Art by Miklós Ligeti
Saved commander deck
Bolg of the North
Sacrifice high-power, low-cost creatures to Bolg's enter-the-battlefield trigger to remove opposing threats and amass a massive Goblin Army, then overwhelm opponents with Army beatdown and aristocrat burn.
Prompt: Bolg of the North commander deck
Commander
1 cards
Bolg of the North
{3}{B}{R}Legendary Creature — Goblin Soldier
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Talisman of Indulgence
{2}Artifact
Untapped two-mana rock enabling rapid curve plays
Fellwar Stone
{2}Artifact
Cheap mana acceleration that usually taps for Rakdos colors
Worn Powerstone
{3}Artifact
Provides two mana to help replay our five-mana commander
Ruthless Technomancer
{3}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
Sacrifices large creatures to create immense Treasure counts
Card Draw
10 cards
Morbid Curiosity
{1}{B}{B}Sorcery
Sacrifices our huge power fodder to draw massive grips of cards
Disciple of Bolas
{3}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
Draws cards and gains life equal to high sacrificial power
Corrupted Conviction
{B}Instant
Redundant one-mana draw spell to sacrifice fodder
Deadly Dispute
{1}{B}Instant
Provides card draw and a treasure token off sacrifice
Stinging Study
{4}{B}Instant
Instant-speed five-mana draw five using Bolg's mana value
Removal
10 cards
Feed the Swarm
{1}{B}Sorcery
Rakdos solution for problem enchantments and creatures
Bedevil
{B}{B}{R}Instant
Flexible removal targeting artifacts, creatures, or planeswalkers
Dreadbore
{B}{R}Sorcery
Efficient sorcery-speed removal for creatures or planeswalkers
Blasphemous Act
{8}{R}Sorcery
Premier red board wipe costing as little as one red mana
Toxic Deluge
{2}{B}Sorcery
Scalable black board wipe that bypasses indestructible
Infernal Grasp
{1}{B}Instant
Cheap universal creature destruction at instant speed
Threats/Wincons
19 cards
Greater Harvester
{2}{B}{B}{B}Creature — Horror
High-power threat with brutal combat disruption
Phyrexian Soulgorger
{3}Snow Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Construct
Three-mana 8/8 ideal to sacrifice to Bolg for an immediate giant Army
Rotting Regisaur
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Dinosaur
Three-mana 7/6 behemoth fueling massive Bolg excess damage
Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
{4}Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon Construct
Four-mana 7/7 trampler that easily feeds Bolg's ability
Lupine Prototype
{2}Artifact Creature — Wolf Construct
Two-mana 5/5 providing cheap early power to sacrifice
Shakedown Heavy
{2}{B}Creature — Ogre Warrior
Three-mana 6/4 that draws cards or swings big before being sacrificed
Yargle, Glutton of Urborg
{4}{B}Legendary Creature — Frog Spirit
Five-mana 9/3 providing immense power for maximum Army growth
Ball Lightning
{R}{R}{R}Creature — Elemental
Three-mana 6/1 trampler with haste that Bolg can sacrifice after attacking
Spark Elemental
{R}Creature — Elemental
One-mana 3/1 haste fodder that Bolg can sacrifice in the early turns
Arc Runner
{2}{R}Creature — Elemental Ox
Three-mana 5/1 haste creature that dies at end step anyway
Lightning Skelemental
{B}{R}{R}Creature — Elemental Skeleton
Three-mana 6/1 that attacks, forces discards, and can be sacrificed to Bolg
Gut, True Soul Zealot
{2}{R}Legendary Creature — Goblin Shaman
Turns small fodder into 4/1 attacking Skeletons that Bolg can sacrifice
Chandra's Incinerator
{5}{R}Creature — Elemental
Turns noncombat damage into free creature burn alongside your Army
Krenko, Mob Boss
{2}{R}{R}Legendary Creature — Goblin Warrior
Exponentially generates Goblins to overwhelm or sacrifice
Pashalik Mons
{2}{R}Legendary Creature — Goblin Warrior
Weaponizes sacrificed Goblins into direct damage targets
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
Reliable engine yielding cards whenever creatures die each turn
Mayhem Devil
{1}{B}{R}Creature — Devil
Pings any target whenever any player sacrifices a permanent
Blood Artist
{1}{B}Creature — Vampire
Drains opponents when our sacrificed creatures and fodder die
Zulaport Cutthroat
{1}{B}Creature — Human Rogue Ally
Drains the entire table whenever our creatures are sacrificed
Utility
9 cards
Saw in Half
{2}{B}Instant
Destroys Bolg to make two copies, triggering his ETB twice
Twinflame
{1}{R}Sorcery
Creates a token copy of Bolg with haste for an extra sacrifice trigger
Heat Shimmer
{2}{R}Sorcery
Copies Bolg or another large creature to maximize enters triggers
Molten Duplication
{1}{R}Sorcery
Cheap copy spell targeting Bolg to double up his enters ability
Feign Death
{B}Instant
Returns Bolg or a sacrifice target immediately to re-trigger enters effects
Undying Malice
{B}Instant
One-mana recursion trick that saves Bolg and reactivates his ability
Animate Dead
{1}{B}Enchantment — Aura
Reanimates high-power creatures or Bolg from the graveyard cheaply
Reanimate
{B}Sorcery
One-mana recursion to bring back massive sacrificial powerhouses
Victimize
{2}{B}Sorcery
Sacrifices a Goblin token to reanimate two high-power creatures
