Rakdos Waltz Pauper EDH by user4455626

Format: Commander

Commander: Black Waltz No. 3

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 22

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos spellslinger and burn strategy helmed by Black Waltz No. 3. The primary game plan centers on deploying the commander alongside redundant pingers such as Guttersnipe, Firebrand Archer, and Thermo-Alchemist. Once these pieces are established, the deck casts a dense suite of cheap noncreature spells, card-filtering cantrips, and burn spells to deal direct damage to all opponents simultaneously. Hand disruption via creatures like Burglar Rat and Elderfang Disciple slows down opposing plans in the early game, while targeted removal keeps threatening creatures at bay. The deck generates steady incremental pressure and aims to close the game on turn 9 through concentrated burn waves.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Act of Treason
  • 1 Arc Lightning
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Auger Spree
  • 1 Basilisk Gate
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Mage's Rod
  • 1 Black Waltz No. 3
  • 1 Bloodfell Caves
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Breath of Malfegor
  • 1 Burglar Rat
  • 1 Cliffgate
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cornered by Black Mages
  • 1 Crossroads Village
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Darksteel Ingot
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Devoted Duelist
  • 1 Dogged Pursuit
  • 1 Drossclaw
  • 1 Elderfang Disciple
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Fang Dragon // Forktail Sweep
  • 1 Feral Deathgorger // Dusk Sight
  • 1 Fight On!
  • 1 Firebrand Archer
  • 1 Fists of the Demigod
  • 1 Forge of Heroes
  • 1 Glassworks // Shattered Yard
  • 1 Glidedive Duo
  • 1 Grab the Prize
  • 1 Grabby Giant // That's Mine
  • 1 Guttersnipe
  • 1 Heap Gate
  • 1 Hecteyes
  • 1 Ill-Gotten Inheritance
  • 1 Laughing Mad
  • 1 Malboro
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Mysidian Elder
  • 1 Nezumi Informant
  • 1 Nocturnal Feeder
  • 1 Opal Palace
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Rakdos Cluestone
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Raven of Fell Omens
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Risky Shortcut
  • 1 Sabotender
  • 1 Sephiroth's Intervention
  • 1 Skull Rend
  • 1 Spitfire Lagac
  • 1 Stormshriek Feral // Flush Out
  • 1 Suplex
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Syphon Mind
  • 1 Tectonic Hazard
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Moor
  • 1 Thunder Magic
  • 1 Tithing Blade // Consuming Sepulcher
  • 1 Unruly Catapult
  • 1 Vector, Imperial Capital
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Wizard's Rockets
  • 1 World Map