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Krenko, Mob Boss
Legendary Creature — Goblin Warrior · {2}{R}{R} · Red commander
{T}: Create X 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens, where X is the number of Goblins you control.
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What Krenko, Mob Boss actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated ability{T}: Create X 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens, where X is the number of Goblins you control.
What a Krenko, Mob Boss deck needs
Plays as goblin typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- goblin creatures (its text counts them)
- haste and untap effects that reach the commander (a tap ability is unusable the turn it lands)
The Krenko, Mob Boss deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 8× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- 5× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Krenko, Mob Boss
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
- Goblin Chieftain3 mana
- Goblin Warchief3 mana
- The Fire Crystal4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Urabrask the Hidden5 mana
Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- Aggravated Assault3 mana
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Umbral Mantle3 mana
- Genji Glove5 mana
- Éomer, Marshal of Rohan4 mana
- Honor-Worn Shaku3 mana
- Lightning Runner5 mana
- Sword of the Paruns4 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Goblin Welder1 mana
- Impulsive Pilferer1 mana
- Skirk Prospector1 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Dragonlord's Servant2 mana
- Goblin Engineer2 mana
- Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei2 mana
- Grenzo, Havoc Raiser2 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Patchwork Banner3 mana
- Castle Embereth0 mana
- Great Train Heist1 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Purphoros, God of the Forge4 mana
- Kavaron, Memorial World0 mana
- Adaptive Automaton3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Abrade2 mana
- Untimely Malfunction2 mana
- Chaos Warp3 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Goblin Recruiter2 mana
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Goblin Matron3 mana
- Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
- Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
- Moonsilver Key2 mana
- Pattern Matcher4 mana
- Gamble1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Mizzium Mortars2 mana
- Delete2 mana
- Earthquake1 mana
- Apocalypse5 mana
Refill your hand
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
Combos with Krenko, Mob Boss
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Krenko, Mob Boss is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Goblin Warchief35,538 decks
- Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Goblin Chieftain31,528 decks
- Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Howlsquad Heavy17,093 decks
- Krenko, Mob Boss + Skirk Prospector + Thousand-Year Elixir13,778 decks
- Krenko, Mob Boss + Thornbite Staff + Skirk Prospector13,371 decks
- Krenko, Mob Boss + Thornbite Staff + Goblin Bombardment12,466 decks