech the Mirror
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Brotherhood's End
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Strike
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Desolation of Smaug
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Draconic Visitor
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Forge of Heroes
  • 1 Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 HULK SMASH!
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Hellkite Charger
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jund Panorama
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Leyline Tyrant
  • 1 Lich's Relic
  • 1 Light Up the Stage
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Molten Collapse
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
  • 1 Nogi, Draco-Zealot
  • 1 Parapet Thrasher
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Ramunap Ruins
  • 1 Read the Bones
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sarkhan's Unsealing
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Shivan Devastator
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of the Dragon Queen
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Turbulent Crater
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Wrenn's Resolve