Demons by Terry3401

Format: Commander

Commander: Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This Rakdos, Lord of Riots deck is an aggressive Demon stompy strategy designed to convert incidental early life loss into overwhelming mana acceleration. The game plan centers on deploying low-cost pingers such as Creeping Bloodsucker, Spear Spewer, and Thermo-Alchemist on Turns 1–2 to bypass the commander's casting restriction on Turn 4. Once Rakdos, Lord of Riots is on the battlefield, dealing combat and effect damage generates massive generic mana discounts, allowing the pilot to cast massive Demon threats like Archfiend of Despair, Bloodletter of Aclazotz, Bloodthirster, and Vilis, Broker of Blood for only their colored mana requirements on Turn 5. The deck quickly closes the game on Turn 6 by chaining extra combats and life-loss multipliers. While the deck boasts immense offensive power and card advantage, it remains vulnerable to targeted removal directed at its commander before combat connects.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Balor
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blade of the Oni
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodgift Demon
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloodthirster
  • 1 Burning-Rune Demon
  • 1 Chaos Defiler
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Demon of Death's Gate
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Great Unclean One
  • 1 Griselbrand
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Herald of Slaanesh
  • 1 Herald of Torment
  • 1 Infernal Sovereign
  • 1 Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana's Contract
  • 1 Lord of the Void
  • 1 Loyal Subordinate
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nightmare Shepherd
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Protection Racket
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Joins Up
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
  • 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
  • 1 Rakdos, the Muscle
  • 1 Rakdos, the Showstopper
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Razorkin Needlehead
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reaper from the Abyss
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Sarkhan's Unsealing
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shadowborn Demon
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spawn of Mayhem
  • 1 Spear Spewer
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Séance Board
  • 1 Taborax, Hope's Demise
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Warstorm Surge
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince