It's Not As It Seems by Nephilim

Format: Commander

Commander: Judith, Carnage Connoisseur

Bracket: 1

DeckCheck Threat Index: 14

Deck overview

This Rakdos spellslinger deck is built around a dedicated '1 damage' pinger theme led by Judith, Carnage Connoisseur. Judith transforms low-cost red sweepers such as Blazing Volley, Electrickery, and End the Festivities into one-sided board wipes with deathtouch while gaining massive life via lifelink. When removal is unnecessary, Judith converts cheap burn spells into 2/2 Imp tokens that deal 2 damage to each opponent upon death. The deck features extreme redundancy in ping creatures like Electrostatic Field, Firebrand Archer, and Agate Instigator to continuously drain life totals. Due to strict adherence to its pinging theme, the list foregoes traditional mana rocks, tutors, and protection pieces, relying on land drops and top-decked synergy. Damage amplifiers like Solphim, Mayhem Dominus and lifegain payoffs like Aetherflux Reservoir provide high-end reach to close out games against surviving opponents.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1 Aggravate
• 1 Arc Spitter
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Barbed Field
• 1 Barrage of Expendables
• 1 Bender's Waterskin
• 1 Blazing Volley
• 1 Blindblast
• 1 Blisterspit Gremlin
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Blood Cultist
• 1 Boggart Cursecrafter
• 1 Boiling Earth
• 1 Boomerang, Blade Flinger
• 1 Breath of Darigaaz
• 1 Caltrops
• 1 Cast into the Fire
• 1 Chandra, Dressed to Kill
• 1 Chaos Charm
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Cosmotronic Wave
• 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
• 1 Cunning Sparkmage
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Death Spark
• 1 Demonic Tutor
• 1 Devoted Duelist
• 1 Diabolic Intent
• 1 Dimir Machinations
• 1 Dual Shot
• 1 Duel Tactics
• 1 Dwarven Scorcher
• 1 Electrickery
• 1 End the Festivities
• 1 Engulfing Flames
• 1 Fanatical Firebrand
• 1 Fear, Fire, Foes!
• 1 Fire Whip
• 1 First Volley
• 1 Forked Bolt
• 1 Frostling
• 1 Gamble
• 1 Geistflame
• 1 Grim Monolith
• 1 Gut Shot
• 1 Imperial Seal
• 1 Judith, Carnage Connoisseur
• 1 Lightning Bolt
• 1 Manifold Key
• 1 Mayhem Devil
• 1 Mithril Coat
• 15 Mountain
• 1 Mox Diamond
• 1 Pestilent Spirit
• 1 Playful Shove
• 1 Pyromancer's Goggles
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Ruby Medallion
• 1 Scouring Sands
• 1 Shower of Sparks
• 1 Shred Memory
• 1 Smash to Dust
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
• 1 Spark Jolt
• 1 Spark Spray
• 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1 Strip Mine
• 7 Swamp
• 1 Tablet of Discovery
• 1 Tectonic Hazard
• 1 Tezzeret, Cruel Captain
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1 Vampiric Tutor
• 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
• 1 Voltaic Key