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Format: Commander

Commander: Black Waltz No. 3

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos spellslinger burn strategy commanded by Black Waltz No. 3. The game plan revolves around casting a high density of cheap noncreature spells, mana rituals, and card draw to trigger symmetric burn damage across all opponents. Damage multipliers such as Torbran, Thane of Red Fell, Solphim, Mayhem Dominus, and Harmonic Prodigy drastically accelerate this clock, turning minor cantrips into lethal table-wide bursts. The deck features strong mana acceleration through rituals and efficient artifacts, backed by resilient one-mana protection spells and direct reanimation. While it lacks stax elements and remains susceptible to well-timed creature removal, its redundant suite of alternate pingers like Guttersnipe and Tor Wauki the Younger ensures steady, high-velocity pressure that reliably closes games around Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Bombardment
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Artist's Talent
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Black Waltz No. 3
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Bonus Round
  • 1 Cabal Ritual
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Circle of Power
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Desperate Ritual
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elemental Eruption
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Feign Death
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire Magic
  • 1 Flame Rift
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Grab the Prize
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege
  • 1 Longshot, Rebel Bowman
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Midgar, City of Mako // Reactor Raid
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mizzix's Mastery
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Pyretic Ritual
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Supernatural Stamina
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Thunder Magic
  • 1 Tor Wauki the Younger
  • 1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
  • 1 Transpose
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Vampiric Link
  • 1 Whip of Erebos
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Young Pyromancer