Demon mode by user6832571

Format: Commander

Commander: Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a high-impact Rakdos Demon Tribal and Stompy build helmed by Rakdos, Lord of Riots. The core strategy uses early, efficient damage enablers like Impact Tremors, Blade of the Oni, and Spawn of Mayhem to satisfy the commander's casting requirement by Turn 4. Once Rakdos attacks on Turn 5, it generates massive colorless mana discounts, letting you flood the battlefield with terrifying Demon threats such as Archfiend of Depravity, Rakdos, Patron of Chaos, and Bloodgift Demon for just a few colored mana. In addition to overwhelming aerial combat damage that closes games by Turn 7, the deck runs potent asymmetric board suppression through Dictate of Erebos and Kardur, Doomscourge. A compact two-card infinite combo between Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin and All Will Be One provides an instant win outlet if combat stalls. High-efficiency interaction like Deflecting Swat and Deadly Rollick safeguards the engine against opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abyssal Harvester
  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Besmirch
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blade of the Oni
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Blood Speaker
  • 1 Bloodgift Demon
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bothersome Quasit
  • 1 Burn Down the House
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demon of Wailing Agonies
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Goblin Bombardment
  • 1 Great Unclean One
  • 1 Hellrider
  • 1 Herald of Slaanesh
  • 1 Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Indulgent Tormentor
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Liliana's Contract
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mogis, God of Slaughter
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
  • 1 Perforating Artist
  • 1 Power Word Kill
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos the Defiler
  • 1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
  • 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
  • 1 Rakdos, the Showstopper
  • 1 Raphael, Fiendish Savior
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reaper from the Abyss
  • 1 Reign of the Pit
  • 1 Rot-Curse Rakshasa
  • 1 Shiny Impetus
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spawn of Mayhem
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Sound of Drums
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Warlock Class
  • 1 Yawgmoth's Will
  • 1 Zariel, Archduke of Avernus
  • 1 Zurzoth, Chaos Rider