The Great Goblin by MrGrimms

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 26

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos kindred midrange strategy led by The Great Goblin, focusing on the interplay between amass mechanics, +1/+1 counters, and Goblin death triggers. Every time an Army, Goblin, or Orc receives counters—frequently achieved via cards like March from the Black Gate, Book of Mazarbul, and Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain—the commander deals 2 direct damage to an opponent. Simultaneously, when your creatures die, the commander turns those losses into impulse draw to keep resources flowing. While the deck lacks high-tier fast mana, tutors, and infinite combos, it excels at grinding out incremental card advantage and board presence. It pressures the table through a mixture of unblockable or evasive Armies, wide Goblin token boards, and burn triggers, converting simple combat and aristocrat actions into lethal damage by Turns 7–8.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abrade
• 1 Access Tunnel
• 1 Along the Crooked Way
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Assault on Osgiliath
• 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
• 1 Barad-dûr
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Bolg's Company
• 1 Bolg, Erebor's Reckoning
• 1 Bonders' Enclave
• 1 Book of Mazarbul
• 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
• 1 Buried Ruin
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Deadly Dispute
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Drown in Ichor
• 1 Dunland Crebain
• 1 Escape Tunnel
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fall of Cair Andros
• 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
• 1 Feast on the Fallen
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Foray of Orcs
• 1 Foreboding Ruins
• 1 Gathering of Darkness
• 1 Goblin Bombardment
• 1 Goblin Plate Mail
• 1 Goblin Warchief
• 1 Goblin-town
• 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
• 1 Gorbag of Minas Morgul
• 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
• 1 Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted
• 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
• 1 Grond, the Gatebreaker
• 1 Haunted Cloak
• 1 Infernal Grasp
• 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
• 1 March from the Black Gate
• 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
• 1 Mer-Ek Nightblade
• 1 Misty Mountains Raider
• 1 Mordor Muster
• 1 Moria Marauder
• 1 Moria Scavenger
• 8 Mountain
• 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
• 1 Night's Whisper
• 1 Orcish Medicine
• 1 Orcish Siegemaster
• 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
• 1 Pashalik Mons
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Rage into the Valley
• 1 Read the Bones
• 1 Riveteers Overlook
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Shadowblood Ridge
• 1 Shagrat, Loot Bearer
• 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
• 1 Skirk Prospector
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 8 Swamp
• 1 Swarming of Moria
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Temple of Malice
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Great Goblin
• 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
• 1 Tidings of War
• 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Victimize
• 1 Village Rites
• 1 Warg Rider