THE GREAT GOBLIN V1 by Newbie101

Format: Commander

Commander: The Great Goblin

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Rakdos Goblin Aristocrats strategy commanded by The Great Goblin. The core game plan blends aggressive token swarming with direct damage burn triggers and death-based card advantage. Deploying low-cost Goblins alongside counter placers such as Metallic Mimic and amass spells triggers the commander's 2-damage burn ability repeatedly. Meanwhile, sacrificing tokens to outlets like Goblin Bombardment, Skirk Prospector, and Sling-Gang Lieutenant refills the hand via impulse exile draws while draining opponent life totals through Bastion of Remembrance and Pashalik Mons. The deck reliably assembles its core engine by Turn 4 and threatens a lethal table-wide clock by Turn 6. While vulnerable to exile-based board wipes and lacking blue countermagic, the deck features strong recursion, high functional redundancy, and resilient death triggers that punish opponents for clearing the board.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assault on Osgiliath
  • 1 Bastion of Remembrance
  • 1 Black Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bloodline Pretender
  • 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
  • 1 Boggart Mischief
  • 1 Bolg's Company
  • 1 Bothersome Noisemaker
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corrupted Conviction
  • 1 Dark Fortress
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Diamond City
  • 1 Dragon Fodder
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exuberant Fuseling
  • 1 Fearsome Goblin Pair
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 First Day of Class
  • 1 Frogtosser Banneret
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Goblin Matron
  • 1 Goblin Sledder
  • 1 Goblin-town
  • 1 Goblin-town Flunkies
  • 1 Grim Affliction
  • 1 Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie
  • 1 Illicit Masquerade
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs
  • 1 Knucklebone Witch
  • 1 Krenko, Baron of Tin Street
  • 1 Krenko, Mob Boss
  • 1 Lasting Tarfire
  • 1 Legion Warboss
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Misty Mountains Raider
  • 1 Mogg War Marshal
  • 1 Molten-Core Maestro
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 14 Mountain
  • 1 Munitions Expert
  • 1 Murderous Redcap
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Obsessive Pursuit
  • 1 Orcish Bowmasters
  • 1 Pashalik Mons
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Putrid Goblin
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Scuzzback Scrounger
  • 1 Searslicer Goblin
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Siege-Gang Commander
  • 1 Siege-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Skirk Prospector
  • 1 Sling-Gang Lieutenant
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Immolation
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 The Great Goblin
  • 1 Thran Vigil
  • 1 Tidings of War
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Unearth
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wishclaw Talisman
  • 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
  • 1 Zoyowa Lava-Tongue