Sep 7, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min · 13 segments
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Well, we're celebrating The Hobbit over here, which we are fond of as a set, probably because we like the content.
The set is what it is.
It's not necessarily the strongest set of all times, but there's lots of fun cards and they thematically feel like a good fit for Magic.
So we're over here celebrating after a couple of sets that were decidedly... uh so today we are spotlighting a hobbit commander and we started out with the big bad smaug and we're talking about smaug wicked worm as always we'll today in our spotlight we're going to talk about what the deck does talk about its strategy share what we love about the commander And then do our favorite thing, which is gush about some of the cards in the list that we built for this commander.
Turns out I do love gushing about cards.
So today's deck was built by our good friend Tim.
And boy, it is a good one.
Just to be more clear, Smaug is from the main set.
And what's the rule zero? And what kind of talk you got about it?
Smaug Wicked Worm is five mana.
It's a Rakdos commander for the uninitiated.
That means the combination of red and black.
So Smaug costs five.
When it enters, it creates X-tapped treasure tokens, where X is the number of artifacts your opponents control.
Bad for a lot of reasons.
It only includes artifacts, and they enter tapped.
So you're going to get some treasures, but I wouldn't count on getting a lot.
It's actually so inconsequential to what the deck does that I miss the trigger almost every time.
The more important part is the bottom, where it says, when you cast a spell, if mana from a treasure was spent to cast it, you draw a card and lose a life.
So technically...
This is a three.
And I actually think, spiritually, it's a three.
I think that most people would agree that it is a very synergistic deck, and it is capable of being explosive and being strong, but it doesn't have any game changers in it.
Well, we're celebrating The Hobbit over here, which we are fond of as a set, probably because we like the content.
The set is what it is.
It's not necessarily the strongest set of all times, but there's lots of fun cards and they thematically feel like a good fit for Magic.
So we're over here celebrating after a couple of sets that were decidedly... uh so today we are spotlighting a hobbit commander and we started out with the big bad smaug and we're talking about smaug wicked worm as always we'll today in our spotlight we're going to talk about what the deck does talk about its strategy share what we love about the commander And then do our favorite thing, which is gush about some of the cards in the list that we built for this commander.
Turns out I do love gushing about cards.
So today's deck was built by our good friend Tim.
And boy, it is a good one.
Just to be more clear, Smaug is from the main set.
And what's the rule zero? And what kind of talk you got about it?
Smaug Wicked Worm is five mana.
It's a Rakdos commander for the uninitiated.
That means the combination of red and black.
So Smaug costs five.
When it enters, it creates X-tapped treasure tokens, where X is the number of artifacts your opponents control.
Bad for a lot of reasons.
It only includes artifacts, and they enter tapped.
So you're going to get some treasures, but I wouldn't count on getting a lot.
It's actually so inconsequential to what the deck does that I miss the trigger almost every time.
The more important part is the bottom, where it says, when you cast a spell, if mana from a treasure was spent to cast it, you draw a card and lose a life.
So technically...
This is a three.
And I actually think, spiritually, it's a three.
I think that most people would agree that it is a very synergistic deck, and it is capable of being explosive and being strong, but it doesn't have any game changers in it.
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