New Untitled Deck by Cjohnson93

Format: Commander

Commander: Rivaz of the Claw

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This Rakdos deck focuses on casting massive, evasive Dragons ahead of curve using Rivaz of the Claw for mana acceleration and graveyard recursion. The game plan ramps into Rivaz by Turn 3, deploying heavy threats like Terror of the Peaks, Lathliss, Dragon Queen, and Utvara Hellkite by Turns 4 and 5. It overwhelms opponents through aerial combat damage and direct burn triggers. Board wipes like Blasphemous Act and Chain Reaction reset opposing boards while Rivaz allows recastings from the graveyard. The deck lacks countermagic and enchantment removal, making it vulnerable to combo decks and exile wipes, but it possesses strong natural resilience against traditional attrition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Acid-Spewer Dragon
  • 1 Altar's Reap
  • 1 Ambition's Cost
  • 1 Amethyst Dragon // Explosive Crystal
  • 1 Ancient Brass Dragon
  • 1 Black Dragon
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blast-Furnace Hellkite
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Cavern-Hoard Dragon
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crashing Drawbridge
  • 1 Desert Were-Worm
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Dracogenesis
  • 1 Dragon's Hoard
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Dragonlord Kolaghan
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Dragonstorm Globe
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
  • 1 Hellkite Igniter
  • 1 Hellkite Tyrant
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hijack
  • 1 Hoard-Smelter Dragon
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
  • 1 Magmatic Hellkite
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 15 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Jasper
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Orb of Dragonkind
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Rapacious Dragon
  • 1 Razortrap Gorge
  • 1 Repercussion
  • 1 Rhystic Tutor
  • 1 Rivaz of the Claw
  • 1 Riveteers Overlook
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Skyship Stalker
  • 1 Smaug the Magnificent
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starstorm
  • 1 Stormbreath Dragon
  • 13 Swamp
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Thundermaw Hellkite
  • 1 Thunderwave
  • 1 Topaz Dragon // Entropic Cloud
  • 1 Tormenting Voice
  • 1 Utvara Hellkite
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble