Smaug and friends by Marski21

Format: Commander

Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 51

Deck overview

This Rakdos deck centers on Smaug the Impenetrable, leveraging his indestructible body and triggered ability to convert noncombat damage into massive bursts of Treasure tokens. Supported by dense ramp and cost reducers, the deck aims to deploy Smaug on Turn 4 or 5 and immediately target him with high-damage spells such as Cut Propulsion, Self-Destruct, or Blasphemous Act. This single trigger generates between 8 and 16 Treasures, which immediately fuels game-ending mana sinks like Crackle with Power and Torment of Hailfire, or triggers lethal group-slug drains via Mirkwood Bats, Reckless Fireweaver, and Marionette Apprentice. If Smaug is detained, the deck transitions smoothly into an infinite damage combo with Brash Taunter and Blazing Sunsteel, or generates massive Treasure pools using Ancient Copper Dragon and Cavern-Hoard Dragon. Robust redirection spells like Deflecting Swat and Bolt Bend safeguard the combo turn, creating a fast and resilient burst-damage strategy.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Ancient Copper Dragon
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazing Sunsteel
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chain Lightning
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crackle with Power
  • 1 Crime Novelist
  • 1 Cut Propulsion
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Covenant
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Krark-Clan Ironworks
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Magda, Brazen Outlaw
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Pain for All
  • 1 Pariah's Shield
  • 1 Peat Bog
  • 1 Pestilence
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Pyrohemia
  • 1 Rain of Riches
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Self-Destruct
  • 1 Smaug the Impenetrable
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Misty Mountains Cold
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Xorn