The Great Goblin by Brickhithouse

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Rakdos deck is piloted by The Great Goblin, blending Goblin tribal aggression, counter distribution, and aristocrat burn mechanics. The game plan centers on deploying early Goblins and token generators, establishing the commander by Turn 3 or 4, and utilizing counter-granting engines like Metallic Mimic, Andúril, Narsil Reforged, and Amass spells to trigger repeated 2-damage pings to opponents. When Goblins die in combat or via sacrifice outlets like Goblin Bombardment and Skirk Prospector, the commander exiles cards to provide a steady stream of impulse card advantage. The deck threatens critical onset around Turn 6 by doubling tokens with Krenko, Mob Boss or pumping the army with Shared Animosity, eliminating opponents over two subsequent combat and burn cycles by Turn 8. While resilient to creature destruction thanks to low-cost reanimation spells, the list lacks dedicated stack interaction and proactive stax pieces, making it vulnerable to well-timed exile sweepers and faster combo decks.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Andúril, Narsil Reforged
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Black Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Boggart Mischief
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Burnt Offering
  • 1 C.A.M.P.
  • 1 Champion of the Weird
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Cost of Brilliance
  • 1 Darkness Descends
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Eclipsed Boggart
  • 1 Enterprising Scallywag
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 General Kreat, the Boltbringer
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin King
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin War Drums
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Grim Affliction
  • 1 Howlsquad Heavy
  • 1 Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician
  • 1 Ingris Stingerquill
  • 1 Isengard Unleashed
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Lavaclaw Reaches
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lively Dirge
  • 1 Master of Barbs
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 16 Mountain
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 No One Left Behind
  • 1 No Rest for the Wicked
  • 1 Professor's Warning
  • 1 Promising Vein
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Redcap Gutter-Dweller
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song-Mad Treachery // Song-Mad Ruins
  • 1 Soul-Guide Lantern
  • 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
  • 1 Stalactite Stalker
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Swarming of Moria
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 The Rollercrusher Ride
  • 1 Thran Vigil
  • 1 Tidings of War
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Vat of Rebirth
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Warren Torchmaster
  • 1 Widespread Brutality