Hey RIOT! by TsulKalu

Format: Commander

Commander: Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 20

Deck overview

This deck is a battlecruiser beatdown strategy centered around Rakdos, Lord of Riots. The game plan focuses on deploying cheap pingers in the early turns to trigger life loss, allowing Rakdos to enter the battlefield on Turn 4. Once Rakdos attacks on Turn 5, his static ability provides substantial cost reduction, enabling the deck to deploy massive colorless threats such as Desolation Twin, Breaker of Armies, and Pathrazer of Ulamog for minimal mana. The deck lacks compact combo finishes, instead relying on consecutive combat phases to eliminate opponents one by one. While capable of producing explosive board states, the strategy suffers from thin early ramp, color fixing friction from tapped lands, and low card draw replenishment. It also exhibits high vulnerability to board wipes and targeted removal, as its game-ending creatures enter without haste and must survive across multiple table rotations.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Agent of the Shadow Thieves
  • 1 Archenemy's Charm
  • 1 Artisan of Kozilek
  • 1 Auger Spree
  • 1 Barbarian Ring
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Bitter Downfall
  • 1 Blight Pile
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Breaker of Armies
  • 1 Burnished Hart
  • 1 Captivating Cave
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Cone of Flame
  • 1 Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
  • 1 Cursed Mirror
  • 1 Dakmor Salvage
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Desolation Twin
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dreadbore
  • 1 Fiery Cannonade
  • 1 Fiery Inscription
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Firespitter Whelp
  • 1 Garna, Bloodfist of Keld
  • 1 Heirs of Stromkirk
  • 1 Hidden Necropolis
  • 1 Hired Claw
  • 1 Indulgent Tormentor
  • 1 Kaervek the Merciless
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Leechridden Swamp
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Lightning-Rig Crew
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Hex
  • 1 Lobber Crew
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 1 Morlun, Devourer of Spiders
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Orcus, Prince of Undeath
  • 1 Pathrazer of Ulamog
  • 1 Pestilence
  • 1 Pestilence Demon
  • 1 Piranha Marsh
  • 1 Polluted Mire
  • 1 Qarsi Revenant
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
  • 1 Ramunap Ruins
  • 1 Reaper's Talisman
  • 1 Red Hulk
  • 1 Ruinous Rampage
  • 1 Sandstone Oracle
  • 1 Sarkhan's Unsealing
  • 1 Shimmerdrift Vale
  • 1 Siege Smash
  • 1 Sinister Monolith
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spawn of Mayhem
  • 1 Spear Spewer
  • 1 Stormfist Crusader
  • 1 Suspicious Bookcase
  • 14 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Theater of Horrors
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Urborg Syphon-Mage
  • 1 Vexing Devil