Smaug the Magnificent
Smaug the Magnificent2 R R
Legendary Creature — Dragon
Flying, haste Whenever Smaug attacks, he deals damage equal to the number of Treasures you control to any target. At the beginning of your upkeep, create a Treasure token.
mythic4/3

Versions

Smaug the Magnificent — Base #110
Base #110
Smaug the Magnificent — #229
#229
Smaug the Magnificent — Headliner #249
Headliner #249
Smaug the Magnificent — #265
#265

Smaug the Magnificent

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Limited summary

Four-mana 4/3 flying haste that deals damage equal to your Treasures on every attack and mints a Treasure each upkeep. He attacks the turn he lands, scales every turn, and demands an immediate answer. The set's premier bomb.

Roles

BombRole — Can win the game on its own if unanswered.CreatureRole — Mainly provides a body on the board.EvasionRole — Hard to block — flying, menace, unblockable, and similar.FinisherRole — Closes out the game once you're ahead or the board stalls.PayoffRewards you when the archetype's condition is met — only as good as your enabler count.

Archetypes

BR Goblins / AmassBR Goblins / Amass — RakdosAggressive Goblin tribal deck using Amass to grow an Army while chipping in damage. Sacrifice and death-trigger payoffs convert expendable bodies into value.How it plays: Amass stacks onto a single Army creature, so protect it or diversify threats. Removal-dense colors: use it to clear blockers and keep tempo. Death triggers make trades profitable.RW Dwarves / StoriedRW Dwarves / Storied — BorosDwarf tribal deck built around Storied: once you control three or more artifacts, legendaries, and/or Sagas, you have an 'enduring story' for the rest of the game, permanently upgrading your Storied cards.How it plays: Count your artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas when building — you want to turn on the enduring story early and reliably. Equipment counts twice here (artifact + Dwarf tribal support). Once the story is on, it stays on, so cheap enablers that die don't turn it off.enabler + payoff here

Gameplay notes

The attack trigger hits ANY target — face, blockers, or planeswalkers — before blocks. Hold Treasures rather than cracking them when Smaug is your plan.

Key synergies

Desolation of Smaug
Desolation of SmaugCombo / InteractionA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Sweep the board and immediately deploy Smaug with the ritual mana — he survives (Dragon) and lands on an empty battlefield with haste.

The Misty Mountains Cold
The Misty Mountains ColdDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Smaug counts Treasures for attack damage and adds one per upkeep — together they hit the four-Treasure Dragon threshold while making Smaug hit harder.

Last Light of Durin's Day
Last Light of Durin's DayBuild-AroundOne card gets much better because the other exists.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

The quest cheats Smaug into play directly from your hand or library — the single best hit in the set.

The Sackville-Bagginses
The Sackville-BagginsesDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Smaug's upkeep Treasure is a free drain every turn when cracked, and both reward hoarding then spending Treasures.

Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
Orcrist, Goblin-cleaverDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Orcrist's Treasure payouts pump Smaug's attack trigger — the two build a Treasure engine that doubles as a clock.

The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
The Arkenstone // Seek the HeartDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Seek the Heart puts the set's best legendary creature directly into your hand — a tutor for your bomb.

Synergy graph

Min strength
The Sackville-Bagginses ↔ The Misty Mountains Cold Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Smaug the Magnificent ↔ Desolation of Smaug Combo / Interaction · strength 3/3Smaug the Magnificent ↔ The Misty Mountains Cold Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Smaug the Magnificent ↔ Last Light of Durin's Day Build-Around · strength 3/3Smaug the Magnificent ↔ The Sackville-Bagginses Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Smaug the Magnificent ↔ Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Smaug the Magnificent ↔ The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Smaug the Magnificent (this card)
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