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Laughing Jasper Flint
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- Rakdos
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ANALYSIS

Overview:

A Rakdos theft and exile strategy deck that leverages its commander Laughing Jasper Flint to play opponents' cards while generating value through Mercenary synergies and treasure production.

Primer:

The deck operates on multiple axes, primarily focusing on stealing and exiling opponents' cards while generating value through treasure tokens and mercenary synergies. The commander's ability to exile and cast opponents' cards scales with the number of outlaws controlled, creating a snowball effect as the game progresses. The deck includes several powerful mana accelerants (Mox Diamond, Mox Opal, Sol Ring) to enable early plays and maintain tempo.

The strategy involves establishing a board presence with value-generating creatures while disrupting opponents through targeted exile effects and theft. Key pieces like Black Market Connections and Revel in Riches provide sustained resource generation, while cards like Opposition Agent and Praetor's Grasp allow for strategic disruption of opponents' gameplans. The deck can win through combat damage, stealing key pieces from opponents, or accumulating enough treasures for Revel in Riches.

Weaknesses:

The deck is vulnerable to graveyard hate and artifact removal, which can disrupt its treasure-generating engine. It lacks significant protection against board wipes and relies heavily on maintaining creature presence for the commander's ability to be effective. The deck also struggles against heavy enchantment-based strategies, as it has limited ways to interact with enchantments in Rakdos colors.

Most Important Cards:

  • Opposition Agent
  • Black Market Connections
  • Revel in Riches
  • Mox Diamond
  • Sol Ring
  • Academy Manufactor
  • Mari, the Killing Quill
  • Treasure Nabber
  • Praetor's Grasp
  • Lithoform Engine

Attribute Ratings:

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

Rating Justification:

This deck sits comfortably in the 6.0-6.5 range due to its ability to consistently execute its strategy while maintaining interaction with opponents. While it includes powerful mana accelerants and value engines, it typically needs several turns to establish a commanding position. The deck's interaction suite and ability to play opponents' cards provides flexibility, but it lacks the explosive power and protection of higher-powered decks.

Final power level rating: 6.0 - 6.5

The deck features a solid mana base with 35 lands including premium options like Badlands and various utility lands. The color requirements are well-supported, and the inclusion of multiple Moxen helps with early game acceleration. The deck can handle multiple opponents through its ability to generate value and interact with multiple players' resources, though it may struggle to close out games quickly against a full table.

DECK LIST
Laughing Jasper Flint
Creature: 30
($49.1)
1
Academy Manufactor
3
1
Angrath's Marauders
5 R R
1
Barbed Servitor
3 B
1
Bladegriff Prototype
5
1
Creepy Doll
5
1
Etched Champion
3
1
Fain, the Broker
2 B
1
Fortune Thief
4 R
1
Giggling Skitterspike
4
1
Kellogg, Dangerous Mind
1 B R
1
Mari, the Killing Quill
1 B B
1
Mezzio Mugger
4 R
1
Morbid Opportunist
2 B
1
Opposition Agent
2 B
1
Phyrexian Revoker
2
1
Psychosis Crawler
5
1
Rakdos, the Muscle
2 B B R
1
Ravenloft Adventurer
3 B
1
Ruthless Knave
2 B
1
Safana, Calimport Cutthroat
2 B
1
Scrawling Crawler
3
1
Silver Deputy
2
1
Sparkhunter Masticore
3
1
Stuffy Doll
5
1
Thief of Blood
4 B B
1
Treasure Nabber
2 R
1
Undercity Informer
2 B
1
Undercity Scrounger
2 B
1
Yuan-Ti Fang-Blade
2 B
1
Zenith Chronicler
2
Artifact: 14
($825.01)
1
Arcane Signet
2
1
Bounty Board
3
1
Dungeon Map
3
1
Lithoform Engine
4
1
Mox Amber
0
1
Mox Diamond
0
1
Mox Opal
0
1
Mox Tantalite
1
Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
3
1
Pristine Talisman
3
1
Sol Ring
1
1
Sol Talisman
1
Strionic Resonator
2
1
Thought Vessel
2
Enchantment: 2
($24.27)
1
Black Market Connections
2 B
1
Revel in Riches
4 B
Instant: 5
($4.6)
1
Blood Pact
2 B
1
Hurl Through Hell
2 B R
1
Return the Favor
R R
1
Shoot the Sheriff
1 B
1
Showstopper
1 B R
Sorcery: 13
($40.3)
1
Aether Snap
3 B B
1
Bitter Ordeal
2 B
1
Blood Money
5 B B
1
Brass's Bounty
6 R
1
Contract Killing
3 B B
1
Cruelclaw's Heist
B B
1
Illicit Shipment
3 B B
1
Mass Mutiny
3 R R
1
Petty Larceny
3 B
1
Praetor's Grasp
1 B B
1
Sadistic Shell Game
4 B
1
Sign in Blood
B B
1
Temporal Extortion
B B B B
Land: 35
($312.98)
1
Badlands
1
Blackcleave Cliffs
1
Blazemire Verge
1
Blood Crypt
1
Bloodstained Mire
1
City of Shadows
1
Command Tower
1
Desert
1
Dragonskull Summit
1
Emergence Zone
1
Endless Sands
1
Fomori Vault
1
Foreboding Ruins
1
Fountainport
1
Geier Reach Sanitarium
1
Graven Cairns
1
Grixis Panorama
1
Guildless Commons
1
Hall of the Bandit Lord
1
Haunted Ridge
1
Inventors' Fair
1
Jagged Barrens
1
Jund Panorama
1
Junktown
1
Luxury Suite
1
Maestros Theater
1
Ominous Cemetery
1
Painted Bluffs
1
Pit of Offerings
1
Riveteers Overlook
1
Rogue's Passage
1
Sandstorm Verge
1
Shadowblood Ridge
1
Survivors' Encampment
1
Treasure Vault

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