Rakdos by user5963887

Format: Commander

Commander: Rakdos, Patron of Chaos

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Demon tribal midrange build that leverages cost reducers, mana rocks, and rituals to deploy massive, evasive Demons ahead of curve. The commander, Rakdos, Patron of Chaos, provides continuous card advantage or strips opponent boards of valuable nonland permanents every end step. The deck controls the game using flexible removal spells and asymmetric board wipes such as Kindred Dominance and Blasphemous Act. Opposing attacks are redirected or neutralized using goad effects like Kardur, Doomscourge and Disrupt Decorum, while Archfiend of Depravity restricts enemy creature swarms. Damage amplifiers like Sower of Discord and Collective Inferno turn heavy flying beaters into a lethal table clock, with Liliana's Contract providing an alternate win condition and Patriarch's Bidding ensuring rapid recovery from board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Balor
  • 1 Black Market
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blasphemous Edict
  • 1 Blood Speaker
  • 1 Bloodcrusher of Khorne
  • 1 Bloodgift Demon
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound
  • 1 Faithless Looting
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Force of Despair
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Herald of Slaanesh
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Indulgent Tormentor
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana's Contract
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 9 Mountain
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Patriarch's Bidding
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
  • 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
  • 1 Rakdos, the Showstopper
  • 1 Raphael, Fiendish Savior
  • 1 Reaper from the Abyss
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruby Medallion
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Seething Song
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Shatter
  • 1 Sower of Discord
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 19 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Balrog of Moria
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Untimely Malfunction
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Withering Torment