Goblin Swarm by Aldavon

Format: Commander

Creator: Aldavon

Commander: Zagorka, Mother of Sanctum

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck combines Goblin tribal synergies with Temur token-multiplying effects to overwhelm opponents with mass combat damage. Commanded by Zagorka, Mother of Sanctum, the deck ramps into play and creates Sanctum land tokens, buying combat safety while assembling a large board. The early game focuses on deploying token engines such as Krenko, Mob Boss, Legion Warboss, and token doublers like Parallel Lives or Doubling Season. Once a wide creature presence is established, the deck transitions into its lethal phase on Turn 6 by casting decisive overrun finishers like Craterhoof Behemoth or Preposterous Proportions. While the deck possesses explosive damage potential and fast recovery, its reliance on a creature-heavy board state makes it vulnerable to well-timed board sweepers and countermagic. It excels in midrange multiplayer environments by out-scaling the table in creature volume and bursting for lethal damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Battle Squadron
  • 1 Beetleback Chief
  • 1 Boartusk Liege
  • 1 Boggart Shenanigans
  • 1 Cascade Bluffs
  • 1 Champion's Helm
  • 1 Chancellor of the Forge
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Combine Chrysalis
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Conspicuous Snoop
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterclaw Colossus
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dropkick Bomber
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Genesis Ultimatum
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin Gang Leader
  • 1 Goblin Goliath
  • 1 Goblin King
  • 1 Goblin Offensive
  • 1 Goblin Ringleader
  • 1 Goblin Trashmaster
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Guided Passage
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hobgoblin Bandit Lord
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 New Generation's Technique
  • 1 Obelisk of Urd
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Preposterous Proportions
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Searslicer Goblin
  • 1 Skyclave Relic
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temur Charm
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Tooth and Nail
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Volley Veteran
  • 1 White Lotus Tile
  • 1 Wort, the Raidmother
  • 1 Zagorka, Mother of Sanctum