argent energy (Copy) by user5492581

Format: Commander

Commander: Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive battlecruiser strategy helmed by Rakdos, Lord of Riots, focused on converting opponent life loss into immense mana discounts on high-impact Demon and artifact threats. In the early game, the deck deploys cheap pingers, evasive attackers, and burn spells to ensure opponents lose life by turn 4. Once Rakdos, Lord of Riots enters the battlefield, any combat damage or burn effect drastically reduces the generic mana costs of massive creatures in hand. On turn 5, an attack from the commander enables the deployment of game-ending bombs such as Darksteel Colossus, Razaketh, the Foulblooded, and Archfiend of Depravity for minimal mana. Card advantage engines like Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber and Bloodgift Demon keep the hand refilled with threats. While the deck possesses explosive stompy potential and strong creature-based board control, it relies heavily on its commander to achieve mana velocity and remains vulnerable to well-timed removal and enchantment-based strategies.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Ancient Cellarspawn
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Archfiend of Spite
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodgift Demon
  • 1 Bloodsoaked Insight // Sanguine Morass
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brash Taunter
  • 1 Burning-Rune Demon
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cover of Darkness
  • 1 Crabomination
  • 1 Darksteel Colossus
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Demonic Covenant
  • 1 Diabolic Tutor
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dreadbore
  • 1 Duplicant
  • 1 Elder Brain
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fiery Confluence
  • 1 Gorex, the Tombshell
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Hagra Mauling // Hagra Broodpit
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos
  • 1 Indulgent Tormentor
  • 1 Jagged Barrens
  • 1 Kaya's Ghostform
  • 1 Leechridden Swamp
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord of the Void
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Luxury Suite
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mishra, Tamer of Mak Fawa
  • 1 Mortuary Mire
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nesting Dragon
  • 1 Orca, Siege Demon
  • 1 Overlord of the Balemurk
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
  • 1 Rakdos, the Muscle
  • 1 Rakdos, the Showstopper
  • 1 Raphael, Fiendish Savior
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Reaper's Scythe
  • 1 Reiver Demon
  • 1 Rot-Curse Rakshasa
  • 1 Sarkhan's Unsealing
  • 1 Seizan, Perverter of Truth
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shatterstorm
  • 1 Shivan Gorge
  • 1 Sizzle
  • 1 Skirsdag High Priest
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soul of Innistrad
  • 1 Sower of Discord
  • 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
  • 1 Star Athlete
  • 1 Stormfist Crusader
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Sunscorched Desert
  • 1 Suspended Sentence
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Sword-Point Diplomacy
  • 1 Séance Board
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Temporal Extortion
  • 1 The Balrog, Durin's Bane
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Unholy Annex // Ritual Chamber
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Witch's Clinic