The Lonely Treasure

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Rakdos deck is built around Smaug the Impenetrable as a resilient, haste-fueled engine that converts noncombat damage into a torrent of Treasure tokens. The primary game plan is to cast Smaug, then repeatedly damage it with spells like Blasphemous Act, Pyrohemia, or the Pariah's Shield + opponent damage combo, generating massive Treasures. These Treasures are then leveraged for mana and drained away via Mirkwood Bats, Mayhem Devil, Ingenious Artillerist, or Revel in Riches for an alternate win condition. Damage multipliers like City on Fire and Fiery Emancipation amplify the drain, while Academy Manufactor triples token output. The deck is a synergistic, value-oriented build that aims to overwhelm opponents with incremental life loss and explosive Treasure turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Anger of the Gods
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Chain Lightning
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 City on Fire
  • 1 Coin of Mastery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Cut Propulsion
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dragonlord's Servant
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Fiery Emancipation
  • 1 Fire Magic
  • 1 Galvanic Blast
  • 1 Giggling Skitterspike
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grievous Wound
  • 1 Havoc Jester
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 22 Mountain
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Pestilence
  • 1 Pestilent Spirit
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Pyrohemia
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Self-Destruct
  • 1 Shivan Meteor
  • 1 Shock
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Star of Extinction
  • 1 Starstorm
  • 1 Stonesplitter Bolt
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The Fire Crystal
  • 1 The Walls of Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Witch's Clinic