Rakdos, The Untouched Archetype by Thunderthruster

Format: Commander

Commander: The Scorpion God

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Rakdos -1/-1-counter aristocrats deck helmed by The Scorpion God. The plan centers on seeding -1/-1 counters, forcing creatures to die, and converting those deaths into cards (via the commander), Treasures, and life-drain. Primary wins are aristocrat drains (Blood Artist, Zulaport Cutthroat, The Meathook Massacre, Massacre Wurm), the Revel in Riches Treasure threshold, and compact infinite loops built around Nest of Scarabs + Blowfly Infestation or Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + a sacrifice outlet. All Will Be One turns every counter placement into direct damage, while Necroskitter and mass -1/-1 effects steal or clear boards. The commander is a repeatable draw engine that returns to hand on death rather than the command zone, keeping card flow high and recast costs low. The deck plays as grindy midrange value that suddenly goes infinite or drains the table once its death engines are online.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 All Will Be One
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Bedevil
• 1 Black Market
• 1 Black Market Connections
• 1 Black Sun's Zenith
• 1 Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1 Blasphemous Act
• 1 Blazemire Verge
• 1 Blightstep Pathway // Searstep Pathway
• 1 Blood Artist
• 1 Blood Crypt
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 1 Blowfly Infestation
• 1 Bojuka Bog
• 1 Cabal Coffers
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Contagion Clasp
• 1 Contagion Engine
• 1 Crumbling Ashes
• 1 Curse of Opulence
• 1 Dark Ritual
• 1 Dragonskull Summit
• 1 Drivnod, Carnage Dominus
• 1 Drown in Ichor
• 1 Dusk Urchins
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Feed the Swarm
• 1 Graven Cairns
• 1 Harbinger of Night
• 1 Haunted Ridge
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Jet Medallion
• 1 Karn's Bastion
• 1 Kulrath Knight
• 1 Liliana, Death Wielder
• 1 Luxury Suite
• 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
• 1 Mahadi, Emporium Master
• 1 Massacre Girl
• 1 Massacre Girl, Known Killer
• 1 Massacre Wurm
• 1 Mayhem Devil
• 1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 4 Mountain
• 1 Myriad Landscape
• 1 Necroskitter
• 1 Nest of Scarabs
• 1 Pitiless Plunderer
• 1 Professional Face-Breaker
• 1 Rakdos Charm
• 1 Rakdos Signet
• 1 Reanimate
• 1 Revel in Riches
• 1 Shadowblood Ridge
• 1 Skinrender
• 1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1 Skullclamp
• 1 Smoldering Marsh
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Solemn Simulacrum
• 1 Soul Snuffers
• 1 Spitting Dilophosaurus
• 1 Sudden Spoiling
• 1 Sulfurous Springs
• 12 Swamp
• 1 Tainted Peak
• 1 Talisman of Indulgence
• 1 Temple of Malice
• 1 Terminate
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 The Meathook Massacre
• 1 The Scorpion God
• 1 Toxic Deluge
• 1 Treasure Dredger
• 1 Vandalblast
• 1 Village Pillagers
• 1 Volt Charge
• 1 Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
• 1 Warren Soultrader
• 1 Withering Torment
• 1 Xorn
• 1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
• 1 Zulaport Cutthroat