Sméagol’s friendly travel services by UpsetITGuy

Format: Commander

Commander: Sméagol, Helpful Guide

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 61

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Golgari Aristocrats Landfall combo strategy commanded by Sméagol, Helpful Guide. The game plan revolves around leveraging cheap mana dorks and land ramp to establish early board presence and deploy Sméagol alongside sacrifice outlets and recurring creatures. The deck generates massive card and mana advantage through engines like Skullclamp, Yawgmoth, Thran Physician, and The One Ring. On Turn 5, it transitions into game-ending infinite loops: either combining Sméagol with Dúnedain Rangers and a sacrifice outlet to steal all opposing lands and mill every opponent's library, or utilizing Warren Soultrader with Forsaken Miner and Blood Artist to drain the entire table. Backed by potent interaction like Abrupt Decay and Deadly Rollick, and resilient protection like Veil of Summer and Sylvan Safekeeper, the deck reliably recovers from disruption and presents fast, redundant win conditions.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Blooming Marsh
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Carrion Feeder
  • 1 Cauldron of Essence
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dancing from Dark to Dawn
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Dauthi Voidwalker
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Dúnedain Rangers
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Fiend Artisan
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Forsaken Miner
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Ophiomancer
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sméagol, Helpful Guide
  • 1 Springheart Nantuko
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat