Grenzo, Goblin Warden by nixxolas

Format: Commander

Commander: Grenzo, Dungeon Warden

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This Rakdos deck is an Aristocrats Combo and Goblin Tribal strategy commanded by Grenzo, Dungeon Warden. The primary plan leverages Grenzo's ability to cheat low-power creatures from the bottom of the library directly into play for two mana. By pairing Grenzo with bottom-deck manipulation tools such as Barkform Harvester, Epitaph Golem, and Tel-Jilad Stylus, along with sacrifice engines like Ashnod's Altar and Skirk Prospector, the deck can execute infinite enters-and-dies loops. Powerful tribal tutors like Goblin Recruiter and Goblin Matron assemble these multi-card loops or direct two-card combos like Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and Zealous Conscripts with high consistency. The deck presents a reliable must-answer kill around Turn 5, winning in the same turn via infinite life drain or token combat. While resilient to destruction and counterspells, the strategy remains vulnerable to instant-speed exile removal and targeted graveyard hate.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Auntie's Hovel
  • 1 Barkform Harvester
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Beetleback Chief
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Boggart Mischief
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Braid of Fire
  • 1 Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deserted Temple
  • 1 Elder Auntie
  • 1 Epitaph Golem
  • 1 Field of the Dead
  • 1 Gempalm Incinerator
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin Chirurgeon
  • 1 Goblin King
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Recruiter
  • 1 Goblin Ringleader
  • 1 Goblin Sharpshooter
  • 1 Goblin Trashmaster
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
  • 1 Heartstone
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hobgoblin Bandit Lord
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Jar of Eyeballs
  • 1 Junktroller
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mad Auntie
  • 1 Mana Echoes
  • 1 Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Munitions Expert
  • 1 Muxus, Goblin Grandee
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reito Lantern
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Shivan Gorge
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Taster of Wares
  • 1 Tel-Jilad Stylus
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Cauldron of Eternity
  • 1 The Eternity Elevator
  • 1 The Grey Havens
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 Thornbite Staff
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tomb Trawler
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince
  • 1 Winding Canyons
  • 1 Wort, Boggart Auntie
  • 1 Zealous Conscripts