Budget Smaug Commander EDH

Commander · 100 cards

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An optimized Bracket 4 Smaug list built for speed and consistency. Vs. the Bracket 3 build this swaps in a full fetch-and-dual manabase (Badlands, on-color fetches, City of Brass, Mana Confluence) and fast mana — Mana Vault, Grim Monolith, Chrome Mox, Lotus Petal — to deploy Smaug ahead of curve. Premium tutors (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Gamble) plus Jeska's Will, Wheel of Fortune and The One Ring pour on card and mana advantage, while Underworld Breach and Torment of Hailfire give explosive Treasure-storm finishes. Interaction upgrades to Deflecting Swat and Deadly Rollick. Strengths: fast, redundant Treasure engines, strong stax-resistant interaction. Weaknesses: not a cEDH combo deck, still grindy vs. dedicated control. Target play level: optimized, high-power pods.

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Price—100 cards

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⌬Bracket 4 or 5· estimated

Combos ›5+ 94 almostScanned Oct 16, 2026 Castability ↓strongkeepable hand 77%

Tokens and emblems: 5 ↓

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Deflecting Swat—

Fiery Emancipation—

NecropotenceLate—

Pariah's Shield—

Stuffy Doll—

Twinflame TyrantLate—

Ancient Copper Dragon+1—

Arcane Signet+1—

Black Market Connections+2—

Cabal Coffers+2—

Chrome Mox—

Cursed Mirror—

Deadly Dispute+2—

Fellwar Stone+1—

Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge+1—

Goldspan DragonLate+1—

Grim Monolith—

Jeska's Will+1—

Kalain, Reclusive Painter+1—

Lotus Petal+1—

Magda, Brazen Outlaw+3—

Mana Vault—

Mind Stone+1—

Professional Face-Breaker+3—

Prosper, Tome-Bound+2—

Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer+2—

Rakdos Signet+1—

Revel in Riches+2—

Sol Ring—

Storm-Kiln Artist+1—

Talisman of Indulgence—

Thran Dynamo—

Arcane Signet+1—

Cabal Coffers+2—

City of Brass+1—

Command Tower+1—

Exotic Orchard+1—

Fellwar Stone+1—

Graven Cairns+1—

Lotus Petal+1—

Mana Confluence+1—

Rakdos Signet+1—

Reflecting Pool+1—

Black Market Connections+2—

Idol of Oblivion+1—

Jeska's Will+1—

Mind Stone+1—

Night's Whisper—

Phyrexian Arena—

Professional Face-Breaker+3—

Prosper, Tome-Bound+2—

The One Ring+1—

War Room+1—

Wheel of Fortune—

Abrade—

Bedevil—

Blazing Sunsteel+1—

Brash Taunter—

Chaos Warp—

Deadly Rollick—

Feed the Swarm—

Fire Covenant—

Mayhem Devil—

Orcish Bowmasters+2—

Terminate—

Terror of the PeaksLate—

Torment of Hailfire+1—

Vandalblast+1—

Blasphemous Act—

Vandalblast+1—

Orcish Bowmasters+2—

Bojuka Bog+1—

Lightning Greaves—

Swiftfoot Boots—

The One Ring+1—

Demonic Tutor—

Gamble—

Magda, Brazen Outlaw+3—

Vampiric Tutor—

Wishclaw Talisman—

Underworld Breach—

Deadly Dispute+2—

Magda, Brazen Outlaw+3—

Professional Face-Breaker+3—

Ancient Copper Dragon+1—

Black Market Connections+2—

Deadly Dispute+2—

Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge+1—

Goldspan DragonLate+1—

Idol of Oblivion+1—

Kalain, Reclusive Painter+1—

Magda, Brazen Outlaw+3—

Orcish Bowmasters+2—

Professional Face-Breaker+3—

Prosper, Tome-Bound+2—

Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer+2—

Revel in Riches+2—

Smaug the Impenetrable—

Storm-Kiln Artist+1—

Xorn—

Blazing Sunsteel+1—

Disciple of the Vault—

Exsanguinate—

Marionette Master—

Reckless Fireweaver—

Torment of Hailfire+1—

Hellkite Tyrant—

Revel in Riches+2—

Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer+2—

Arid Mesa—

Badlands—

Blackcleave Cliffs—

Blood Crypt—

Bloodstained Mire—

Bojuka Bog+1—

Cabal Coffers+2—

City of Brass+1—

Command Tower+1—

Exotic Orchard+1—

Foreboding Ruins—

Graven Cairns+1—

Haunted Ridge—

