Rivaz of the Claw - No Sideboard by user1144172

Format: Commander

Commander: Rivaz of the Claw

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Dragon tribal and reanimation strategy led by Rivaz of the Claw. Rivaz provides reliable mana acceleration from the command zone and allows you to cast one Dragon per turn directly from your graveyard. The deck uses low-cost rummage spells like Faithless Looting, Cathartic Reunion, and Big Score to discard massive Dragon threats early, then deploys them ahead of curve using Rivaz's mana and recursion. Payoff Dragons like Lathliss, Dragon Queen, Drakuseth, Maw of Flames, and Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest generate overwhelming board presence and direct damage triggers via Dragon Tempest and Scourge of Valkas. Asymmetric board wipes like Crux of Fate clear opposing creature boards while preserving your own flying attackers. The primary win condition is closing out opponents through large evasive combat swings backed by direct burn damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atsushi, the Blazing Sky
  • 1 Backdraft Hellkite
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Bladewing the Risen
  • 1 Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Boneyard Scourge
  • 1 Brass's Tunnel-Grinder // Tecutlan, the Searing Rift
  • 1 Breaching Dragonstorm
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind
  • 1 Cathartic Pyre
  • 1 Cathartic Reunion
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crux of Fate
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Descendants' Fury
  • 1 Dragon Tempest
  • 1 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
  • 1 Dragonlord Kolaghan
  • 1 Dragonlord's Servant
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dragonspeaker Shaman
  • 1 Dragonstorm Globe
  • 1 Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Ganax, Astral Hunter
  • 1 Immersturm Predator
  • 1 Incarnation Technique
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Inferno of the Star Mounts
  • 1 Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
  • 1 Lathliss, Dragon Queen
  • 1 Leyline Tyrant
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core
  • 16 Mountain
  • 1 Orb of Dragonkind
  • 1 Rapacious Dragon
  • 1 Rivaz of the Claw
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Runehorn Hellkite
  • 1 Ryusei, the Falling Star
  • 1 Sarkhan's Unsealing
  • 1 Scavenger Regent // Exude Toxin
  • 1 Scourge of Valkas
  • 1 Scourge of the Throne
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Skyline Despot
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Stormbreath Dragon
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Elder Dragon War
  • 1 Thunderbreak Regent
  • 1 Tomb Fortress
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Withering Torment
  • 1 Wrathful Red Dragon