Burakos - get rich or die tryin (league submission) by JezmundTB

Format: Commander

Commander: Burakos, Party Leader and Guild Artisan

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Rakdos Party Aristocrats build centered on Burakos, Party Leader and the Guild Artisan Background. Burakos naturally counts as all four party roles (Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, Wizard), making it effortless to scale party mechanics. Starting on turn 4, attacking with Burakos generates a burst of 3 to 5 Treasures and drains defending life totals. The deck leverages this rapid mana acceleration to deploy aristocrat burn engines like Marionette Master, Mirkwood Bats, and Reckless Fireweaver, turning every artifact created and sacrificed into direct table-wide damage. Secondary lines cheat powerful high-cost bombs like Archfiend of Despair and Vilis, Broker of Blood into play using Shadow-Rite Priest and reanimation spells. The deck wins by overwhelming opponents with continuous life loss and massive mana advantages across turns 5 to 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Alchemist's Talent
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Ares, God of War
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Horror
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Battle at the Bridge
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Body Launderer
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Burakos, Party Leader
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Chronomancer
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Coveted Prize
  • 1 Crime Novelist
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Defile
  • 1 Disciple of the Vault
  • 1 Diviner's Wand
  • 1 Dowsing Device // Geode Grotto
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Drana, the Last Bloodchief
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Gornog, the Red Reaper
  • 1 Great Hall of the Biblioplex
  • 1 Grim Hireling
  • 1 Guild Artisan
  • 1 Harmonic Prodigy
  • 1 Imskir Iron-Eater
  • 1 In Garruk's Wake
  • 1 Inquisitorial Rosette
  • 1 Jaxis, the Troublemaker
  • 1 Locke, Treasure Hunter
  • 1 Mari, the Killing Quill
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marionette Master
  • 1 Memnarch, the Warden
  • 1 Mindblade Render
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Multiclass Baldric
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Obsidian Battle-Axe
  • 1 Ominous Harvest
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Prosperous Bandit
  • 1 Raiders' Spoils
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Signet
  • 1 Ravager's Mace
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reckless Fireweaver
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shadow-Rite Priest
  • 1 Shadowblood Ridge
  • 1 Shakedown Heavy
  • 1 Shard of the Void Dragon
  • 1 Shred Memory
  • 1 Smaug, Wicked Worm
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Stormclaw Rager
  • 1 Strionic Resonator
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Swashbuckler Extraordinaire
  • 1 Tainted Peak
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Thieves' Tools
  • 1 Treasure Nabber
  • 1 Umbral Collar Zealot
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince