I am Fire, I am DEATH (Mono Red Artifact Burn) by treestew

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Magnificent

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Helmed by Smaug the Magnificent, this mono-red deck runs a Treasure-economy engine: mint tokens, convert them into explosive mana and direct damage, and let a suite of damage doublers turn every trigger lethal. Smaug attacks the turn he is cast thanks to haste, his upkeep permanently mints Treasures, and his attack trigger snipes any target for the size of the hoard. Xorn, Academy Manufactor, Goldspan Dragon, Magda, Brazen Outlaw, and Ancient Copper Dragon multiply the token stream, while Twinflame Tyrant, Solphim, Mayhem Dominus, Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, and Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might amplify every point of burn. The primary kill is an extra-combat chain: Aggravated Assault plus a Treasure engine generates arbitrarily many combats, letting Smaug's amplified trigger eliminate the table in one turn. Pingers like Reckless Fireweaver and Ingenious Artillerist bleed all opponents as artifacts pour in, and Knuckles the Echidna offers a 30-artifact alternate win.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bherna Huntmaster
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bottle-Cap Blast
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Depthshaker Titan
  • 1 Devastating Onslaught
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gauntlet of Might
  • 1 Generous Plunderer
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Hell to Pay
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Inspiring Statuary
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Jaws, Relentless Predator
  • 1 Knuckles the Echidna
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 27 Mountain
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power
  • 1 Pain Distributor
  • 1 Panic on Amity Island
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Reckless Endeavor
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Reverberate
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Spiteful Banditry
  • 1 Storm's Will
  • 1 Sword of Wealth and Power
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 Tempestra, Dame of Games
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Treasonous Ogre
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Xorn
  • 1 Ya viene el coco
  • 1 You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat