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A black and red Commander deck led by Smaug the Impenetrable, 100 cards, saved by a ScrollVault player. Bracket 3 (Upgraded) by our bracket engine.
Checked October 19, 2026 with ScrollVault's bracket engine v395 · what changed in each version · how the engine is tested
What sets it: Two-card combo (with your commander — only 2 cards needed from hand): Smaug the Impenetrable + Pestilence Demon — near-infinite damage to all players — also needs: Pestilence Demon is indestructible, has protection from black, or has protection from creatures — Commander Spellbook rates it top-tier power (= Bracket 3 floor).
To play it a bracket lower: Cut either Smaug the Impenetrable or Pestilence Demon — the combo (and its floor) is gone; re-run to confirm the lower bracket.
Before you sit down: This is Bracket 3, but be up front with your pod: it does run a two-card game-ending combo (Smaug the Impenetrable + Pestilence Demon), it just can't set it up reliably early (the sim assembles it around turn 11 in 34% of hands). Late two-card combos are Bracket-3-legal — but if your table counts ANY two-card combo that ends the game as Bracket 4, flag it.
This deck runs no Game Changers. See the full Game Changers list and the bracket rules.
| Mana value | Nonland cards |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 |
| 7+ | 2 |
For a land count and colored sources matched to this curve, run the list through the mana base calculator; for what other decks at this bracket run, see Commander deck ratios by bracket.
Deck saved by a ScrollVault player; the bracket, receipts and counts are computed by ScrollVault from the list as saved. (Card data and combo sources are credited below.) · Deck builder gallery · Commander deck builder
Card data and images from Scryfall. Combo data from Commander Spellbook.