Luxury Suite—

Mana Confluence+1—

Marsh Flats—

Polluted Delta—

Reflecting Pool+1—

Rogue's Passage—

Scalding Tarn—

Spinerock Knoll—

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth—

Verdant Catacombs—

War Room+1—

Wooded Foothills—

10 basic land(s) not shown

EldraziCreated by: Idol of Oblivion

Orc ArmyCreated by: Orcish Bowmasters

ServoCreated by: Marionette Master

ShapeshifterCreated by: Black Market Connections

TreasureCreated by: Ancient Copper Dragon, Black Market Connections, Deadly Dispute, Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge, Goldspan Dragon, Kalain, Reclusive Painter, Magda, Brazen Outlaw, Professional Face-Breaker, Prosper, Tome-Bound, Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, Revel in Riches, Smaug the Impenetrable, Storm-Kiln Artist, Xorn

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how your version casts, and what to improveBracket 4-5 (estimated)

The chosen level is remembered.

Your spells come on time up to turn 3, things get stuck from turn 4 on your 2 colors.

And your opening hand needs a redo about 2 times out of 10.

Opening hand77%keepable as dealt · 93% after 1 mulligan

Colors at mid-gamestrongyour turn-4 spells come on time 92% of the time

Speed+0.9 manaahead at turn 5 vs “1 land per turn”indicative speed: some mana sources are not modeled

Do you have a play?80%of games: a castable spell from turn 2

Color by color

Black● lackingshaky from turn 1 to turn 4, lacking from turn 5 · 24 black sources
Red● lackingshaky from turn 1 to turn 4, lacking from turn 5 · 25 red sources

Spells that come late

Necropotence—

Goldspan Dragon—

Terror of the Peaks—

Twinflame Tyrant—

Necropotence · turn 3 · 3 black symbols · on time 35%
Goldspan Dragon · turn 5 · 2 red symbols · on time 37%
Terror of the Peaks · turn 5 · 2 red symbols · on time 37%
Twinflame Tyrant · turn 5 · 2 red symbols · on time 37%

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▬ lacking▬ shaky▬ OK▬ solid▬ strong

Playability — P(having at least one castable spell of CMC ≤ T in hand at turn T). Combines spell count AND color castability — the gap with cast rate is the new signal. reliable from T4 (displayed version).

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Version	Keepable hand	Colors at mid-game	Lands / recommended	Price
Budget — Bracket 2	80%	T4 · solid · 85%	—	—
Upgraded — Bracket 3	79%	T4 · OK · 83%	—	—
Optimized — Bracket 4	77%	T4 · strong · 92%	—	—

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Versions (3)

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+26/−23

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Version

Keepable hand

Colors at mid-game

Lands / recommended

Price

Budget — Bracket 2

80%

T4 · solid · 85%

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Upgraded — Bracket 3

79%

T4 · OK · 83%

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Optimized — Bracket 4

77%

T4 · strong · 92%

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Budget Smaug Commander EDH

Versions (3)

▸Decklist

Cards specific to this deck (6)

Ramp (26)

Fixing (11)

Draw (11)

Removal (14)

Board wipes (2)

Stax (1)

Graveyard hate (1)

Protection (3)

Tutors (5)

Recursion (1)

Sacrifice outlets (3)

Tokens (16)

Drain (6)

Finishers (2)

Mill (1)

Lands (25)

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Budget Smaug Commander EDH

Versions (3)

▸Decklist

Cards specific to this deck (6)

Ramp (26)

Fixing (11)

Draw (11)

Removal (14)

Board wipes (2)

Stax (1)

Graveyard hate (1)

Protection (3)

Tutors (5)

Recursion (1)

Sacrifice outlets (3)

Tokens (16)

Drain (6)

Finishers (2)

Mill (1)

Lands (25)

▸Tokens and emblems · 5

▸Statistics

▸Castability

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