Rakdos Chaos by Neon989

Format: Commander

Commander: Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh and Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck combines explosive Rakdos mana velocity with a chaotic 'Bad Gifts' and forced-combat game plan. Commanded by Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh and Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools, the deck leverages Rograkh as a zero-mana enabler for fast rituals like Culling the Weak and Infernal Plunge, as well as card-drawing food for Tevesh Szat. Once the resource engine is operational by Turn 3, the deck deploys high-impact 'hot potato' beaters like Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos and Slicer, Hired Muscle, which circulate the table and deal rapid combat damage. It supplements this pressure with asymmetric goad cards like Kardur, Doomscourge, group slug engines like Descent into Avernus, and lethal gift transfers using Blim, Comedic Genius, Bazaar Trader, and Harmless Offering to hand opponents game-losing permanents such as Demonic Pact and Archfiend of the Dross.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abyssal Persecutor
  • 1 Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of the Dross
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Bazaar Trader
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blim, Comedic Genius
  • 1 Blood Crypt
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Burnt Offering
  • 1 Call for Aid
  • 1 Cateran Summons
  • 1 Come Back Wrong
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadpool, Trading Card
  • 1 Demonic Pact
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Electroduplicate
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flare of Duplication
  • 1 Fury Storm
  • 1 Geode Rager
  • 1 Harmless Offering
  • 1 Haunted Ridge
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Humble Defector
  • 1 Infernal Plunge
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Kain, Traitorous Dragoon
  • 1 Karazikar, the Eye Tyrant
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Kher Keep
  • 1 Lake of the Dead
  • 1 Laughing Jasper Flint
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Liliana, Dreadhorde General
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Loki's Scepter
  • 1 Mages' Contest
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mass Mutiny
  • 1 Mob Rule
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Outlaws' Fury
  • 1 Phyrexian Tower
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods
  • 1 Pumpkin Bombs
  • 1 Puppet Master, String Puller
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rionya, Fire Dancer
  • 1 Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
  • 1 Sacrifice
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Slicer, Hired Muscle // Slicer, High-Speed Antagonist
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Springleaf Drum
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
  • 1 The Lord of Pain
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Twinflame
  • 1 Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
  • 1 Vampiric Tutor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Will of the Abzan
  • 1 Xantcha, Sleeper Agent