Overview:

This Rakdos deck leverages Prosper, Tome-Bound as its engine, focusing on casting spells from exile to generate Treasure tokens and enabling artifact/sacrifice synergies. The primary strategy combines value generation through exile-play with aristocrat drain effects and efficient combo finishers. Prosper serves as the critical linchpin—providing card advantage, ramp via Treasures, and enabling the deck's core mechanics. While vulnerable to removal, the deck includes protection and recursion to mitigate this. Key themes include Treasure token amplification, sacrifice payoffs, and exile-based value engines.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Setup (Turns 1-4): Deploy mana rocks (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet) or rituals (Dark Ritual, Seething Song) to cast Prosper early. Prioritize exiling cards via Prosper's end-step trigger or cards like Jeska's Will/Laelia, the Blade Reforged.
2. Value Engine Activation (Turns 3-6): Use Treasures from Prosper and cards like Storm-Kiln Artist to ramp into key pieces. Deploy payoff engines like Academy Manufactor (tripling tokens), Mayhem Devil (pinger), or Pitiless Plunderer (recursive Treasure generation). Draw/dig with Deadly Dispute or Unexpected Windfall.
3. Win Execution (Turns 5-8):
   • Combo: Assemble Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond/Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose for instant life-drain win. Alternatively, Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame creates infinite hasty tokens.
   • Aristocrats: Sacrifice Treasures/Servos to drain with Marionette Master, Mirkwood Bats, or Bastion of Remembrance.
   • Overwhelm: Use mass Treasures for Torment of Hailfire or Bolas's Citadel chains.
   • Alternate Wins: Revel in Riches or Hellkite Tyrant for conditional victories.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands (including B/R sources), early ramp (Sol Ring, ritual), and Prosper.
• Prioritize hands with a value engine (e.g., Storm-Kiln Artist, Academy Manufactor) or combo piece if protection exists.
• Avoid hands lacking ramp or with only high-cost cards.

Key Tips:

• Protect Prosper: Equip Lightning Greaves/Swiftfoot Boots immediately—he's the engine.
• Sequence Exile Plays: Cast low-CMC exiled cards first to maximize Treasure generation.
• Sacrifice Timing: Sacrifice Treasures in response to removal to trigger Mayhem Devil/Marionette Master.
• Tutor Wisely: Use Diabolic Intent/Magda, Brazen Outlaw for combo pieces or Deflecting Swat for protection.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Artifact/Enchantment Hate: Stony Silence/Collector Ouphe cripple Treasure generation and combos.
• Graveyard Hate: Rest in Peace disrupts recursion (Feldon of the Third Path, Beacon of Unrest).
• Exile Disruption: Drannith Magistrate blocks playing from exile, shutting down Prosper.

Moderate

• Board Wipes: Recoverable with recursion, but multiple wipes strain resources.
• Combo Counters: Focused counterspell pressure can disrupt key sorcery-speed combos.
• Enchantment Removal: Breaks Exquisite Blood/Sanguine Bond combo.

Minor

• Life-Gain Strategies: Delay but don't negate drain wins; deck has multiple paths.
• Flying Threats: Limited flying blockers, but manageable with removal.

Most Important Cards:

• Prosper, Tome-Bound (Engine: exile play, Treasure generation)
• Exquisite Blood (Combo piece for infinite drain)
• Academy Manufactor (Amplifies Treasures/Foods/Clues for massive value)
• Storm-Kiln Artist (Treasure generation on spellcast, enables big turns)
• Dualcaster Mage (Infinite combo with Twinflame)
• Pitiless Plunderer (Recursive Treasure generation on death)
• Magda, Brazen Outlaw (Tutors artifacts/Dragons, generates Treasures)
• Sanguine Bond (Combo finisher with Exquisite Blood)
• Marionette Master (Aristocrat win condition with Treasures)
• Bolas's Citadel (Win enabler via life-paid topdeck plays)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 7/10

• Consistently threatens T5-6 wins via combos (Exquisite Blood/Sanguine Bond) or aristocrat drains, accelerated by Treasures and rituals.

Resilience: 6/10

• Recursion (Phyrexian Reclamation, Feldon of the Third Path) and protection (Deflecting Swat, boots) offer recovery, but heavy reliance on Prosper and artifacts creates vulnerability.

Consistency: 7/10

• Prosper provides steady card advantage; tutors (Diabolic Intent, Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire) and exile-play redundancy ensure key pieces are accessible.

Interaction: 6/10

• Efficient targeted removal (Bedevil, Dismember), board wipes (Blasphemous Act), and stack interaction (Deflecting Swat, Wild Ricochet), but lacks graveyard hate counters.

Rating Justification:

This deck operates at a high-power level, leveraging fast mana and tutors to execute T5-6 wins through efficient combos and overwhelming Treasure value. While resilient against moderate disruption, its dependency on artifacts and vulnerability to specific stax pieces prevent it from reaching cEDH tiers.

Power level: 6.5 - 7.0