Overview:

A graveyard-focused Rakdos deck led by Magar of the Magic Strings that aims to recast powerful sorceries and instants through combat damage triggers, utilizing unblockable effects and combat tricks to ensure damage connects.

Primer:

The deck's primary strategy revolves around getting powerful spells into the graveyard through various discard outlets and tutors, then using Magar of the Magic Strings's ability to turn them into creatures. These creatures need to connect with opponents to recast the noted spells for free. The deck runs numerous ways to make creatures unblockable or difficult to block, including equipment like Whispersilk Cloak and lands like Access Tunnel.

The secondary strategy involves generating value through treasure tokens and card draw effects while setting up the graveyard. Cards like Storm-Kiln Artist and various "discard and draw" effects help maintain hand quality while fueling the graveyard strategy. The deck can win through either big spells like Sorin's Vengeance or through accumulated value from repeatedly casting spells for free.

Weaknesses:

The deck is heavily reliant on its commander and combat damage to function, making it vulnerable to removal and pillowfort effects. Graveyard hate can severely impact the deck's performance by removing key spell targets. The deck also struggles against heavy creature-based strategies as it has limited board control options.

Top 10 Most Impactful Cards:

• Magar of the Magic Strings
• Lightning Greaves
• Whispersilk Cloak
• Sorin's Vengeance
• In Garruk's Wake
• Storm-Kiln Artist
• Oriq Loremage
• Faithless Looting
• Dark Ritual
• Sol Ring

Attribute Ratings:

• Speed: 4/10
• Resilience: 5/10
• Consistency: 5/10
• Interaction: 6/10

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a focused casual level, with some powerful individual cards but a strategy that requires multiple turns to set up. While it can generate explosive turns through free spells, it's generally slower than higher-powered decks and more vulnerable to disruption. The deck has decent interaction through removal spells but lacks the consistency and protection of higher-powered builds. It would struggle against decks rated 6.0 or higher due to their faster win conditions and more efficient interaction.

Final power level rating: 5.0 - 5.5