Smaug, Wicked Worm by rweber

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug, Wicked Worm

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Rakdos strategy led by Smaug, Wicked Worm that converts opposing artifact counts and internal Treasure generation into overwhelming mana and card advantage. Early turns focus on establishing mana acceleration and deploying low-cost Treasure generators such as Professional Face-Breaker, Xorn, and Magda, Brazen Outlaw. Once Smaug enters the battlefield, he immediately generates a burst of tapped Treasures and turns every subsequent Treasure-funded spell into a cantrip. The midgame leverages explosive mana doublers like Goldspan Dragon and Alchemist's Talent alongside rituals to build a massive mana pool while drawing through the library. The deck protects its key plays using free and low-cost interaction like Deflecting Swat, Bolt Bend, and Conqueror's Flail. It closes out games rapidly on turns 5 to 6 with massive game-ending X-spells like Crackle with Power and Torment of Hailfire, or alternate win conditions like Revel in Riches.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Conqueror's Flail
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Desolation of Smaug
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragon's Desire
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Electrodominance
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
  • 1 Generous Plunderer
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Hell to Pay
  • 1 Hellkite Courser
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Inside Information
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Pyroblast
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Red Elemental Blast
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Revel in Riches
  • 1 Rivaz of the Claw
  • 1 Rousing Refrain
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spiteful Banditry
  • 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
  • 1 Stridehangar Automaton
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Twinflame Tyrant
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Visions of Ruin
  • 1 Wake the Dragon
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Xorn