Rakdos by Insidejob1

Format: Commander

Commander: Kalain, Reclusive Painter

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Treasure-themed aristocrats and aggro-burn deck commanded by Kalain, Reclusive Painter. The primary strategy focuses on producing a steady stream of Treasure tokens to accelerate mana, distribute +1/+1 counters onto incoming creatures, and trigger potent burn and drain engines. Early turns establish mana velocity through low-cost artifact ramp and repeatable token generators such as Captain Lannery Storm and Professional Face-Breaker. By the midgame, the deck transitions into a lethal clock using artifact-entry and sacrifice pingers like Marionette Master, Mirkwood Bats, Ingenious Artillerist, and Mayhem Devil, which turn every cracked Treasure into direct damage against the entire table. Combat power is supplemented by heavy hitters like Goldspan Dragon, The Balrog, Durin's Bane, and artifact-scaling equipment such as Cranial Plating. While the deck possesses resilient alternative engines and strong single-target creature removal, it lacks stack interaction and tutor density, relying on natural draw velocity to assemble its lethal drain board.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Big Score
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blazemire Verge
  • 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
  • 1 Blood Money
  • 1 Brass's Bounty
  • 1 Breeches, Eager Pillager
  • 1 Captain Lannery Storm
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cranial Plating
  • 1 Cranial Ram
  • 1 Darksteel Citadel
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
  • 1 Demand Answers
  • 1 Descent into Avernus
  • 1 Doom Blade
  • 1 Drana, Liberator of Malakir
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Forsworn Paladin
  • 1 Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Goldlust Triad
  • 1 Goldspan Dragon
  • 1 Goldvein Pick
  • 1 Graven Cairns
  • 1 Great Furnace
  • 1 Hit the Mother Lode
  • 1 Hoarding Ogre
  • 1 Ingenious Artillerist
  • 1 Inspired Tinkering
  • 1 Junji, the Midnight Sky
  • 1 Juri, Master of the Revue
  • 1 Kalain, Reclusive Painter
  • 1 Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
  • 1 Magda, the Hoardmaster
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marionette Master
  • 1 Marut
  • 1 Mayhem Devil
  • 1 Mines of Moria
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Morbid Opportunist
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Noble's Purse
  • 1 Obsessive Pursuit
  • 1 Patron of the Arts
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Razortrap Gorge
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Ruthless Technomancer
  • 1 Seize the Spoils
  • 1 Shiny Impetus
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spiteful Repossession
  • 1 Strike It Rich
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 8 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Balrog, Durin's Bane
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 There and Back Again
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Unexpected Windfall
  • 1 Vault of Whispers
  • 1 Village Rites
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Zhentarim Bandit