Smaug the Impenetrable by user1949798

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Rakdos deck operates as a high-impact Voltron and Treasure-generation midrange engine helmed by Smaug the Impenetrable. The game plan revolves around accelerating mana via low-cost artifacts and rituals to deploy Smaug on Turn 5. Smaug enters with flying, indestructible, and haste, presenting an immediate 8-power commander damage clock. The deck capitalizes on Smaug's noncombat damage trigger by turning internal burn spells like Wisecrack, Abrade, and Lightning Bolt into massive Treasure bursts that fuel further card draw and spell casting. A robust suite of Rakdos removal and asymmetric board wipes like Day of Black Sun and Villainous Wrath controls opposing boards while Smaug attacks over blockers. The deck wins by eliminating opponents sequentially through lethal commander damage and scaling burn payoffs like Origin of Thor and Smaug the Magnificent.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Ajani's Anguish
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avengers Disassembled
  • 1 Bender's Waterskin
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Charcoal Diamond
  • 1 Choreographed Sparks
  • 1 Cost of Brilliance
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Day of Black Sun
  • 1 Death to Our Enemies
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Dependable Quinjet
  • 1 Desolation of Smaug
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 End of the Hunt
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fists of Flame
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Gnashing of Teeth
  • 1 Grave Researcher // Reanimate
  • 1 HULK SMASH!
  • 1 Heartless Act
  • 1 Heroes' Hangout
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Loki Laufeyson
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 17 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Ominous Asylum
  • 1 Origin of Thor
  • 1 Patriar's Seal
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Pia, Determined Rebuilder
  • 1 Red Hulk
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Reverent Howl
  • 1 Risky Research
  • 1 Romantic Rendezvous
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Siege Smash
  • 1 Skyclave Relic
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solstice Revelations
  • 16 Swamp
  • 1 Tablet of Discovery
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Too Evil to Stay Dead
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Villainous Wrath
  • 1 Wander Off
  • 1 Wiccan, Young Avenger
  • 1 Wisecrack
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Withering Curse