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Smaug, Wicked Worm
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A five-mana 5/5 flyer is already an excellent Limited threat, and Smaug can become a card-advantage engine when supported by Treasure producers. Its enter-the-battlefield ability is matchup-dependent, but the baseline and high ceiling make it a bomb.
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Gameplay notes
Do not rely on the enter-the-battlefield ability, since some opponents will control no artifacts. Treasures created by Smaug enter tapped, so they cannot fuel its draw trigger until a later turn; when possible, preserve existing untapped Treasures so your first post-Smaug spell immediately replaces itself.
Key synergies
Desolation can clear away nearly every non-Dragon creature while leaving Smaug alive, and its four restricted mana can combine with one additional mana to cast Smaug immediately after the sweeper.
Orcrist can produce several Treasures from one hit, supplying repeated Treasure mana for Smaug's ability to turn spells cast with that mana into cards.
Wicked Worm can create several Treasures at once, sharply increasing Smaug the Magnificent's attack damage; those Treasures also enable Wicked Worm's card-draw trigger when spent.
The Sackville-Bagginses can create a Treasure before Smaug arrives, and every Treasure sacrificed for mana afterward both triggers Smaug to draw a card and triggers the Sackville-Bagginses to drain the opponent.
The Saga steadily supplies Treasures that turn later spells into cantrips through Smaug, while both cards contribute powerful flying Dragons to a Treasure-focused game plan.
Dori provides a solid turn-three body and a Treasure that can help cast Smaug ahead of schedule; spending that Treasure on Smaug also draws a card from Smaug's trigger.
Last Light can search for Smaug and put the five-mana Dragon directly onto the battlefield, guaranteeing a sizable flying payoff while also triggering Smaug's Treasure-producing enters ability.
When opponents control artifacts, blinking Smaug repeatedly recreates tapped Treasures, which can then fund spells and trigger Smaug's card-draw ability.
Each spell cast using Treasure mana makes you lose 1 life, so the Master mills you for one as well, repeatedly filling your graveyard toward its death-trigger threshold while Smaug supplies cards.