Da Gobbos is Great by steelo

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Rakdos aristocrats and burn strategy led by The Great Goblin. The commander converts every counter placed on Goblins, Orcs, or Armies into 2 damage to an opponent, while turning friendly creature deaths into impulse card draw. The deck leverages Amass mechanics, Blight abilities, and +1/+1 counter effects to continuously trigger direct damage. Token generators such as Krenko, Mob Boss and Siege-Gang Commander flood the battlefield, while sacrifice outlets like Goblin Bombardment and Skullclamp convert expendable tokens into card advantage, mana, and direct burn. The deck can close the game through wide combat swings enhanced by Assault on Osgiliath or via a three-card persist combo with Murderous Redcap, Metallic Mimic, and a sacrifice outlet. Even through board wipes, mass reanimation like Bloodline Bidding and impulse exile ensure steady recovery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Auntie's Hovel
  • 1 Azog, Moria's Ruin
  • 1 Barad-dûr
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Boggart Mischief
  • 1 Bolg of the North
  • 1 Book of Mazarbul
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Down, Down to Goblin-town
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Eclipsed Boggart
  • 1 Fake Your Own Death
  • 1 Fanatical Firebrand
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 First Day of Class
  • 1 Foray of Orcs
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Plate Mail
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
  • 1 Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
  • 1 Grub's Command
  • 1 Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mordor Muster
  • 1 Mount Doom
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Munitions Expert
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Orcish Medicine
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pinecone Strike
  • 1 Rage into the Valley
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Searslicer Goblin
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sourbread Auntie
  • 1 Sting-Slinger
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Swarming of Moria
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Tidings of War
  • 1 Uglúk of the White Hand
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble