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Smaug, Wicked Worm
Legendary Creature — Dragon · 3BR
Color identity: Black · Red · Rakdos
Smaug, Wicked Worm is Rakdos (black and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Flying
When Smaug enters, create X tapped Treasure tokens, where X is the number of artifacts your opponents control.
Whenever you cast a spell, if mana from a Treasure was spent to cast it, you draw a card and lose 1 life.
Reference price of the card: €1.72
Average lands in decks for Smaug, Wicked Worm: 35
TreasureTokensArtifactsBurnDragonsComboAristocratsMidrange
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The list people actually play per EDHREC (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: B (70/100)
- Consistency66
- Speed66
- Interaction41
- Resilience72
- Closing100
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 35 lands (23 nonbasic, 4 Swamp, 8 Mountain)
Sol Ring · Arcane Signet · Goldspan Dragon · Mirkwood Bats · Smaug the Magnificent · Big Score · Professional Face-Breaker · Xorn · Deadly Dispute · Mayhem Devil · Blasphemous Act · Rain of Riches · Reckless Fireweaver · Unexpected Windfall · Cavern-Hoard Dragon · Academy Manufactor · Talisman of Indulgence · Grim Hireling · Hellkite Tyrant · Magda, Brazen Outlaw · Alchemist's Talent · Crime Novelist · The Sackville-Bagginses · Nadier's Nightblade · Black Market Connections · Marionette Apprentice · Generous Plunderer · Chaos Warp · Terminate · Weftstalker Ardent · Dark Ritual · Rakdos Signet · Revel in Riches · Smaug the Impenetrable · The Misty Mountains Cold · Feed the Swarm · Seize the Spoils · The Reaver Cleaver · Ancient Copper Dragon · Descent into Avernus · Fellwar Stone · Desolation of Smaug · Ingenious Artillerist · Goldlust Triad · Lightning Greaves · Blood Money · Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste · There and Back Again · Saw in Half · Spiteful Banditry · Deflecting Swat · Jeska's Will · Kalain, Reclusive Painter · Knuckles the Echidna · Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer · Rakdos Charm · Reanimate · Toxic Deluge · Abrade · Mastermind Plum · Amulet of Vigor · Cursed Mirror · Deadly Rollick · Dragon's Desire · Command Tower · Dragonskull Summit · Blood Crypt · Smoldering Marsh · Sulfurous Springs · Luxury Suite · Treasure Vault · Dragon-Cursed Halls · Haunted Ridge · Mines of Moria · Bloodstained Mire · Bojuka Bog · Blazemire Verge · Exotic Orchard · Foreboding Ruins · Raucous Theater · Tainted Peak · Mount Doom · Graven Cairns · Shadowblood Ridge · Dark Fortress · Reliquary Tower · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
🃏 Recommended cards for Smaug, Wicked Worm
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Smaug, Wicked Worm, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Goldspan Dragon | 80% | +69% |
| Smaug the Magnificent | 74% | +67% |
| Mirkwood Bats | 77% | +63% |
| Xorn | 71% | +62% |
| Rain of Riches | 63% | +58% |
| Cavern-Hoard Dragon | 61% | +58% |
| Professional Face-Breaker | 73% | +56% |
| Reckless Fireweaver | 62% | +53% |
| Big Score | 73% | +51% |
| Magda, Brazen Outlaw | 53% | +50% |
| Academy Manufactor | 58% | +49% |
| Hellkite Tyrant | 53% | +49% |
| Alchemist's Talent | 52% | +48% |
| Unexpected Windfall | 62% | +48% |
| The Sackville-Bagginses | 51% | +44% |
| Grim Hireling | 54% | +44% |
| Nadier's Nightblade | 50% | +44% |
| Crime Novelist | 51% | +44% |
| Generous Plunderer | 47% | +44% |
| Mayhem Devil | 68% | +43% |
| Treasure Vault | 49% | +42% |
| Dragon-Cursed Halls | 47% | +40% |
| Deadly Dispute | 69% | +40% |
| Weftstalker Ardent | 45% | +40% |
💰 The best cards for your Smaug, Wicked Worm deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Mirkwood Bats
- Reckless Fireweaver
- Big Score
- The Sackville-Bagginses
- Nadier's Nightblade
- Crime Novelist
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Goldspan Dragon
- Xorn
- Rain of Riches
- Professional Face-Breaker
- Magda, Brazen Outlaw
- Academy Manufactor
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Smaug the Magnificent
- Cavern-Hoard Dragon
- Grim Hireling
- Smaug the Impenetrable
- The Reaver Cleaver
- Ancient Copper Dragon
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Smaug, Wicked Worm
- Underworld Breach + Wheel of Fortune + Jeska's Will → Infinite draw triggers for all players, Infinite looting for all players, Near-infinite magecraft triggers, Near-infinite storm count
- Underworld Breach + Lion's Eye Diamond + Wheel of Fortune → Infinite draw triggers, Infinite looting, Infinite looting for opponents, Near-infinite storm count
- Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite magecraft triggers
- Sensei's Divining Top + Aetherflux Reservoir + Bolas's Citadel → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite damage, Near-infinite lifegain, Near-infinite lifegain triggers, Near-infinite storm count
- Dualcaster Mage + Molten Duplication → Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature tokens with haste, Infinite magecraft triggers
- The Reaver Cleaver + Aggravated Assault → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers, Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite colored mana, Infinite combat damage, Infinite combat phases, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce, Infinite Treasure tokens, Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Frequently asked questions
What is Smaug, Wicked Worm's color identity?
Smaug, Wicked Worm is Rakdos (black and red): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Smaug, Wicked Worm come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Smaug, Wicked Worm deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 35 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.4 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 99 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 12 % of the time and floods 1 %. Deck health: B (70/100).
How many lands should a Smaug, Wicked Worm deck run?
Real Smaug, Wicked Worm decks run 35 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Smaug, Wicked Worm?
The three highest-synergy cards are Goldspan Dragon, Smaug the Magnificent, Mirkwood Bats. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Smaug, Wicked Worm decks.
What combos does Smaug, Wicked Worm have?
Smaug, Wicked Worm has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Underworld Breach + Wheel of Fortune + Jeska's Will. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Smaug, Wicked Worm deck cost?
You can start cheap: Mirkwood Bats, Reckless Fireweaver, Big Score are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.