The Commander
Whenever you cast a historic spell, create a Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
, Sacrifice a Treasure: Goad target creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Guide
Gameplan
Glóin turns your historic spells (artifacts, legendaries, Sagas) into a steady Treasure engine—one token per turn—that fuels explosive mono-red ramp and his own goad ability. You flood the board with artifacts and legendary creatures, ramp into big threats, and use goad to weaponize opponents against each other while you close out with combat or artifact-fueled burn.
Strengths
- Reliable Treasure generation accelerates mono-red into much larger plays than usual
- Goad is a strong political tool that forces other decks to attack each other
- Loves a high artifact/legendary count, which synergizes with cost reduction and storm-like turns
- Treasures double as ramp, fixing, and artifact-count payoffs
Weaknesses
- Treasure trigger only fires once per turn, capping the engine's ceiling
- Mono-red lacks reliable card draw and struggles to recover from board wipes
- Goad costs a Treasure and a tap, competing with using Treasures for ramp
- Vulnerable to artifact hate (Vandalblast, Bane of Progress) that wrecks your board
Key Cards
- Reckless Fireweaver — Pings each opponent whenever an artifact (like a Treasure) enters, turning your engine into incremental burn.
- Disciple of the Vault — With Treasures constantly entering and being sacrificed, it drains life across the table.
- Goldspan Dragon — Doubles the value of every Treasure and gives them extra mana, supercharging Glóin's ramp.
- Birgi, God of Storytelling — Adds mana on every spell cast, enabling chained historic spells and explosive turns.
- Krenko, Mob Boss — A legendary payoff that converts Glóin's mana surplus into an overwhelming token army.
- Jeska's Will — Massive burst of red mana to dump multiple historic spells in one turn for value.
Upgrade Path
Lean into cost reducers (Birgi, Cloud Key, Jhoira's Familiar) and Treasure doublers (Goldspan Dragon, Xorn) to break the once-per-turn cap with raw volume. Add artifact-sacrifice payoffs (Disciple of the Vault, Reckless Fireweaver, Mayhem Devil) for guaranteed reach, and include fast mana like Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, and ritual effects to enable game-ending turns. Round out with mono-red card advantage (Light Up the Stage, Outpost Siege, Wheel of Misfortune) to fight red's weakness to running out of gas.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Incremental artifact-trigger burn via Reckless Fireweaver, Disciple of the Vault, and Mayhem Devil
- ▸Big mono-red beaters or token swarms enabled by Treasure ramp
- ▸Goad-fueled combat chaos that softens opponents while you finish with damage
- ▸Storm-style explosive turn deploying multiple legendaries and burn
Archetypes
- Artifacts — Treasures and cheap artifacts power cost reducers, sacrifice payoffs, and artifact-count synergies.
- Spellslinger/Storm — Chaining historic spells with cost reducers like Birgi creates explosive, value-laden turns.
- Goad/Politics — His sacrifice ability lets you direct opponents' attacks elsewhere and manipulate combat.
- Aristocrats — Sacrificing Treasures triggers Disciple of the Vault and Mayhem Devil for repeatable drain.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (R), by popularity.
