Doubling your Goblin army with a single tap activation unleashes unmatched exponential board presence and instant-speed lethality. On Moxfield’s highest-rated Mono-Red and high-power charts, Krenko, Mob Boss from Magic 2013 stands as the undisputed king of Goblin tribal strategies, capable of generating hundreds of tokens in a single rotation or comboing off instantly with untap artifacts.
As a 3/3 Goblin Warrior legend costing four mana (), Krenko tap-activates to create X 1/1 red Goblin tokens, where X is the number of Goblins you control. By pairing Krenko with haste enablers like Goblin Chieftain and untap engines like Thornbite Staff, Staff of Domination, or Umbral Mantle, this strategy rapidly transitions from token flooding into deterministic infinite creature and infinite ping victories.
Here is the strategic operational blueprint of Moxfield’s premier Krenko list, detailing how to accelerate Goblin density, abuse untap artifacts, and overwhelm the table.
1. Core Mechanics & Strategic Phases
Succeeding with Krenko requires low-cost Goblin curve-fillers, haste-enabling permanents, untap artifacts, and direct burn payoff triggers.
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Early Game (Turns 1–2): Drop low-mana Goblins like Skirk Prospector, Goblin Lackey, and fast mana rocks like Sol Ring to fill the board early.
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Mid Game (Turns 3–4): Establish haste enablers like Lightning Greaves or Goblin Warchief. Cast Krenko and tap him immediately to double your Goblin army.
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Late Game (Turns 4+): Attach untap artifacts like Thornbite Staff or Umbral Mantle to Krenko. Sacrifice newly generated tokens to Phyrexian Altar or Skirk Prospector to net infinite mana, infinite Goblins, and instant direct damage via Impact Tremors.
2. Moxfield Highlights: Goblin Synergies & Untap Combo Engines
The highest-rated community lists on Moxfield optimize Krenko by combining low-cost Goblin tutors with instant untap equipment and ETB burn multipliers.
Thornbite Staff / Umbral Mantle
Infinite untap combo enablers. Equipping Thornbite Staff to Krenko untaps him automatically whenever any creature dies; sacrificing a generated token to a sac outlet immediately untaps Krenko for infinite token production.
Impact Tremors / Purphoros, God of the Forge
ETB burn multipliers. Deals direct damage to every opponent whenever a token enters the battlefield, turning a single Krenko activation into fatal table-wide burn.
Skirk Prospector / Phyrexian Altar
Mana conversion outlets. Sacrificing generated Goblins converts raw creature tokens into red mana to pay for untap abilities and recast key combo pieces.
Goblin Recruiter / Goblin Matron
Tribal tutors. Goblin Recruiter stacks your library with exact lines of Goblins (e.g., Dockside Extortionist, Goblin Warchief, Krenko’s Command) to secure an immediate win next turn.
3. Copy & Paste Krenko, Mob Boss 100-Card Decklist
Use the text box below to copy the complete highly-optimized community list. It contains exactly 1 Commander and 99 mainboard cards, calibrated perfectly for an error-free import into Moxfield.
1 Krenko, Mob Boss
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Arcane Signet
1 Arid Mesa
1 Badlands
1 Battle Hymn
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Brightstone Ritual
1 Castle Embereth
1 Chaos Warp
1 Chrome Mox
1 City of Brass
1 Command Tower
1 Conspicuous Snoop
1 Deflecting Swat
1 Dockside Extortionist
1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Exile
1 Fabled Passage
1 Final Fortune
1 Flamekin Village
1 Gemstone Caverns
1 Grapeshot
1 Goblin Anarchomancer
1 Goblin Bombardment
1 Goblin Chieftain
1 Goblin Engineer
1 Goblin Guide
1 Goblin King
1 Goblin Lackey
1 Goblin Matron
1 Goblin Prospector
1 Goblin Recruiter
1 Goblin Ringleader
1 Goblin Sledder
1 Goblin Trashmaster
1 Goblin Warchief
1 Goblin Wardriver
1 Hanweir Garrison
1 Impact Tremors
1 Imperial Seal
1 Jeweled Lotus
1 Krenko's Command
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Confluence
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mana Vault
1 Maskwood Nexus
1 Mogg War Marshal
1 Mountain
1 Mox Amber
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Opal
1 Pashalik Mons
1 Phyrexian Altar
1 Professional Face-Breaker
1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
1 Pyroblast
1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Rings of Brighthearth
1 Rundvelt Hordemaster
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Shared Animosity
1 Siege-Gang Commander
1 Skirk Prospector
1 Sol Ring
1 Staff of Domination
1 Stomping Ground
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Taiga
1 Thornbite Staff
1 Thousand-Year Elixir
1 Tibalt's Trickery
1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
1 Treasonous Ogre
1 Umbral Mantle
1 Underworld Breach
1 Urza's Saga
1 Valakut Awakening
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Vanquisher's Banner
1 Volcanic Island
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Worldly Tutor
1 You See a Pair of Goblins
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Summary: Command the Mob and Overwhelm the Field
Moxfield’s top deck builders prioritize Krenko, Mob Boss because he scales token generation exponentially while converting simple untap artifacts into instant-win combo loops. By fusing cheap Goblin lords, fast Mono-Red mana, and game-ending ETB burn triggers, Krenko delivers relentless aggression. Copy the flawless 100-card decklist above, mobilize your mob, and dominate your next Commander pod.
