Overview:

This is a Rakdos (Black/Red) life loss and damage-based strategy deck centered around Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls, utilizing various sources of life loss to trigger card draw and commander growth while pressuring opponents through consistent damage and life loss effects.

Primer:

The deck operates on multiple axes of life loss and damage dealing, creating a steady stream of value through the commander's triggered ability. The primary gameplan involves establishing persistent sources of life loss through enchantments and creatures like Mogis, God of Slaughter, Fate Unraveler, and Spiteful Visions, while using the card advantage generated by the commander to maintain pressure and answers.

The deck's strength lies in its ability to affect multiple opponents simultaneously while building card advantage. It uses a combination of targeted removal, board wipes like Blasphemous Act, and recursive threats to maintain board presence. The strategy typically wins through accumulated damage and life loss, supported by key pieces like Sanguine Bond and The Lord of Pain that amplify the deck's damage output.

Weaknesses:

• The deck is vulnerable to enchantment removal and graveyard hate, which can disrupt many of its value engines.
• Lacks protection against targeted removal of its commander, relying heavily on equipment like Lightning Greaves and Swiftfoot Boots.
• Can struggle against lifegain strategies despite having some anti-lifegain pieces.
• May have difficulty closing games quickly against multiple opponents without its key pieces.

Most Important Cards:

1. Mogis, God of Slaughter
2. Sanguine Bond
3. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
4. The Lord of Pain
5. Spiteful Visions
6. Fate Unraveler
7. Kaervek the Merciless
8. Massacre Wurm
9. Blood Artist
10. Lightning Greaves

Attribute Ratings:

• Speed: 5/10
• Resilience: 6/10
• Consistency: 7/10
• Interaction: 6/10

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a focused casual to optimized casual level, typically winning around turns 8-10 through accumulated damage and life loss. While it has strong synergies and consistent ways to generate value, it lacks the explosive speed and protection of higher-powered decks. The interaction suite is reasonable but not comprehensive, and the strategy requires time to develop its board state.

Final power level rating: 5.0 - 5.5

The deck falls into this range because it has a clear, focused strategy with good synergies and consistent execution, but lacks the fast mana and efficient win conditions needed to compete at higher power levels. It's stronger than a typical precon due to its cohesive strategy and interaction suite, but not optimized enough to consistently threaten wins before turn 8-9.