The Great Goblin by Coldcole911

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 53

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Goblin aristocrats build centered on assembling deterministic persist loops alongside aggressive token generation. The commander, The Great Goblin, functions as a potent resource engine and burn amplifier, exiling cards on creature deaths and dealing direct damage whenever counters are placed on Goblins, Orcs, or Armies. The primary win condition revolves around combining a persist creature like Murderous Redcap or Putrid Goblin with a counter modifier like Metallic Mimic, Gev, Scaled Scorch, or First Day of Class, and a free sacrifice outlet like Goblin Bombardment or Skirk Prospector. When assembled, these pieces generate infinite death, entry, and damage triggers to eliminate the table in a single turn. Dense early ramp and specialized creature tutors ensure high assembly consistency by Turn 4. Supporting elements include selective interaction, graveyard recursion, and protection pieces like Defense Grid and Cavern of Souls to secure combo execution against opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Angrath, Captain of Chaos
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Black Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Boggart Mischief
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolg, Erebor's Reckoning
  • 1 Brightstone Ritual
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dark-Dweller Oracle
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadhorde Invasion
  • 1 Fall of Cair Andros
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Firdoch Core
  • 1 First Day of Class
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gev, Scaled Scorch
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Ringleader
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie
  • 1 Haunted One
  • 1 Honor the God-Pharaoh
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Kolaghan's Command
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Necrologia
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Plumb the Forbidden
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scheming Symmetry
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shred Memory
  • 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Widespread Brutality