Greed by Elfbane5

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 17

Deck overview

The deck is built around large Rakdos Dragons, Treasures, and creatures from The Lord of the Rings. Its strongest distinctive engine is Smaug the Impenetrable: a damage spell such as Earthquake can safely damage the indestructible commander and create a matching number of Treasures. In an ordinary draw, the commander is deployed around turn 7 and the first large Treasure conversion occurs around turn 8. That produces a strong mana burst, but not a reliable table kill. The list has useful Dragon tutors, artifact ramp, creature removal, and several Treasure payoffs. Smaug, Wicked Worm, Mirkwood Bats, Reckless Fireweaver, and Professional Face-Breaker can compound Treasure value, while Hellkite Tyrant offers a powerful artifact-based alternate threat. The main limitations are the seven-mana commander, limited access to the required damage spell, little stack interaction, and the absence of a compact win condition or total lock.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abrade
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
• 1 Barad-dûr
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Blazemire Verge
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Bolg, Erebor's Reckoning
• 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
• 1 Call of the Ring
• 1 Claim the Precious
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Deadly Dispute
• 1 Desolation of Smaug
• 1 Dori, Bearer of Friends
• 1 Dragon Tempest
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Earthquake
• 1 Elven Passage
• 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fiery Inscription
• 1 Gnashing of Teeth
• 1 Goldspan Dragon
• 1 Gollum, Patient Plotter
• 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
• 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
• 1 Haunted Ridge
• 1 Hellkite Tyrant
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Lash of the Balrog
• 1 Last Light of Durin's Day
• 1 Luxury Suite
• 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
• 1 March from the Black Gate
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Mines of Moria
• 1 Mirkwood Bats
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 1 Moria Marauder
• 1 Mount Doom
• 15 Mountain
• 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
• 1 Orb of Dragonkind
• 1 Orcish Bowmasters
• 1 Pinecone Strike
• 1 Professional Face-Breaker
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Reckless Fireweaver
• 1 Rivaz of the Claw
• 1 Sarkhan's Triumph
• 1 Sauron, the Lidless Eye
• 1 Sauron, the Necromancer
• 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
• 1 Smaug the Magnificent
• 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
• 1 Smaug, the Great Calamity // Spew Flame
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 11 Swamp
• 1 Swarming of Moria
• 1 Tainted Peak
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 The Balrog, Durin's Bane
• 1 The Balrog, Flame of Udûn
• 1 The Black Gate
• 1 The Great Goblin
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 There and Back Again
• 1 Thorin, Company's Leader
• 1 Thorin, Mountain-king
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Witch-king of Angmar
• 1 Xorn