The deck goes wide with Goblin tokens and builds Orc and Goblin Armies through amass. Every batch of counters put on a Goblin, Orc or Army makes The Great Goblin deal 2 damage to an opponent, and every Goblin, Orc or Army that dies exiles a card it can play. Mauhúr, Metallic Mimic and Krenko, Baron of Tin Street turn ordinary token-making and amass into repeated counter placements. Sacrifice outlets then feed death triggers for card flow, drain and death-trigger amass, so the board keeps refilling while the commander chips away at life totals. How it wins: Repeated 2-damage pings from counter placements, drain from token creation and deaths, and wide hasty Goblin swarms pumped by lords and extra combat finish opponents. Key roles: - Counter engine: These cards put +1/+1 counters on Goblins, Orcs and Armies over and over, each placement firing The Great Goblin's damage trigger. Some also add extra counters or spread them across the whole team. (Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain, Krenko, Baron of Tin Street, Metallic Mimic) - Amass package: Spells and creatures that create or grow an Army each give The Great Goblin a ping, often with card draw, removal or recursion attached. Death-trigger amass converts sacrificed bodies into more counters. (Swarming of Moria, Fearsome Goblin Pair, March from the Black Gate) - Goblin token swarm: Mass Goblin token makers flood the board with fodder and attackers that lords, haste enablers and Coat of Arms turn into lethal combat. (Krenko, Mob Boss, Hordeling Outburst, Goblin Chieftain) - Sacrifice and death value: Sac outlets and sacrifice-cost spells turn Goblins and Orcs into mana, cards and tutors. They also trigger The Great Goblin's exile-to-play card advantage and drain effects on every death. (Skirk Prospector, Plumb the Forbidden, Vengeful Bloodwitch) - Commander damage amplifiers: Effects that give The Great Goblin lifelink or deathtouch make its noncombat pings gain life, or kill creatures instead of only hitting players. (Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant, Orcish Medicine) - Drain and burst finishers: Aristocrat-style drains and big turns close games once the board is wide. (Gruesome Fate, Mirkwood Bats, Fury of the Horde)

Goblin decklist

• Arcane Signet
• Altar's Reap
• Coat of Arms
• Dragon Fodder
• Dread Return
• Goblin Piledriver
• Goblin Warchief
• Goblin War Paint
• Gruesome Fate
• Krenko, Mob Boss
• Lightning Bolt
• Read the Bones
• Skirk Prospector
• Whispersilk Cloak
• Fellwar Stone
• Diabolic Intent
• Frenzied Goblin
• Fury of the Horde
• Metallic Mimic
• Goblin Chieftain
• Defile
• Hordeling Outburst
• Springleaf Drum
• Goblin Lookout
• Goblinslide
• Plumb the Forbidden
• Mirkwood Bats
• Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
• Foray of Orcs
• Dunland Crebain
• Nasty End
• Swarming of Moria
• Grishnákh, Brash Instigator
• Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain
• The Torment of Gollum
• March from the Black Gate
• Battle-Scarred Goblin
• Orcish Medicine
• Lash of the Balrog
• Redcap Thief
• Deep Goblin Skulltaker
• Krenko, Baron of Tin Street
• Vengeful Bloodwitch
• Searslicer Goblin
• Gathering Stone
• Boneclub Berserker
• Sourbread Auntie
• Bogslither's Embrace
• Sting-Slinger
• Bolg of the North
• Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
• Gathering of Darkness
• Fearsome Goblin Pair
• Thrór's Map
• Rhovanion Rampager
• Rage into the Valley
• Along the Crooked Way
• Crude Bent Blade
• Reverent Howl
• Tidings of War
• Troop of Ponies
• Goblin-town Flunkies
• Ragged Short Spear
• Stir Up Trouble
• 15× Mountain
• 17× Swamp
• Goblin Grenade
• Hellraiser Goblin
• Beetleback Chief