Dragon Deez by connorvk

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug, Wicked Worm

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Rakdos Treasure aristocrats and burn strategy commanded by Smaug, Wicked Worm. The game plan revolves around generating massive quantities of Treasure tokens to accelerate mana, trigger explosive card draw through Smaug's static ability, and rapidly drain the table using damage outlets like Mirkwood Bats, Ingenious Artillerist, Reckless Fireweaver, and Mayhem Devil. The list features robust mana acceleration, powerful Dragon payoffs such as Goldspan Dragon and Ancient Copper Dragon, and a compact instant-speed win condition in Dualcaster Mage paired with Devastating Onslaught. Defensively, the deck utilizes efficient stack interaction and redirection spells like Deflecting Swat and Bolt Bend to protect key pieces while maintaining forward momentum. While vulnerable to mass artifact wipes and stax pieces that disable activated artifact abilities, the deck's deep functional redundancy and high card velocity allow it to close games quickly and rebuild effectively.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Abrade
• 1 Academy Manufactor
• 1 Alchemist's Talent
• 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Arid Mesa
• 1 Badlands
• 1 Big Score
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Bolas's Citadel
• 1 Bolt Bend
• 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Crime Novelist
• 1 Dark Fortress
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Deadly Dispute
• 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Descent into Avernus
• 1 Devastating Onslaught
• 1 Diabolic Intent
• 1 Dualcaster Mage
• 1 Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Foreboding Ruins
• 1 Goldlust Triad
• 1 Goldspan Dragon
• 1 Grim Hireling
• 1 Hellkite Tyrant
• 1 Ingenious Artillerist
• 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
• 1 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
• 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
• 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
• 1 Mastermind Plum
• 1 Mayhem Devil
• 1 Mines of Moria
• 1 Mirkwood Bats
• 14 Mountain
• 1 Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
• 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 1 Professional Face-Breaker
• 1 Prosper, Tome-Bound
• 1 Rain of Riches
• 1 Raucous Theater
• 1 Reckless Fireweaver
• 1 Return the Favor
• 1 Rev, Tithe Extractor
• 1 Revel in Riches
• 1 Ruthless Technomancer
• 1 Shadow the Hedgehog
• 1 Shadowblood Ridge
• 1 Skullport Merchant
• 1 Smaug the Magnificent
• 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sudden Spoiling
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 8 Swamp
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Temple of the Dragon Queen
• 1 The Fire Crystal
• 1 The One Ring
• 1 The Reaver Cleaver
• 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
• 1 Unexpected Windfall
• 1 Vesuva
• 1 Weftstalker Ardent
• 1 Wishclaw Talisman
• 1 Xorn