Rakdos, Lord of Riots by JaffarAsimov

Format: Commander

Creator: JaffarAsimov

Commander: Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This deck is a stompy battlecruiser strategy piloted by Rakdos, Lord of Riots. The game plan revolves around deploying low-cost repeatable life-loss enablers on Turns 1–3, satisfying Rakdos's casting requirement on Turn 4, and utilizing Rakdos's combat damage on Turn 5 to drastically reduce the casting costs of massive Demons, Dragons, and Eldrazi. Once online, the deck deploys game-ending threats like Archfiend of Despair, Terror of the Peaks, and Bloodthirster for minimal mana investment, aiming to close the game across Turns 6 and 7. While explosive once operational, the list is heavily reliant on its commander to unlock its high-cost hand, possesses minimal stack interaction, and features very limited protection against well-timed removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Archfiend of Despair
  • 1 Bedevil
  • 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodgift Demon
  • 1 Bloodletter of Aclazotz
  • 1 Bloodthirster
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Boltwave
  • 1 Canyon Slough
  • 1 Cast Away Doubt
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Combustible Gearhulk
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Cryptolith Fragment // Aurora of Emrakul
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Dread Cacodemon
  • 1 Dreadbore
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flame Rift
  • 1 Foreboding Ruins
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Harvester of Souls
  • 1 Havoc Festival
  • 1 Heartless Hidetsugu
  • 1 Herald of Slaanesh
  • 1 Indulgent Tormentor
  • 1 Kaervek the Merciless
  • 1 Kardur, Doomscourge
  • 1 Keen Duelist
  • 1 Knollspine Dragon
  • 1 Leechridden Swamp
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lim-Dûl's Hex
  • 1 Lobber Crew
  • 1 Master of Cruelties
  • 1 Memnarch, the Warden
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
  • 1 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary
  • 1 Orcus, Prince of Undeath
  • 1 Panoptic Mirror
  • 1 Rakdos Carnarium
  • 1 Rakdos Charm
  • 1 Rakdos Guildgate
  • 1 Rakdos, Lord of Riots
  • 1 Rakdos, Patron of Chaos
  • 1 Rakdos, the Showstopper
  • 1 Razaketh, the Foulblooded
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Sandstone Oracle
  • 1 Sarkhan's Unsealing
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Sin Prodder
  • 1 Smoldering Marsh
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sower of Discord
  • 1 Spawn of Mayhem
  • 1 Spear Spewer
  • 1 Stonecoil Serpent
  • 1 Stormfist Crusader
  • 1 Sulfurous Springs
  • 9 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Indulgence
  • 1 Temple of Malice
  • 1 Terminate
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Unruly Catapult
  • 1 Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
  • 1 Vilis, Broker of Blood
  • 1 Warstorm Surge