The great goblin by Airsoftboys281

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos tribal and aristocrats list centered on The Great Goblin. The strategy revolves around the Amass Goblins mechanic and +1/+1 counters to trigger the commander's direct burn ability, while converting Goblin deaths into continuous impulse card advantage. By deploying low-cost Goblins and amass spells early, the deck steadily chips away at opposing life totals before scaling into a lethal board with token multipliers like Krenko, Mob Boss and recursion engines like Along the Crooked Way. The deck runs extensive creature removal and multiple graveyard recursion spells to grind through opposing interaction. While it lacks fast mana, tutors, and infinite combos, it delivers a resilient midrange game plan that leverages every creature death to fuel future plays and burn the table down.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Along the Crooked Way
  • 1 Amonkhet Raceway
  • 1 Aphetto Dredging
  • 1 Ares, God of War
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Azula Always Lies
  • 1 Bilbo's Deadly Slice
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Bolg's Company
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Carbonize
  • 1 Cheerful Osteomancer // Raise Dead
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Evil's Thrall
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fall of the Hammer
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Fling
  • 1 Forum Necroscribe
  • 1 Goblin Glasswright // Craft with Pride
  • 1 Goblin Plate Mail
  • 1 Goblin Sledder
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
  • 1 Gundabad Opportunist
  • 1 Haste Magic
  • 1 Hell's Kitchen
  • 1 Hour of Defeat
  • 1 Incinerate
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Maximum Overdrive
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 17 Mountain
  • 1 Mysidian Elder
  • 1 Pinecone Strike
  • 1 Pip-Boy 3000
  • 1 Pull from the Grave
  • 1 Pyroclasm
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rhovanion Rampager
  • 1 Ring of the Lucii
  • 1 Roxxon Brutes
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Sparksmith
  • 1 Stony-Voiced Goblins
  • 1 Strixhaven Skycoach
  • 17 Swamp
  • 1 Tackle Artist
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Ruinous Wrecking Crew
  • 1 Threaten
  • 1 Thunderdrum Soloist
  • 1 Tidings of War
  • 1 Veronica, Dissident Scribe
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Wander Off
  • 1 Zuko, Exiled Prince