Great Goblin by BingChillingJr

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Goblin tribal strategy centered on aggressive go-wide board states, aristocrat burn, and impulse card advantage. Led by The Great Goblin, the deck deploys early Goblin creatures and token makers such as Mogg War Marshal and Goblin Instigator to build a critical mass of bodies. By Turn 4, the deck establishes an operational engine where dying Goblins convert into impulse-exiled cards, keeping resources flowing. Critical onset occurs on Turn 5 through powerful scaling threats like Krenko, Mob Boss, Shared Animosity, or Coat of Arms, which drastically multiply the board's offensive output. Surviving opponents are finished over the next two turn cycles through overwhelming combat damage and direct life loss from Sling-Gang Lieutenant and Siege-Gang Commander. While vulnerable to mass exile sweepers and lacking stack interaction, the deck boasts high functional redundancy, strong creature tutoring, and rapid board recovery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Battle Hymn
  • 1 Beetleback Chief
  • 1 Bloodmark Mentor
  • 1 Boggart Birth Rite
  • 1 Boil
  • 1 Bone Shards
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Crazed Goblin
  • 1 Crush
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dralnu's Crusade
  • 1 Facevaulter
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fervor
  • 1 Frenzied Goblin
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Gempalm Incinerator
  • 1 Goblin Bully
  • 1 Goblin Chainwhirler
  • 1 Goblin Chieftain
  • 1 Goblin Cohort
  • 1 Goblin Elite Infantry
  • 1 Goblin Guide
  • 1 Goblin Instigator
  • 1 Goblin King
  • 1 Goblin Lackey
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Offensive
  • 1 Goblin Recruiter
  • 1 Goblin Ringleader
  • 1 Goblin Spelunkers
  • 1 Goblin Tinkerer
  • 1 Goblin Warchief
  • 1 Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Haze of Rage
  • 1 Hobgoblin Bandit Lord
  • 1 Hordeling Outburst
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Krenko's Command
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Massive Raid
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 18 Mountain
  • 1 Munitions Expert
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Necrologia
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Pristine Talisman
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Quest for the Goblin Lord
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sparksmith
  • 1 Spikeshot Elder
  • 1 Squee, Dubious Monarch
  • 1 Sulfurous Blast
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Tarfire
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Thrilling Encore
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Wail of the Nim